What's trending on App Store Paid today: August 9, 2026
PeakFinder debuts at rank 10 on App Store Top Paid on August 9, 2026, the clearest new entrant on the Trends MCP board after the augmented-reality mountain peak app was absent from the August 8 published top 15. Shadowrocket still leads at rank 1 for a seventh day, Wildwood: Follow the Crows holds rank 2 after the August 7 Portland trail launch, and Moment Pro Camera II enters at rank 15. Trends MCP get_top_trends returned 50 apps (as_of 2026-08-09T06:01:37 UTC) for type App Store Top Paid. Paprika Recipe Manager 3 and Shot Tracer swap ranks 8 and 9, QuickBend: Conduit Bending and MilGPS exit the published cut, and ranks 1 through 7 match August 8 exactly.
Top trending apps on the App Store (Top Paid): August 9
Shadowrocket: An iOS network proxy utility on the August 9 App Store Top Paid chart. Rank 1 for a seventh day and unchanged from August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026. Residual demand for proxy routing keeps Shadowrocket at the top of 50 API rows as of 2026-08-09T06:01:37 UTC.
Wildwood: Follow the Crows: An iOS trail companion for Portland's Wildwood crow sculpture art walk at rank 2. Same position as August 8 after debuting on August 7 when the trail launched through November 1 with LAIKA, OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital, and Wild in Art. Residual trail traffic keeps the companion app at rank 2 without a fresh August 9 launch note.
HotSchedules: An iOS employee scheduling app at rank 3. Unchanged from August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
AnkiMobile Flashcards: An iOS spaced-repetition study app at rank 4. Same position as August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
Procreate Pocket: An iOS illustration app at rank 5. Unchanged from August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome: An iOS music practice utility at rank 6. Same position as August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
SkyView®: An iOS stargazing app at rank 7. Unchanged from August 8 after climbing four places on August 7. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
Paprika Recipe Manager 3: An iOS recipe and meal-planning app at rank 8 after rank 9 on August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
Shot Tracer: An iOS golf ball-flight camera app at rank 9 after rank 8 on August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
PeakFinder: An iOS augmented-reality mountain peak identification app at rank 10 and new versus the August 8 published top 15. PeakFinder overlays peak names and elevations on live camera views for hikers and climbers. No widely reported day-specific trigger identified for August 9, 2026 beyond residual outdoor and travel download demand.
Monash FODMAP Diet: An iOS diet-tracking app from Monash University at rank 11 after rank 10 on August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
RadarScope: An iOS professional weather radar app at rank 12 after rank 11 on August 8. Spokane-area wildfires near Old Trails and Autumn Lane still drove Level 3 evacuations on August 8 with red-flag conditions through the weekend; residual severe-weather and fire-season demand may explain RadarScope's continued presence inside the top 15.
Reelo - Media Hub: An iOS media hub at rank 13 after rank 12 on August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
FL Studio Mobile: An iOS music production app at rank 14. Unchanged from August 8. No widely reported trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
Moment Pro Camera II: An iOS manual camera app at rank 15 and new versus the August 8 published top 15. Moment Pro Camera II offers RAW capture, manual exposure controls, and pro video settings for iPhone photographers. No widely reported day-specific trigger identified for August 9, 2026.
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What changed on the App Store (Top Paid) since yesterday
Compared with the August 8, 2026 App Store Top Paid daily post, an outdoor AR app and a pro camera app replace a conduit reference tool and a military GPS app inside the published 15.
New entrants: PeakFinder at rank 10; Moment Pro Camera II at rank 15.
Big movers: Paprika Recipe Manager 3 9 to 8; Shot Tracer 8 to 9; Monash FODMAP Diet 10 to 11; RadarScope 11 to 12; Reelo - Media Hub 12 to 13.
Drop-offs from the August 8 top 15: QuickBend: Conduit Bending (was 13); MilGPS (was 15).
Notable holds: Shadowrocket at rank 1 for a seventh day; Wildwood: Follow the Crows at rank 2; ranks 3 through 7 identical to August 8; FL Studio Mobile still at rank 14.
What the App Store paid chart shows on August 9
Fixture apps still dominate the August 9, 2026 board. Shadowrocket at rank 1 and Wildwood: Follow the Crows at rank 2 have held those slots since August 7 and August 8 respectively, while ranks 3 through 7 match August 8 with no movement across HotSchedules, AnkiMobile, Procreate Pocket, TonalEnergy, and SkyView.
The August 9 churn concentrates in the lower half of the published cut. PeakFinder's debut at rank 10 adds an outdoor AR utility that was absent from the August 8 top 15, and Moment Pro Camera II at rank 15 replaces MilGPS as the photography niche rotates. Paprika and Shot Tracer swap ranks 8 and 9 in a one-slot shuffle. QuickBend's exit at rank 13 and MilGPS's drop from rank 15 mark the only removals from the published band. Across 50 API rows taken at 06:01:37 UTC, treat PeakFinder at rank 10, Moment Pro Camera II at rank 15, and the QuickBend and MilGPS drop-offs as the clearest overnight signals.
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These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on August 9, 2026, using type App Store Top Paid and limit 50. The feed serves analysts, marketers, and agent workflows that need live boards. Related page: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/app-store-top-paid-api.
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