About

An early-traction radar for iOS games

We track every new game release and every notable top-chart move on the US Apple App Store — every day — and rank them by a heat score that surfaces what's taking off before it's obvious.

How it works

  1. 1 · Collect, daily

    A scheduled job pulls Apple's new, top free and top grossing Games feeds, then enriches every app via the iTunes Lookup API.

  2. 2 · Measure velocity

    Each day's snapshot is stored as a time series. We compute rating-count velocity, relative growth and chart momentum from the accumulating history.

  3. 3 · Score the heat

    A cohort-normalized 0–100 heat score weights small, fast-rising games over incumbents — so genuine discoveries outrank the usual giants.

  4. 4 · Publish & export

    Everything is statically generated with Astro on Cloudflare Pages, with a Rising RSS feed and a JSON export.

Who it's for

Indie developers, studio scouts and investors who want the signal early — which mechanics are heating up, which fresh titles are pulling downloads, and which studios to watch. Players are welcome too: the Rising and Games pages are a fast way to find what's actually new and good.

What the heat score is — and isn't

Heat is our own estimate, derived from public App Store signals (rating count is a proxy for downloads). It's a relative, comparative indicator — not an official Apple metric, not a download count, and not investment advice. Rank momentum sharpens as our history deepens.

Contact

Questions, corrections or partnership ideas? Open an issue on the source repository, or reach the team via the team page. See also our methodology and privacy policy.