App Store 2026 in numbers: AI, pricing, abandoned apps
Open the sourceReported by Hacker News, obelisk.club, 6 November 2026
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Independent developers account for 67.3% of charting apps and match larger publishers on ratings at 4.41 stars among apps with at least 50 ratings. Subscription and price complaints appear in 12.7% of 1-2 star reviews, ahead of bugs and broken features at 10.9% and login and account issues at 10%. Watch whether AI mentions keep climbing in design and developer tools, and whether stale apps and pricing gripes start to weigh on ratings.
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