App Store (Paid)
play_music_theory is rank 1 on the App Store Top Paid board dated 2026-09-17T08:01:33.444040, up from 3 on September 16. HotSchedules eases 1 to 2. Shadowrocket eases 2 to 3. Lumy, yesterday's 9, dropped. MilGPS climbs 10 to 7. No new name entered except the reshuffle around Lumy's exit: the other 9 holdovers remain.
Top trending apps on App Store Paid: September 17
play_music_theory: Music app by Tala Rae Schlossberg, listed at $1.99. WorldsApps dated the August 19, 2026 release and a 1.0.2 update on August 30, with a 4.20 rating. Climbs 3 to 1.
HotSchedules: Restaurant scheduling client that led on September 16. Eases 1 to 2.
Shadowrocket: Proxy utility. Eases 2 to 3.
AnkiMobile Flashcards: Spaced-repetition client paired with the Anki desktop project (31,006 GitHub stars on ankitects/anki). Holds 4.
TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome: Musician tuner. Holds 5.
Procreate Pocket: iPhone drawing app. Holds 6.
MilGPS: Offline GPS. Climbs 10 to 7.
SkyView: Astronomy identifier. Display drops the registered-trademark sign from the API string. Eases 7 to 8.
Paprika Recipe Manager 3: Recipe box. Eases 8 to 9.
Monash FODMAP Diet: Diet tracker from Monash University. Holds 10.
The snapshot timestamp 2026-09-17T08:01:33.444040 (microseconds 444040) is a fresh pull. play_music_theory at $1.99 now occupies rank 1 after sitting at 3 on September 16, when HotSchedules led. Rank 2 HotSchedules, rank 3 Shadowrocket, rank 4 AnkiMobile, rank 5 TonalEnergy, rank 6 Procreate Pocket, rank 7 MilGPS, rank 8 SkyView, rank 9 Paprika, and rank 10 Monash FODMAP are the rest of the 10. MilGPS climbed from 10 to 7, plus 3. Lumy at yesterday's 9 is the only drop-off. AnkiMobile holding 4 matches ankitects/anki at 31,006 GitHub stars on the GitHub board. Monash FODMAP holding 10 is a 1-rank fixture.
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What changed on App Store Paid since yesterday
- New names: none. Lumy dropped; the other 9 remain.
- Movers: play_music_theory 3 to 1 (plus 2); HotSchedules 1 to 2; Shadowrocket 2 to 3; MilGPS 10 to 7 (plus 3); SkyView 7 to 8; Paprika 8 to 9.
- Unchanged rank: AnkiMobile 4, TonalEnergy 5, Procreate Pocket 6, Monash FODMAP 10.
- Dropped: Lumy (9).
What today's App Store Paid apps reveal
A $1.99 visual-instrument app unseated a workplace scheduler. The App Store Top Paid API still clusters music tools at 1 and 5, utilities at 3 and 7, and food at 9 and 10.
MilGPS's plus 3 is the largest climb. Only one name left the top 10. as_of 2026-09-17T08:01:33.444040 is a fresh pull, unlike Amazon's September 14 freeze.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool. The same API is built for analysts, editors, and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. Paid App Store rows are ranked objects, so get_growth was skipped. The matching data source page is App Store Top Paid API.
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