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UpdatedShadowrocket, WatchTower, Brim: Full-Width Browsing and SparkBend, side by side in the App Store charts.
Shadowrocket
WatchTower
Brim: Full-Width Browsing
SparkBend
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Highlights
From the latest charts. Each one needs a clear leader.
Shadowrocket ranks highest in Paid · Utilities in Australia: #1, ahead of WatchTower at #2.
Shadowrocket has the best rank we've recorded of these apps: #1 in Paid · Utilities in the United States.
Shadowrocket charts in the most countries: 11 of the 11 countries we track.
Shadowrocket held the steadiest position in Paid · Utilities in Australia over 7 days: in the chart at every check, moving 0 places between checks on average.
Brim: Full-Width Browsing entered the charts in 7 new countries in the last 7 days: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan and Spain.
Side by side
Ranks and changes are in Paid · Utilities in Australia, unless a row says otherwise.
Rank history
Paid · Utilities in Australia, the last 7 days.
Australia · Paid · Utilities, 8 snapshots since 31 Oct. Shadowrocket: best #1, latest #1; WatchTower: best #2, latest #2; Brim: Full-Width Browsing: best #3, latest #3; SparkBend: best #36, latest #36.
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| Checked | Shadowrocket | WatchTower | Brim: Full-Width Browsing | SparkBend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2026 | #1 (number one) | #2 | #3 | #36 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | #1 (number one) | #2 | — | — |
| 5 Nov 2026 | #1 (number one) | #2 | — | — |
| 4 Nov 2026 | #1 (number one) | #3 | — | — |
| 3 Nov 2026 | #1 (number one) | #2 | — | — |
| 2 Nov 2026 | #1 (number one) | #2 | — | — |
| 1 Nov 2026 | #1 (number one) | #2 | — | — |
| 31 Oct 2026 | #1 (number one) | — | — | — |
By country
Paid · Utilities in every tracked country where at least one of these apps is in it. Change and "a week ago" are over 7 days.
| Country | Shadowrocket | WatchTower | Brim: Full-Width Browsing | SparkBend | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | #1 (number one)No change#1 a week ago · best #1 | Not in it | #2Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #2 | Not in it | Shadowrocket |
| United Kingdom | #1 (number one)No change#1 a week ago · best #1 | Not in it | #2Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #2 | Not in it | Shadowrocket |
| Canada | #1 (number one)Up 1 place#2 a week ago · best #1 | Not in it | #9Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #9 | Not in it | Shadowrocket |
| Australia | #1 (number one)No change#1 a week ago · best #1 | #2Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #2 | #3Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #3 | #36Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #36 | Shadowrocket |
| Germany | #1 (number one)Up 1 place#2 a week ago · best #1 | Not in it | #16Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #16 | Not in it | Shadowrocket |
| France | #1 (number one)Up 1 place#2 a week ago · best #1 | Not in it | Not in it | Not in it | Shadowrocket · only one in it |
| Japan | #2Up 1 place#3 a week ago · best #2 | Not in it | #35Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #35 | Not in it | Shadowrocket |
| India | #1 (number one)No change#1 a week ago · best #1 | #23Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #7 | Not in it | Not in it | Shadowrocket |
| Brazil | #4No change#4 a week ago · best #3 | Not in it | Not in it | Not in it | Shadowrocket · only one in it |
| Mexico | #3Down 1 place#2 a week ago · best #2 | Not in it | Not in it | Not in it | Shadowrocket · only one in it |
| Spain | #1 (number one)No change#1 a week ago · best #1 | Not in it | #5Not enough history yetNot in it a week ago · best #5 | Not in it | Shadowrocket |
By category
Each app in its own category's Paid chart in Australia. Shadowrocket, WatchTower, Brim: Full-Width Browsing and SparkBend are all in Utilities, so their ranks there compare directly.
Versions
The current version from the App Store, and every update we've seen ship since we started tracking each app.
Shadowrocket
- Current version
- 2.2.93
- 29 Oct 2026
- Released
- 14 Apr 2015
Updates since we started tracking it (8 Oct 2026)
- 2.2.92 → 2.2.9329 Oct 2026
WatchTower
- Current version
- 3.0.1
- 31 Oct 2026
- Released
- 28 Dec 2025
Updates since we started tracking it (8 Oct 2026)
- 3.0.0 → 3.0.131 Oct 2026
- 2.0.8 → 3.0.020 Oct 2026
Brim: Full-Width Browsing
- Current version
- 26.45.0
- 3 Nov 2026
- Released
- 3 Nov 2026
Updates since we started tracking it (7 Nov 2026)
No new version seen yet.
SparkBend
- Current version
- 1.0
- 12 Jan 2026
- Released
- 12 Jan 2026
Updates since we started tracking it (7 Nov 2026)
No new version seen yet.
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