New apps that are already making money

389 apps released in the last twelve months have made the App Store charts, and every one of them carries a revenue estimate here. Ranked by what they gross, not by how recently they shipped — a list ordered by date is just a feed, and the interesting question about a new app is whether anything is happening.

Released in the last year
389
Shipped in the last 6 months
203
Median revenue, new apps
$5k/mo
Median, whole catalog
$30k/mo

A new app on the charts grosses a median of $5k/mo against $30k/mo for the catalog as a whole. That gap is the honest version of the "new app breaks out" story: charting at all puts you ahead of almost every app on the store, and still leaves you well below the apps that have been compounding for years.

Fastest to revenue

Released in the last six months and already at the top of the new cohort.

VibeShort app icon VibeShort $5m/mo Entertainment · released Feb 2026StoryReel app icon StoryReel $4m/mo Entertainment · released Apr 2026Ziptale-Endless Dramas&TV app icon Ziptale-Endless Dramas&TV $500k/mo Entertainment · released May 2026Heyyyy app icon Heyyyy $400k/mo Entertainment · released Apr 2026ColdTrace app icon ColdTrace $300k/mo Entertainment · released May 2026

Every new app on the charts, by revenue

  1. 1 VibeShort app icon VibeShort Entertainment · released Feb 2026 $5m/mo 3m installs
  2. 2 StoryReel app icon StoryReel Entertainment · released Apr 2026 $4m/mo 3m installs
  3. 3 Authenticator ℠ App app icon Authenticator ℠ App Utilities · released Nov 2025 $1m/mo 400k installs
  4. 4 myCar app icon myCar Utilities · released Nov 2025 $900k/mo 500k installs
  5. 5 Dance AI app icon Dance AI Photo & Video · released Feb 2026 $500k/mo 100k installs
  6. 6 Chatbot AI Assistant ChatPrime app icon Chatbot AI Assistant ChatPrime Productivity · released Sep 2025 $500k/mo 100k installs
  7. 7 AI CleanKit app icon AI CleanKit Productivity · released Sep 2025 $500k/mo 90k installs
  8. 8 Ziptale-Endless Dramas&TV app icon Ziptale-Endless Dramas&TV Entertainment · released May 2026 $500k/mo 8k installs
  9. 9 AntiqSnap app icon AntiqSnap Reference · released Oct 2025 $400k/mo 200k installs
  10. 10 Glowify - AI Hairstyle Try On app icon Glowify - AI Hairstyle Try On Photo & Video · released Aug 2025 $400k/mo 200k installs
  11. 11 Scroll The Bible app icon Scroll The Bible Book · released Dec 2025 $400k/mo 200k installs
  12. 12 BibiShort - Reel, Drama Series app icon BibiShort - Reel, Drama Series Entertainment · released Jan 2026 $400k/mo 100k installs
  13. 13 Sondo - AI Music Video & AI MV app icon Sondo - AI Music Video & AI MV Music · released Aug 2025 $400k/mo 60k installs
  14. 14 Heyyyy app icon Heyyyy Entertainment · released Apr 2026 $400k/mo 40k installs
  15. 15 ColdTrace app icon ColdTrace Entertainment · released May 2026 $300k/mo 800k installs
  16. 16 Scanner App app icon Scanner App Business · released Oct 2025 $300k/mo 700k installs
  17. 17 ReShoot app icon ReShoot Graphics & Design · released Sep 2025 $300k/mo 300k installs
  18. 18 mise - meal planner app icon mise - meal planner Food & Drink · released Jun 2026 $300k/mo 300k installs
  19. 19 HoloDex - TCG Scan & Collect app icon HoloDex - TCG Scan & Collect Reference · released Sep 2025 $300k/mo 200k installs
  20. 20 IQ Boost app icon IQ Boost Education · released Nov 2025 $300k/mo 200k installs
  21. 21 Office Word app icon Office Word Productivity · released Apr 2026 $300k/mo 200k installs
  22. 22 OOC app icon OOC Entertainment · released Apr 2026 $300k/mo 100k installs
  23. 23 Glacier App app icon Glacier App Productivity · released Jul 2026 $300k/mo 100k installs
  24. 24 Reverse Audio app icon Reverse Audio Music · released Oct 2025 $200k/mo 600k installs
  25. 25 Sewpal app icon Sewpal Reference · released Nov 2025 $200k/mo 100k installs
