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title: "Newsletter: the AI app stores, by email · OpenApps"
description: "The ChatGPT and Claude app stores by email: the biggest climbers, new launches and removals, and one chart worth reading. Free. The first issue is still to come."
url: https://theopenapps.com/newsletter
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# The AI app stores, by email

Who climbed, who launched and who was removed in the AI app stores, by email. The first issue is still to come.

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## In every issue

* The biggest climbers in the ChatGPT and Claude top charts
* Notable launches, and how many apps were removed
* One chart worth reading, with a short note from the OpenApps team
* New guides and research before they're anywhere else

## A sample issue

OpenApps **The AI app stores, week of October 28, 2026**

### [Biggest AI app climbers this week: new ChatGPT apps, NetSuite and n8n](https://theopenapps.com/blog/biggest-climbers-2026-10-28)

KiasuMiles, a ChatGPT app that picks the best miles credit card, was the biggest climber in the AI app stores in the week to Oct 28, 2026, from #355 to #77 in Finance. Eight of the 20 biggest climbers launched in September, and on Claude, NetSuite and n8n each rose more than 100 places.

Biggest climb

278 places (KiasuMiles, #355 to #77)

Top 20 climbers launched in September

8 (the rest launched earlier)

Apps new to a top 10

48 (12 of them OpenAI's)

### [This week in ChatGPT apps: a 63-app shelf reshuffle](https://theopenapps.com/blog/this-week-in-chatgpt-apps-2026-10-28)

ChatGPT listed 288 new apps in the week of Oct 19 to Oct 25, 2026, and none of them was on a home shelf by Oct 28\. The shelves moved anyway: on Oct 28, 2026, 63 apps entered 15 of ChatGPT's 16 US home shelves in one reshuffle, bringing Booking.com and iCloud Mail onto the home page and adding Figma to Creativity.

Shelf entries

76 (16 US shelves, Oct 21 to Oct 28)

Entries on Oct 28 alone

63 (of 76)

Slots held all window

76 of 144 (71 distinct apps)

### [This week in plugins: Oracle, J.P. Morgan and LinkedIn ship to Claude](https://theopenapps.com/blog/this-week-in-plugins-2026-10-27)

Claude added 13 plugins and connectors in the week of Oct 19 to 25, with Oracle NetSuite, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and LinkedIn among the publishers. OpenApps counted 6 plugins and 7 connectors there, and on Cursor, 2 new plugins and 122 directory listings from Oct 23 to Oct 25, 2026, the only days we could read.

Claude launches

13 (6 plugins, 7 connectors)

Cursor plugins launched

2 (Oct 23 to 25 only)

Biggest Cursor climb

#33 to #2 (WordPress rule, directory trending)