App Store (Free)
KICK - Live Streaming is rank 1 on App Store Top Free for October 18, 2026, snapshot 02:01:38.484138, after sitting at rank 2 on October 17. Muse from Meta slips from rank 1 to rank 2. Kalshi: Trade Football and more is new at rank 8. CapCut: Photo and Video Editor is new at rank 10. Claude by Anthropic and Google Gemini drop off after ranks 7 and 9.
Top trending apps on App Store Free: October 18
KICK - Live Streaming
New leader at rank 1 after rank 2, up 1. The app is a live-stream client competing with Twitch-style feeds. No separate October 18 Kick corporate filing is attached to the rank swap. Clock moved from 04:01:40.862516 on October 17 to 02:01:38.484138.
Muse from Meta
Holdover AI search app at rank 2 after rank 1, down 1. See the track Muse from Meta page. The row still sits above ChatGPT at rank 4.
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace
Holdover resale app at rank 3, same slot as October 17. Secondhand apparel listings, not a new store launch.
ChatGPT
Holdover OpenAI client at rank 4, same slot. No October 18 App Store feature note is attached.
TikTok Pro - Events
Holdover events companion at rank 5, same slot. Distinct from the main TikTok client.
McDonald's
Holdover restaurant app at rank 6, same slot. No October 18 menu drop is attached to the freeze at this rank.
PineDrama - Short Dramas
Holdover short-drama player at rank 7 after rank 10, up 3. The row replaces Claude at yesterday's rank 7.
Kalshi: Trade Football and more
New prediction-market app at rank 8. The title points to football contracts on Kalshi's event exchange. The row was not in yesterday's ten.
Threads
Holdover Meta text app at rank 9 after rank 8, down 1. Sits under Kalshi after Gemini left.
CapCut: Photo and Video Editor
New ByteDance editor at rank 10. The row replaces PineDrama's prior floor slot and yesterday's Gemini row.
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What changed on App Store Free since yesterday
New: Kalshi at 8, CapCut at 10. Drop-off: Claude by Anthropic (rank 7), Google Gemini (rank 9). Big movers: none at 5 or more ranks. Other moves: KICK 2 to 1, Muse 1 to 2, PineDrama 10 to 7, Threads 8 to 9. Held: Vinted 3, ChatGPT 4, TikTok Pro 5, McDonald's 6. Clock 04:01:40.862516 on October 17 to 02:01:38.484138 on 2026-10-18.
What today's App Store Free trends reveal
Live video took the lead from Meta's Muse client. KICK at 1 and TikTok Pro at 5 keep a stream-and-events pair on the chart. Kalshi at 8 is the only prediction-market row. Claude and Gemini are gone after sharing the AI cluster with Muse and ChatGPT yesterday. CapCut's return at 10 is an editor, not a chatbot. See the App Store Top Free API page.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
The ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type App Store Top Free and limit 10. Desks tracking this board can poll the same call.
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