App Store's hottest paid apps right now: August 21, 2026
HotSchedules is the #1 paid iPhone app on August 21, 2026, the same rank as August 20, continuing a multi-week hold for the restaurant scheduling client. The only clear product story in the cut is Wildwood: Follow the Crows, which rises from #8 to #6. Wild in Art priced the Portland crow-trail companion at $1.49 after an August 6 release tied to a LAIKA public-art walk that runs August 7 through November 1. Trends MCP stored 10 paid apps at 08:01 UTC. SkyView® is the new name versus yesterday, at #8.
Top trending paid apps on the App Store: August 21
The August 21 paid chart is workplace tools, creative apps and one city art-trail client. These 10 ranks come from the Trends MCP snapshot.
HotSchedules: The hospitality scheduling app stays #1. No August 21 feature announcement was found; the rank is a fixture on this board rather than a launch spike.
Shadowrocket: The proxy utility holds #2, unchanged. No widely reported trigger identified for August 21.
AnkiMobile Flashcards: The paid spaced-repetition client holds #3 as school terms restart. Rank is unchanged from August 20.
TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome: The musician tuner stays at #4. No new version story dated August 21 was identified.
Procreate Pocket: Savage Interactive's iPhone drawing app holds #5. It remains the paid creative default on this chart. See the App Store Top Paid API for how the feed is built.
Wildwood: Follow the Crows: The official app for 30 crow sculptures across Portland, presented by LAIKA for OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital. City of Portland notes placed a sculpture at City Hall from August 7 through October 30. The client maps the trail, stores scans and handles voting.
Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner: The privacy scanner falls from #6 to #7. No separate August 21 news item was found.
SkyView®: The stargazing app enters at #8, replacing Earthquake Network. No widely reported trigger identified for August 21 beyond a chart return.
Paprika Recipe Manager 3: The recipe box climbs from #10 to #9. No new version note dated August 21 was identified.
Monash FODMAP Diet: Monash University's diet tracker slips from #9 to #10. No August 21 clinical news was attached to the rank.
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What changed on App Store paid since yesterday
Nine of ten names overlap. Wildwood is the only climb of note. Earthquake Network leaves.
| Change | Details |
|---|---|
| New entrants | SkyView® (#8) |
| Big movers (5+ ranks) | None |
| Drop-offs from August 20 top 10 | Earthquake Network (#7) |
What today's paid App Store chart reveals
This is a fixture board with one local campaign. HotSchedules through Procreate Pocket occupy ranks 1-5 in the same order as August 20. Those five are utilities people keep paying for, not 24-hour hits.
Wildwood at #6 is the exception: a $1.49 trail app for a sculpture walk that opened August 7 and runs into November. SkyView® swapping with Earthquake Network is a one-slot rotation, not a category shift. Paid iOS demand on this snapshot is still work, music practice, drawing and diet, plus one city's crows.
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These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on August 21, 2026. The type string is App Store Top Paid. Details live on the App Store Top Paid API page.
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