App Store (Free)
ChatGPT is rank 1 on the App Store Top Free board dated 2026-09-16T06:01:43.579589, holding yesterday's lead on a snapshot 2 hours earlier than the 08:01:28.677561 cluster used by most other cores. Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace is the big mover, 3 to 2. Muse from Meta eases 2 to 3 after sitting at 5 on September 14 and 2 on September 15. New versus September 15: Claude by Anthropic at 8 and Google at 10. Dropped: Kalshi: Trade Football & more (5) and CapCut: Photo & Video Editor (10). Eight of ten names overlap yesterday.
Top trending apps on App Store Free: September 16
ChatGPT: OpenAI's consumer chat app. Rank 1 on the 2026-09-16T06:01:43.579589 snapshot and on September 15. Holds 1 as the only AI assistant that did not shuffle.
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace: Peer-to-peer secondhand fashion marketplace. Climbs 3 to 2, the largest interior move on this board. Depop remains at 7, so resale now occupies 2 and 7 rather than 3 and 7.
Muse from Meta: Meta's Muse app. Eases 2 to 3 after a 5-to-2 jump on September 15. Still inside the top 3 for a second day.
Google Gemini: Google's Gemini iOS app. Climbs 6 to 4.
TikTok Pro - Events: TikTok events client. Climbs 8 to 5.
Polymarket: Trade Live Sports: Prediction-market sports app. Eases 4 to 6.
Depop - Buy & Sell Clothes: Secondhand clothing marketplace. Holds 7.
Claude by Anthropic: Anthropic's official iPhone and iPad app (iOS 18+). App Store version 1.260904.19 dated September 6. TestingCatalog on September 7 spotted a usage-details button and a Claude Code customization section in the Code tab. New at 8.
PineDrama - Short Dramas: Short-form drama streaming app. Holds 9.
Google: Google's search app. New at 10.
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What changed on App Store Free since yesterday
- New: Claude by Anthropic (8), Google (10).
- Movers: Vinted 3 to 2; Muse 2 to 3; Gemini 6 to 4; TikTok Pro 8 to 5; Polymarket 4 to 6.
- Unchanged rank: ChatGPT at 1; Depop at 7; PineDrama at 9.
- Dropped: Kalshi: Trade Football & more (5), CapCut: Photo & Video Editor (10).
What today's App Store Free apps reveal
Chat remains the fixture at 1. The rest of the App Store Top Free API board is a three-way split: resale (Vinted, Depop), AI assistants (ChatGPT, Muse, Gemini, Claude), and live events or sports trading (TikTok Pro, Polymarket). Prediction-market apps lost Kalshi and kept Polymarket, which fell 4 to 6.
Claude's first appearance at 8 follows the September 6-7 iOS Code-tab work, not a new SKU. Version 1.260904.19 is dated September 6 on the App Store listing fetched for this post. Google's search app returning at 10 is a catalog re-entry, not a launch. PineDrama holding 9 is the short-drama leftover from September 15.
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