“tools”

The #302 search in News on the United States App Store in August 2026. The typical top-10 app has 11K ratings and 4 have over 100,000: a place in the top 10 takes a listing that already earns ratings.

Popularity
53/ 100

+1 against a year ago. Apple Ads search popularity, 5 to 100.

Difficulty
67/ 100

Median top-10 app has 11K ratings; 4 above 100K; 7 carry the words in the name; 7 updated in 6 months.

Results
173

Apps Apple returns for the search. Read Sep 27.

Top 10 apps for “tools”

Search popularity by month

Jun 2025: 53 · #293Jul 2025: 51 · #412Aug 2025: 52 · #340Sep 2025: 52 · #377Oct 2025: 51 · #363Nov 2025: 51 · #350Dec 2025: 50 · #413Jan 2026: 52 · #440Feb 2026: 51 · #417Mar 2026: 51 · #456Apr 2026: 51 · #421May 2026: 51 · #407Jun 2026: 53 · #315Jul 2026: 52 · #358Aug 2026: 53 · #302
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Jun 2550–53 over 15 monthsAug 26

Apple Ads search popularity, 5 to 100, for the months the term was in a category's top 500. A gap means it was not.

Searches with the same apps ranking

Terms whose top 10 shares apps with this one, most shared first; the rest are its neighbours by demand in News.

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