Top trending paid apps on App Store: August 23, 2026
Shadowrocket is #1 on App Store Top Paid on August 23, up from #2 on August 21. HotSchedules slips from #1 to #2. PeakFinder is a new #10. SkyView holds after entering August 21. No August 23 version story was found for the proxy utility at the top.
Top trending paid apps on the App Store: August 23
Shadowrocket
The iOS proxy client rises from #2 on August 21 to #1. No widely reported August 23 feature note was found. The rank is a swap with HotSchedules, not a dated launch.
HotSchedules
The hospitality scheduler falls from #1 to #2. No August 23 product announcement was found.
AnkiMobile Flashcards
The paid spaced-repetition app holds #3 as school terms restart. Unchanged versus August 21. No new deck-format story dated August 23 was found.
Procreate Pocket
Savage Interactive's iPhone drawing app rises from #5 to #4. No August 23 brush-set note was found.
TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
The musician tuner slips from #4 to #5. Unchanged role: band-room utility. No new version story dated August 23 was found.
Paprika Recipe Manager 3
The recipe box climbs from #9 on August 21 to #6. No new import-format note dated August 23 was found.
Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner
The privacy scanner holds near the middle after #7 on August 21, now #7. No August 23 firmware story was found.
Wildwood: Follow the Crows
The LAIKA and OHSU Portland crow-trail app slips from #6 to #8. No August 23 exhibit update was found.
SkyView
The stargazing app holds #9 after entering at #8 on August 21. No Perseids-style peg dated August 23 was found.
PeakFinder
A new #10 mountain-identification app. No widely reported August 23 campaign was found. It replaces Monash FODMAP Diet from August 21.
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What changed on the App Store since yesterday
No August 22 paid daily ran.
New: PeakFinder (#10).
Drop-offs: Monash FODMAP Diet.
Big movers: Shadowrocket #2 to #1. HotSchedules #1 to #2. Paprika Recipe Manager 3 #9 to #6. Procreate Pocket #5 to #4.
What today's the App Store trends reveal
The paid board is a one-spot swap at the top plus a hiking utility at #10. Shadowrocket over HotSchedules is a rank exchange without a dated changelog. AnkiMobile at #3 still reads as back-to-school. The 48 hours between the August 21 and August 23 snapshots produced 0 new titles besides PeakFinder.
Paprika's jump from #9 to #6 is the largest move that still has no August 23 release note. SkyView held #8 on August 21 and sits at #9 today. PeakFinder at #10 replaces Monash FODMAP Diet, which had been #10 on August 21. Shadowrocket, HotSchedules, and AnkiMobile have occupied ranks 1 through 3 as a block across both snapshots, only swapping 1 and 2. See best app store keyword research tools.
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This list is the August 23 get_top_trends snapshot for type App Store Top Paid with limit 10. Teams that watch ranks as they move, not after a recap, can call the same feed as new rows arrive. The generating call:
{
"type": "App Store Top Paid",
"limit": 10
}
See the App Store Top Paid API page for source notes.