  26. 26 AI Decor - AI Home Design app icon AI Decor - AI Home Design Lifestyle · released Sep 2025 $200k/mo 100k installs
  27. 27 Car Dashboard Widgets - HiCar app icon Car Dashboard Widgets - HiCar Navigation · released May 2026 $200k/mo 100k installs
  28. 28 TCG Card Scanner & Value-Foloy app icon TCG Card Scanner & Value-Foloy Entertainment · released Jun 2026 $200k/mo 100k installs
  29. 29 FoilSnap app icon FoilSnap Reference · released Sep 2025 $200k/mo 90k installs
  30. 30 Anima app icon Anima Music · released Oct 2025 $200k/mo 90k installs
  31. 31 PeptidePal – Peptide Tracker app icon PeptidePal – Peptide Tracker Health & Fitness · released Apr 2026 $200k/mo 60k installs
  32. 32 SnackFic - Stories & Novels app icon SnackFic - Stories & Novels Book · released Mar 2026 $200k/mo 50k installs
  33. 33 Stella - Manifest Anything app icon Stella - Manifest Anything Health & Fitness · released Jan 2026 $200k/mo 50k installs
  34. 34 Vico Nature app icon Vico Nature Lifestyle · released Mar 2026 $200k/mo 9k installs
  35. 35 Myrelle app icon Myrelle Entertainment · released May 2026 $200k/mo 8k installs
  36. 36 KeepClean AI app icon KeepClean AI Utilities · released Oct 2025 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  37. 37 Movia AI app icon Movia AI Photo & Video · released Aug 2025 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  38. 38 SCHN+ app icon SCHN+ Sports · released Oct 2025 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  39. 39 WriteSwift AI - Note Taking app icon WriteSwift AI - Note Taking Utilities · released Aug 2025 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  40. 40 Nebuluxe app icon Nebuluxe Travel · released Sep 2025 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  41. 41 PlotJoy app icon PlotJoy Entertainment · released Apr 2026 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  42. 42 SanpPlay app icon SanpPlay Lifestyle · released Dec 2025 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  43. 43 Cinerra app icon Cinerra Entertainment · released May 2026 $200k/mo < 5k installs
  44. 44 Speaker Cleaner app icon Speaker Cleaner Music · released Apr 2026 $100k/mo 400k installs
  45. 45 Localize - Farmers Market app icon Localize - Farmers Market Food & Drink · released Dec 2025 $100k/mo 200k installs
  46. 46 Rhyme (formerly Roamy) app icon Rhyme (formerly Roamy) Travel · released Oct 2025 $100k/mo 100k installs
  47. 47 Janitor - Official App app icon Janitor - Official App Book · released Nov 2025 $100k/mo 100k installs
  48. 48 Wello - Heart Health Monitor app icon Wello - Heart Health Monitor Lifestyle · released Mar 2026 $100k/mo 100k installs
  49. 49 Authenticator© App app icon Authenticator© App Utilities · released Apr 2026 $100k/mo 100k installs
  50. 50 Cursor app icon Cursor Developer Tools · released Jun 2026 $100k/mo 100k installs

Where new apps are breaking through

The categories the last year's arrivals actually landed in.

  1. Developer Tools
    53 · 14%
  2. Shopping
    35 · 9%
  3. Reference
    33 · 8%
  4. Entertainment
    26 · 7%
  5. Food & Drink
    22 · 6%
  6. Graphics & Design
    21 · 5%
  7. Navigation
    19 · 5%
  8. Travel
    17 · 4%

What "new" means here

  • Release date, not discovery date. "New" is the app's own first App Store release, on or after 2025-08-21 — not when it was added to this catalog. A long-established app we started tracking last week is not a new app.
  • Charting apps only. Every app here already reached the App Store charts. The overwhelming majority of apps released in the last year did not, and none of them appear.
  • Estimates, not filings. Revenue and downloads are worldwide monthly estimates of App Store transactions, before Apple's commission.

What apps earn, by category · the screenshot data report · browse every tracked app