OpenAI’s recent contract with the U.S. Department of Defense sparked backlash from users, briefly pushing Claude to the top of the App Store. Here are the details.
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RevenueCat’s State of Subscription Apps 2026 report shows a widening gap between top-performing apps and the rest of the market. Here are the details.
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Following last year’s introduction of a ban on social media apps for teenagers, Australia is now tightening age-verification requirements for AI apps. Here are the details.
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AI chatbots currently take up the top three spots on the US App Store’s Top Downloaded charts. For Anthropic’s Claude, which takes the first-place position right now, that’s a jump from 42nd place just two months ago.
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Sensor Tower has published a new report with a comprehensive review of how mobile gaming performed in 2025, and its outlook for the year to come. Here are the details.
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Apple is rolling out new age assurance tools for developers in regions including Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and parts of the US, as new App Store restrictions for 18+ apps take effect in select markets. Here are the details.
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Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over age verification – Reddit for failing to properly check ages, and Discord for using a controversial third-party service.
Reddit has been fined £14.5 ($19.5M) million for the unlawful use of children’s personal information, while Discord has experienced a user backlash …
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Following a recent change to multiple App Store rules in Japan, a coalition representing more than 600 local companies is calling for further regulatory action. Here are the details.
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Apple has responded to complaints that it abuses its dominant position in the iPhone app market by making four promises to third-party developers about fairer treatment.
Developers and others are being asked for their comments on the proposals, and the UK’s antitrust regulator says it will be closely measuring the effectiveness of the measures …
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Apple has updated its App Review Guidelines to expand the list of user-generated content experiences that can be removed from the App Store without notice. Here are the details.
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AltStore developers Riley Testut and Shane Gill today announced CSAM Store Checker, an app that tracks app marketplaces where child sexual abuse material is available. Here are the details.
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Apple announced today that it is updating App Store pricing and developer proceeds in nine countries effective today, with additional pricing changes to follow next month. Here’s what’s changing.
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Apple says Patreon now has until November 2026 to move all remaining creators to the App Store’s in-app purchase system, or risk removal from the App Store. Patreon disagrees, but says it will comply. Here are the details.
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Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report concluding that “nudify” apps are widely available and easily found on the App Store and Google’s Play Store. Here are the details.
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At the end of last year, Apple announced that it was expanding App Store search ads beyond the single promoted placement at the top of the results. Instead, developer paying for promotion in App Store search can now have their apps appear further down the search results list, mixed in with the usual stream of organic results.
Apple has now confirmed that this will go into effect beginning March 3, starting the UK and Japan, with a rollout across all Apple Ads markets by the end of the month.
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As spotted by TechCrunch, Danish users are turning to iOS apps to help them boycott American products. Here are the details.
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Sensor Tower has published its annual report, offering insights, trends, and data on the global mobile app market. Here are the main takeaways.
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An effort led by security research lab CovertLabs is actively uncovering troves of (mostly) AI-related App Store apps that leak and expose user data, including names, emails, and chat history. Here are the details.
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Apple is testing a new design for App Store search ads on iPhone. Some users on iOS 26.3 are noticing that the blue background around sponsored results is no longer shown, blurring the line between what paid ad results look like and the real search results that follow.
This means the only differentiator between organic results and the promoted ad is the presence of the small ‘Ad’ banner next to the app icon. Right now, it appears to be in some kind of A/B test phase.
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Hours after a coalition of digital rights, child safety, and women’s rights organizations asked Apple to “take immediate action” against X and Grok AI, xAI confirmed that Grok will no longer edit “images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis,” with significant carve-outs. Here are the details.
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Appfigures’ annual report on the app economy shows that app downloads declined in 2025 compared to 2024, even as estimated gross revenue surged to a record high. Here are the details.
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It may sound morbid, but China’s new top paid App Store app—Are You Dead?—is spiking in popularity among iPhone users who live alone. Here are the details.
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In a new press release today, Apple is celebrating the success of its services division throughout 2025. The company says that 2025 was a “record-breaking year for Apple services,” with milestones for Apple Music, Apple TV, and more.
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Three U.S. Senators have asked Apple CEO Tim Cook to temporarily remove X and Grok from the App Store due to “sickening content generation” in recent days.
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