App Store (Free)
MapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps still leads App Store Top Free on September 2, 2026, a day after TechCrunch and Engadget reported that Apple Maps now shows Lake America, not Lake Ontario, for U.S. users. MapQuest still refuses the August 27 executive-order rename, and the company had already described a previously reported surge of hundreds of thousands of downloads with usage at 50 times normal. WhatsApp Messenger is new at 6 on this September 2 App Store Top Free pull (as_of 2026-09-02T04:01:41), displacing Claude by Anthropic from 6 to 7 versus the September 1 free board. 7 Brew Coffee re-enters at 10 after falling off that list.
Top trending apps on App Store: September 2
MapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps: A maps and GPS client that kept Lake Ontario labeled after the August 27 U.S. order to rename it Lake America. Rank 1 holds after the September 1 Apple Maps change for U.S. users, which TechCrunch said does not apply the same way in Canada. The previously reported download surge and 50-times usage print is the company figure already on the record, not a new September 2 count.
ChatGPT: OpenAI's consumer chatbot. Rank 2 holds with no separate September 2 product trigger identified. The title remains the board's chatbot fixture under MapQuest.
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace: A peer-to-peer secondhand marketplace for clothes and goods. Rank 3 holds versus September 1, with no same-day store event cited in major coverage.
ESPN Fantasy Sports & More: ESPN's fantasy sports suite. Rank 4 holds in the U.S. week around Labor Day, when NFL fantasy drafts sit on the calendar rather than as a verified same-day download spike.
TikTok Pro - Events: TikTok's events-oriented Pro client. Rank 5 holds, with no separate September 2 events launch identified.
WhatsApp Messenger: Meta's WhatsApp iOS client, new at 6 and not in yesterday's top 10. No specific iOS news drop is required to explain the seat: the row is a new entrant that pushed Claude down one slot.
Claude by Anthropic: Anthropic's chatbot. Rank 7 after rank 6 yesterday, a one-slot slip behind WhatsApp rather than an exit.
Google: Google's search and services client. Rank 8 after rank 10 yesterday (plus 2), still on the same free chart that put MapQuest at 1 after the Maps rename fight.
Google Gemini: Google's Gemini chatbot. Rank 9 holds, sitting beside Google at 8 as a second Google-branded title.
7 Brew Coffee: The chain's first official app, launched August 12, 2026 per Restaurant Dive, with order-ahead, rewards, and up to 20,000 drink combinations. New at 10 after an FDD-cited run from 24 stores at the start of 2023 to 604 at the start of 2026.
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What changed on App Store since yesterday
| Change | App | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| New | WhatsApp Messenger | Rank 6; not in September 1 top 10 |
| New | 7 Brew Coffee | Rank 10; was off yesterday |
| Hold | MapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps | Rank 1 |
| Drop-off | PineDrama - Short Dramas | Was 7 |
| Drop-off | Depop - Buy & Sell Clothes | Was 8 |
ChatGPT, Vinted, ESPN Fantasy Sports & More, and TikTok Pro - Events hold 2 through 5. Claude slips 6 to 7. Google climbs 10 to 8. Google Gemini holds 9. No title moved 5 or more ranks.
What today's App Store trends reveal
The free board on September 2 is a hold on a protest maps title, not a fresh debut. MapQuest stays at 1 after Apple Maps followed Google on the Lake America label for U.S. users on September 1. ChatGPT at 2 shows the chatbot slot yielded once and then stopped moving.
The rotation underneath is messengers, Google brands, and coffee versus short drama and resale. WhatsApp entering at 6 is the only Meta messenger on this iOS free ten. Google jumping 10 to 8 keeps two Google clients in the chart beside Gemini at 9.
7 Brew Coffee at 10 is a three-week-old first app (August 12) from a chain that Restaurant Dive tied to 24 stores in early 2023 and 604 in early 2026. PineDrama and Depop leaving 7 and 8 is the day's entertainment and clothes-trading cost.
Ranks are from the Trends MCP App Store Top Free feed. Download totals beyond the previously reported MapQuest surge are not in this row and are not invented here.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on the App Store Top Free feed, limited to 10 rows and stamped as_of 2026-09-02T04:01:41. The same call is how analysts pull a dated iOS free board without scraping the store. See the App Store Top Free API page for the feed contract.
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