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What's working, where.

New apps climbing the App Store in 49 countries, plus the launches getting real traction from developers this month. Every number links back to its public source.

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Explore what's charting in each market.

Americas

8 supported countries

+2 more countries

Europe

20 supported countries

+14 more countries

Middle East & Africa

7 supported countries

+1 more countries

Kenya

Asia-Pacific

14 supported countries

+8 more countries

Breakout apps

New apps charting in the most countries

Released in the last 6 months and already in the top 100 across several countries at once.

#1
Tiny Computers
Fountain Interactive Ltd · Entertainment
44 countries · best rank #1 · since Oct 2026
+38
#2
Deck-Man: Cassette Player
Squircle Apps LLP · Music
5.0(4)
43 countries · best rank #2 · since Oct 2026
+37
#3
play_music_theory
TALA RAE SCHLOSSBERG · Music
4.5(2)
40 countries · best rank #6 · since Aug 2026
+34
#4
TypeDraw
Trautmann & Dorre GbR Shaped Agency · Productivity
36 countries · best rank #2 · since Oct 2026
+30
#5
BlinkDrama - Short Dramas
Atlas Ventures Culture & Technology Limited · Entertainment
4.8(7.2K)
29 countries · best rank #1 · since May 2026
+23
#6
Manager for Scooters
Radoslaw Marciniak · Travel
4.2(134)
24 countries · best rank #2 · since Jun 2026
+18
#7
YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera
Seungyun Kim · Photo & Video
5.0(3)
21 countries · best rank #1 · since Jun 2026
+15
#8
Stay On Target 1138
Harin Wickremasinghe · Utilities
20 countries · best rank #11 · since Aug 2026
+14
#9
Flipcorder: 레트로 캠코더
Lotus Apps, LLC · Photo & Video
14 countries · best rank #9 · since Oct 2026
+8
#10
Auday - All-Day Watch Recorder
航江郭 · Lifestyle
12 countries · best rank #10 · since Oct 2026
+6
#11
Blueprint 4-Track
MAX B HELGEMO · Music
4.0(1)
11 countries · best rank #8 · since Jul 2026
+5
#12
2Do: To Do List & Task Manager
Beehive Innovations Services · Productivity
10 countries · best rank #49 · since Sep 2026
+4

Patterns

What kind of new apps are winning where

Each cell counts new apps (released in the last 6 months) in that country's top charts today. Darker means more.

Country	Utilities	Music	Entertainment	Photo & Video	Productivity	Education	Lifestyle
United States	3	5	3	2	3	0	1
Canada	1	4	3	1	3	0	0
Mexico	5	4	5	3	1	3	0
Brazil	5	3	2	1	1	0	1
Argentina	5	2	3	1	2	0	0
Chile	3	3	3	1	1	2	0
Colombia	5	3	4	2	2	1	1
Peru	2	2	2	2	1	0	1
United Kingdom	1	5	2	1	2	0	0
Ireland	2	5	3	3	1	1	0
Germany	2	3	2	1	2	0	1
France	2	3	3	2	3	0	0
Spain	2	6	2	0	3	2	1
Italy	3	4	2	1	1	1	1
Portugal	3	4	1	4	1	0	0
Netherlands	2	3	1	2	2	0	0
Belgium	1	4	2	1	2	0	0
Switzerland	1	2	3	5	1	0	2
Austria	3	2	2	1	2	1	1
Sweden	3	3	1	0	2	1	1
Norway	1	3	1	2	1	2	0
Denmark	3	3	2	2	3	1	1
Finland	1	3	1	2	0	1	0
Poland	5	2	1	2	1	1	0
Czechia	3	4	1	1	1	1	1
Romania	1	3	3	3	3	0	0
Greece	0	3	3	1	4	0	0
Türkiye	5	4	2	6	2	6	0
UAE	4	2	1	1	2	1	0
Saudi Arabia	4	3	2	4	3	2	1
Israel	2	2	4	1	3	1	1
Egypt	7	1	3	1	1	0	2
South Africa	3	2	3	2	1	2	0
Nigeria	2	0	1	1	1	0	1
Kenya	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
India	2	4	1	2	2	1	1
Pakistan	3	1	2	3	0	0	0
Indonesia	4	1	1	4	1	4	0
Philippines	2	2	2	3	1	3	0
Vietnam	6	2	4	5	1	0	1
Thailand	1	2	5	1	2	2	1
Malaysia	2	2	3	1	2	3	2
Singapore	1	3	1	3	5	0	4
Japan	4	4	3	2	5	3	1
South Korea	2	3	2	16	3	1	6
Taiwan	7	1	8	6	7	4	1
Hong Kong	8	3	4	4	1	3	2
Australia	2	3	3	2	2	0	1
New Zealand	1	2	2	3	2	0	2

New apps in the latest App Store top 100 (free + paid), by canonical category. Click a value to explore.Fewer MoreZero means no qualifying apps observed, not no demand. Missing and uncategorized records are excluded.

By country

New apps in each country's top charts

Americas

Europe

Middle East & Africa

Asia-Pacific

Developer traction

Launches people are upvoting

Ranked by public points on Hacker News (Show HN: last 30 days; YC Launch HN: last year) and stars on GitHub (projects created in the last 60 days).

All launches →

1
SimCity
SimCity, but with Permits
936HNOct 20, 2026
2
Bigwords.page
Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app
728HNOct 7, 2026
3
Guitoro
Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard
573HNOct 13, 2026
4
Carrier-Explode
iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy carrier settings decoded
433HNOct 9, 2026
5
big arrow on the screen
Let your AI agents paint big arrows, boxes and text on your screen
AI tools
421HNOct 9, 2026
6
Reladraw
A diagram language where you decide where to place things
Education
415HNSep 26, 2026
7
Space
Real-time Solar System with 526k asteroids and all tracked satellites
408HNSep 29, 2026
8
Stillwet
Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvas
392HNOct 2, 2026
9
Llmspeed
feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware
AI tools
331HNOct 17, 2026
10
Lofi Cities
Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi
320HNSep 27, 2026

Chart data: Apple App Store public top charts (iPhone), snapshot 2026-10-24. “New” means first released in the last 6 months. Rank changes appear once two daily snapshots exist.