App Store free downloads today, April 16, 2026
TurboTax: File Your Tax Return still sits at rank one on the App Store Top Free snapshot from Trends MCP, which fits the mid April tax window when many households finish returns, request extensions, or upload forms from a phone. The main section lists fifteen free iPhone leaders in chart order, and the supporting section adds eight Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated listings that track pantry and home maintenance demand.
Top trending apps on App Store Top Free, April 16
- TurboTax: File Your Tax Return leads in mid April as households finish United States federal filings, extensions, and payments from mobile.
- ChatGPT is OpenAI’s general assistant client for quick answers and drafting on iPhone.
- Claude by Anthropic is Anthropic’s assistant app pitched toward careful reading and writing tasks.
- Google Gemini is Google’s AI assistant entry inside the broader Google app stack.
- Meta AI - Assistant & Glasses bundles Meta’s assistant with hardware and social entry points that drive reinstalls.
- Google is the flagship search and account hub users restore after resets or travel.
- HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV moves with flagship series drops and theatrical windows.
- Amazon Prime Video tracks Amazon’s streaming bundle during major releases.
- Threads is Meta’s short post network that spikes around news events and creator threads.
- Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire stays high through discount retail acquisition pushes.
- CapCut: Photo & Video Editor is ByteDance’s editor tied to short video creation workflows.
- WhatsApp Messenger is Meta’s global messaging default for families and small teams.
- Whatnot: Shop, Sell, Connect is a live auction shopping app that gains installs after viral shows.
- Netflix Game Controller is Netflix’s phone-as-controller utility for TV and browser games, including party titles that need every player to install the app.
- Gmail - Email by Google is Google’s mobile inbox that rises during job changes and semester starts.
The full list of 50 trending apps is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key →
What today's App Store Top Free trends reveal
TurboTax at rank one keeps finance at the front of the free list while ranks two through four line up three large model assistants, so discovery for AI brands still concentrates near the top of Apple’s free chart. That stack implies parallel demand for last minute tax work and daily model switching on the same handset.
Prime Video, HBO Max, Temu, and CapCut fill the middle band with streaming plus discount retail plus editing, the usual bundle when leisure minutes and chore minutes share one device. Netflix Game Controller inside the top fifteen signals Netflix steering installs toward a controller utility for couch sessions. Deeper in the full fifty row pull, Gmail, Authenticator, Maps, and Teams still appear, which keeps enterprise and travel baselines visible beneath the headline consumer apps.
Also trending: Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated on April 16
Eight staples from Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated anchor the physical side of the same household attention budget.
- Amazon Basics 20-Pack AA Alkaline High-Performance Batteries is a staple power pack for remotes, toys, and emergency drawers.
- Amazon Basics AAA Long-Lasting Alkaline Batteries, 36-Count covers smaller devices with a higher count pantry pack.
- Queen Size 4 Piece Sheet Set - Comfy Breathable & Cooling Bed Sheets Set is a white label bedding bundle tied to seasonal refreshes.
- essence | Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara is a drugstore mascara that cycles through beauty short video trends.
- Crocs Unisex-Adult Classic Clog is the comfort clog that resurfaces whenever casual footwear clips trend.
- Gildan Men's Crew T-Shirts, Multipack, Style G1100 is a bulk white tee pack for uniforms and gym bags.
- Affresh Washing Machine Cleaner, 6 Time Release Tablets is a spring cleaning appliance maintenance SKU.
- blink plus plan with monthly auto-renewal appears twice at ranks eight and nine in this snapshot, which reads as duplicate subscription listings for Blink camera users.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
Trends MCP exposes ranked top_trends lists so analysts can snapshot App Store demand without maintaining a crawler. The fifteen free rows above map directly to the App Store Top Free pull dated in data_date. Pair that pull with Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated when the goal is to align mobile installs with physical basket staples.
{
"mode": "top_trends",
"type": "App Store Top Free"
}
Read the App Store trends hub for the running archive, and mirror the companion pull with "type": "Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated" when you need the retail side in the same session.
