App Store (Paid)
HotSchedules takes rank 1 on App Store Top Paid on September 4, 2026, swapping with Shadowrocket, which slips to 2. Pocket God is new at 6. SkyView is new at 8. Versus the September 3 App Store Paid board, Monash FODMAP Diet (9) and MilGPS (10) drop off. RadarScope climbs 8 to 7 one day after it was a new entry, as Tropical Storm Edouard's 60 mph landfall at 2:20 p.m. CDT on September 1 still sits on Google Trends at rank 8 after 18 to 20 inches of rain in some East Texas counties and a 90 mph gust at Port Arthur. play_music_theory falls 6 to 10 (4 ranks). AnkiMobile holds 3, TonalEnergy 4, Procreate Pocket 5. Paprika Recipe Manager 3 sits at 9 after rank 7 yesterday. The App Store Top Paid API call used type App Store Top Paid and limit 10. Paid-chart rows are store objects, so get_growth was skipped.
Top trending paid apps on App Store: September 4
HotSchedules: Restaurant and hourly-worker scheduling app. Climbs 2 to 1. No widely reported product-update trigger identified for September 4; the swap with Shadowrocket is the day's rank story.
Shadowrocket: iOS proxy and rule-based routing client. Slips 1 to 2 after holding the top yesterday.
AnkiMobile Flashcards: Spaced-repetition study app. Holds 3. No widely reported academic-calendar trigger identified for September 4 beyond back-to-school traffic already visible on TikTok hashtags.
TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome: Musician tuner. Holds 4.
Procreate Pocket: iPhone drawing app from Savage Interactive. Holds 5.
Pocket God: Long-running paid novelty game. New at 6, replacing play_music_theory's slot. No widely reported 2026 relaunch trigger identified for September 4.
RadarScope: Professional weather-radar app. Climbs 8 to 7 as Tropical Depression Edouard's remnants stay a Google Trends query. New yesterday, still on the board.
SkyView: Augmented-reality stargazing app (SkyView mark on the store listing). New at 8. No widely reported sky-event trigger identified for September 4 after yesterday's lunar-eclipse query left Google Trends.
Paprika Recipe Manager 3: Recipe box and grocery app. Slips 7 to 9.
play_music_theory: Music-theory trainer. Drops 6 to 10. No widely reported update trigger identified for September 4.
The live ranked board beyond today's top 10 is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key
What changed on App Store Paid since yesterday
New entrants: Pocket God (6), SkyView (8).
Movers: HotSchedules 2 to 1; Shadowrocket 1 to 2; RadarScope 8 to 7; Paprika 7 to 9; play_music_theory 6 to 10.
Drop-offs: Monash FODMAP Diet (9), MilGPS (10).
Unchanged: AnkiMobile 3, TonalEnergy 4, Procreate Pocket 5.
What today's App Store paid apps reveal
The paid chart is a utilities stack, not a game chart, except Pocket God's return at 6. Scheduling, proxies, flashcards, tuners, and drawing still occupy 1 through 5.
RadarScope's second day on the board lines up with Edouard rainfall coverage, not a new app version in the public record. SkyView arriving as the lunar-eclipse Google query leaves is the opposite: an astronomy app without a matching search spike today.
MilGPS dropping off one day after it was new is the definition of a one-session paid-chart visit.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type App Store Top Paid and limit 10. The feed is for teams comparing iOS paid velocity with the free chart.
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"type": "App Store Top Paid",
"limit": 10
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Read the App Store Top Paid API page for the live call.