Shadowrocket was the No. 1 app on App Store Top Paid on September 25, 2026. Ranks 2 to 5: HotSchedules, play_music_theory, AnkiMobile Flashcards and RadarScope. 1 of 10 are new since September 24, 2026, led by TonalEnergy Tuner and Metronome. The full ranked top 10 is below, each with a short note on why it is trending.
HotSchedules is the notable mover on App Store Top Paid, climbing 3 to 2 as play_music_theory slips 2 to 3. Shadowrocket still leads rank 1. The 10 names match September 24; only four adjacent swaps changed.
Top trending apps on App Store Paid: September 25
Shadowrocket: iOS proxy client. No new App Store feature note on September 25.
HotSchedules: Restaurant and hourly workforce scheduler. Climbs 3 to 2, the largest move on a same-10 list.
play_music_theory: Music-theory trainer. Falls 2 to 3 after leading the paid board earlier in the week.
AnkiMobile Flashcards: Spaced-repetition client. Climbs 5 to 4.
RadarScope: Weather-radar app for storm tracking. Falls 4 to 5 as Hurricane Polo swells headed toward Southern California beaches Sunday through Tuesday per the Los Angeles Times.
TonalEnergy Tuner and Metronome: Tuner plus metronome. Rank 6 unchanged.
Procreate Pocket: iPhone drawing app. Rank 7 unchanged.
Paprika Recipe Manager 3: Recipe box. Rank 8 unchanged.
QuickBend: Conduit Bending: Electrical conduit calculator. Rank 9 unchanged.
MilGPS: Offline GPS and coordinate tool. Rank 10 unchanged.
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What changed on App Store Paid since yesterday
- New: none.
- Movers: HotSchedules 3 to 2. Play_music_theory 2 to 3. AnkiMobile 5 to 4. RadarScope 4 to 5.
- Dropped: none.
- Ranks 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are identical.
What today's App Store paid apps reveal
The paid board is still a specialist stack: a proxy client at 1, a shift scheduler at 2, a theory trainer at 3, then flashcards, radar, tuner, drawing, recipes, conduit math, and GPS. None of the ten is a consumer social app.
HotSchedules at 2 is the only workforce tool in the top five. RadarScope slipping one rank on a Polo-swell news day is a reminder that a paid weather utility can lag a news spike. The App Store Top Paid API is the matching data-source page.
Shadowrocket at 1, HotSchedules at 2, play_music_theory at 3, AnkiMobile at 4, RadarScope at 5, TonalEnergy at 6, Procreate Pocket at 7, Paprika at 8, QuickBend at 9, and MilGPS at 10 is still a trades-and-tools list. RadarScope at 5 sits one rank below yesterday even as Los Angeles Times Polo-swell copy pointed to 7-foot tides Monday and Tuesday.
That is the durable shape of this feed versus App Store Top Free, where Muse, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude occupy four slots the same morning.
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This list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends call below. The tool is for mobile analysts who need a dated App Store Top Paid rank snapshot.
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