App Store (Paid)
Shadowrocket remains rank 1 on App Store Top Paid for September 28, 2026, snapshot 2026-09-28T04:01:33.949958, matching September 27. SkyView is the lone new entrant at rank 10, replacing PeakFinder. RadarScope fell from rank 5 to rank 9, a 4-rank drop, after the Harvest Moon peaked Saturday, September 26 at 12:49 p.m. EDT per Astronomy magazine's full-moon calendar. Ranks 1 through 4 are unchanged: Shadowrocket, HotSchedules, play_music_theory, AnkiMobile Flashcards.
Top trending apps on App Store Paid: September 28
Shadowrocket
Proxy and rule-based VPN client still at rank 1. Same slot as September 27; no new store-feature note was required for the hold.
HotSchedules
Restaurant and shift-scheduling app holding rank 2. A durable paid-chart fixture rather than a news spike.
play_music_theory
Music-theory trainer at rank 3, unchanged. No new curriculum bulletin was found.
AnkiMobile Flashcards
Paid spaced-repetition client at rank 4, unchanged. Study-app demand is the standing reason.
Procreate Pocket
iPhone illustration app at rank 5 after rank 6 on September 27, up 1. No new version-news fetch was required.
TonalEnergy Tuner and Metronome
Tuner app at rank 6 after rank 7, up 1, sitting next to play_music_theory in the music-tool cluster.
Paprika Recipe Manager 3
Recipe box app at rank 7 after rank 8, up 1. No new catalog note was found.
2AM CAM
Night-vision camera utility at rank 8 after rank 9, up 1.
RadarScope
Weather-radar app at rank 9 after rank 5, down 4. The Harvest Moon weekend (peak September 26, 12:49 p.m. EDT) plus the lingering Northeast nor'easter kept weather apps in the ten, but RadarScope lost four slots as SkyView took the sky-watching slot.
SkyView
Star-chart app by Terminal Eleven, new at rank 10. NASA's September 2026 skywatching note placed the Harvest Moon near Saturn on September 26, which is the documented viewing window that can lift a planetarium app onto a paid chart.
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What changed on App Store Paid since yesterday
New entrant: SkyView (10). Holdovers: Shadowrocket 1, HotSchedules 2, play_music_theory 3, AnkiMobile 4, Procreate Pocket 6 to 5, TonalEnergy 7 to 6, Paprika 8 to 7, 2AM CAM 9 to 8, RadarScope 5 to 9. Drop-off: PeakFinder (was 10). Big mover: none at 5-plus besides RadarScope's 4-rank slide. as_of 2026-09-28T04:01:33.949958 versus 2026-09-27T02:01:34.370014.
What today's App Store Paid trends reveal
The September 28 paid ten is still a utilities stack: proxy, scheduling, music practice, flashcards, drawing, recipes, cameras, then weather and sky. SkyView replacing PeakFinder after the September 26 Harvest Moon is the only rotation that maps to a dated sky event. RadarScope staying in the ten at 9, not exiting, fits a week when AP News and Weather.com were still writing about the Northeast nor'easter on September 28.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on September 28, 2026. The call is for analysts who need a dated snapshot of a live board rather than a keyword time series. The matching data source page is App Store Top Paid API.
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