App Store (Free)
Netflix Game Controller takes rank 1 on the App Store Top Free board for September 7, 2026, a Labor Day Monday, after sitting at rank 2 on September 6. ChatGPT falls from rank 1 to rank 2. ESPN Fantasy Sports & More climbs from rank 5 to rank 3 as NFL week 1 traffic hits a holiday weekend. 7 Brew Coffee jumps from rank 9 to rank 5 after the chain's first app launched August 12, 2026. Depop returns at rank 8 and CapCut enters at rank 10. MapQuest leaves after a stretch at ranks 1 through 4, and the Google app leaves rank 8. The snapshot is as_of 2026-09-07T08:01:38.626101+00:00, microseconds 626101.
Top trending apps on App Store Top Free: September 7
Netflix Game Controller: Companion app for Netflix games hardware. It moved from rank 2 to rank 1 on a U.S. holiday built around travel and home entertainment. Rank 1 on this board is a free download spike, not a box-office figure, and it displaces ChatGPT for a single dated session.
ChatGPT: OpenAI's consumer chat client. It held rank 1 on September 6 and sits at rank 2 today. The app remains a fixture; the Labor Day board simply ranked a games accessory above it for this pull.
ESPN Fantasy Sports & More: Fantasy league client. It climbed from rank 5 to rank 3 with NFL week 1 as the sports calendar trigger. Holiday Mondays that overlap the football open tend to pull sports apps into the top 5, and this row is that move.
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace: Peer-to-peer resale. It slipped from rank 3 to rank 4 while staying inside the top 5. No separate product launch was found for September 7, 2026; the rank is a one-step shuffle next to ESPN's climb.
7 Brew Coffee: Ordering and rewards app for the drive-through coffee chain. It climbed from rank 9 to rank 5. The app launched August 12, 2026, and the holiday coffee stop is the dated reason it is still accelerating three and a half weeks later.
TikTok Pro - Events: Events-facing TikTok client. It holds rank 6, the same slot as September 6. No widely reported trigger identified for September 7, 2026 beyond holding the prior rank.
PineDrama - Short Dramas: Short-form drama catalog. It holds rank 7. Holiday couch viewing is a plausible context; no separate premiere was tied to this rank in the fetch.
Depop - Buy & Sell Clothes: Fashion resale marketplace. New at rank 8, returning after dropping off an earlier session. The pair of Depop at 8 and Vinted at 4 is the resale lane on a travel weekend.
Google Gemini: Google's consumer assistant. It climbed from rank 10 to rank 9 as the Google app itself left the top 10. The App Store Top Free API page is the durable config for pulling this named row without mixing it with the dropped Google client.
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor: ByteDance editor for stills and video. New at rank 10. Holiday recap editing is the dated context; no extra launch note was found for September 7, 2026.
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What changed on App Store Top Free since yesterday
New: Depop - Buy & Sell Clothes at rank 8; CapCut: Photo & Video Editor at rank 10.
Drop-offs: MapQuest from rank 4; the Google app from rank 8.
Movers: Netflix Game Controller 2 to 1; ChatGPT 1 to 2; ESPN Fantasy Sports & More 5 to 3; Vinted 3 to 4; 7 Brew Coffee 9 to 5; Google Gemini 10 to 9.
Holds: TikTok Pro - Events at 6; PineDrama - Short Dramas at 7. No five-rank-plus mover. 7 Brew's four-rank climb (9 to 5) is the largest step inside the 10.
What today's App Store Top Free trends reveal
Labor Day on September 7, 2026 bent this U.S. free board toward entertainment, football, coffee, and resale. Netflix Game Controller at rank 1 and PineDrama at rank 7 are home-screen leisure. ESPN Fantasy at rank 3 is week 1 football. 7 Brew Coffee at rank 5 is a holiday drink order on an app that only existed since August 12.
MapQuest's exit matters because that client had occupied ranks 1 through 4 on prior days. No maps app replaced it inside this 10. ChatGPT at rank 2 and Gemini at rank 9 are the assistant fixtures that survived the shuffle. Depop at 8 and CapCut at 10 are the two new rows, one for selling clothes, one for holiday recap videos.
The board is a one-day holiday mix, not a new default order. Rank 6 and rank 7 did not move. That is the tell that TikTok Pro and PineDrama are sticky while ranks 1 through 5 absorbed the Monday traffic.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
These names and ranks come from the Trends MCP get_top_trends call with type App Store Top Free and limit 10, as_of 2026-09-07T08:01:38.626101+00:00 (microseconds 626101). The feed is for mobile analysts who need a dated U.S. free chart they can diff against the September 6 App Store Free recap. get_growth was skipped; this board is not Android bundle IDs and not keyword search.
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