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The most popular Mac apps right now

56,736installs of LibreOffice in the last 30 days, the most of any everyday Mac app. In the Mac App Store, Microsoft Word is the #1 free app.

57KLibreOffice 31KBlender 25KGoogle Chrome 20KObsidian 20KClaude V15KVorssaint 14KMozilla Firefox C13KChatGPT
57KLibreOff… 31KBlender 25KGoogleChrome 20KObsidian 20KClaude

The 24 most installed everyday Mac apps

Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026. Top 500

Most installed

Mac App Store, top free

Apple's US chart on Oct 28, 2026. Full chart

Top Free Mac Apps

  1. 1
    Microsoft WordProductivityMicrosoft Corporation
    Get
  2. 2
    WhatsApp MessengerSocial NetworkingWhatsApp Inc.
    Get
  3. 3
    Microsoft ExcelProductivityMicrosoft Corporation
    Get
  4. 4
    Microsoft PowerPointProductivityMicrosoft Corporation
    Get
  5. 5
    Microsoft OutlookProductivityMicrosoft Corporation
    Get
  6. 6
    CapCut: Photo & Video EditorPhoto & VideoBytedance Pte. Ltd
    Get
  7. 7
    Amazon Prime VideoEntertainmentAMZN Mobile LLC
    Get
  8. 8
    Canva AI Photo & Video EditorPhoto & VideoCanva
    Get
  9. 9
    XcodeDeveloper ToolsApple
    Get
  10. 10
    HP: Print and SupportProductivityHP Inc.
    Get

The leaders in each category

The three most installed apps in each everyday category.

Design, photo and 3D

Blender3D creation suite#1 · 31K installs
  1. draw.io Desktop7K
  2. Inkscape4.5K

Docs, sheets and PDFs

LibreOfficeFree cross-platform office suite, fresh version#1 · 57K installs
  1. Microsoft Word2.3K
  2. Microsoft Excel2K

Browse the web

Google ChromeWeb browser#1 · 25K installs
  1. Mozilla Firefox14K
  2. Brave7.8K

AI assistant

ClaudeAnthropic's official Claude AI desktop app#1 · 20K installs
  1. ChatGPT13K
  2. Gemini2.8K

Music and video

VLC media playerMultimedia player#1 · 11K installs
  1. Spotify8K
  2. IINA7.1K

Monitor your Mac

StatsSystem monitor for the menu bar#1 · 12K installs
  1. BetterDisplay9.9K
  2. LinearMouse4.9K

Free up space

MacPackerArchive manager#1 · 5.4K installs
  1. Keka4.8K
  2. FreeMacSoft AppCleaner3.9K

VPN and network

Windows AppConnect to Windows#1 · 4K installs
  1. ProtonVPN2.5K
  2. Cloudflare WARP2.5K

Chat and calls

SlackTeam communication and collaboration software#1 · 7.3K installs
  1. Discord7K
  2. Zoom6.3K

Passwords and security

1PasswordPassword manager that keeps all passwords secure behind one password#1 · 6.7K installs
  1. Bitwarden5K
  2. KeePassXC3.1K

Take notes

ObsidianKnowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files#1 · 20K installs
  1. Notion5.1K
  2. calibre3.6K

Tidy the menu bar

VorssaintMenu bar toolkit with keep-awake, system monitor and volume mixer#1 · 15K installs
  1. Ice4.1K
  2. Thaw3.4K

Install counts come from Homebrew, a free tool many Mac users install apps with, so they describe those people, not every Mac owner. How we count App Store charts are Apple's rankings.