App Store sees 84% surge in new apps as AI coding tools take off

https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/06/app-store-sees-84-surge-in-new-apps-as-ai-coding-tools-take-off/

App Store sees 84% surge in new apps as AI coding tools take off - 9to5Mac

Thanks to the new possibilities afforded by AI coding tools, the App Store is seeing a resurgence in new app submissions.

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Finally! The tsunami of incredibly useful, "AI" coded apps we've been waiting for. This is really good news.

Anybody categorized these apps? I mean, there were literally hundreds of flashlight apps in the Google android store at one point. Are "AI" apps doing variants of one thing, or are they all over the map?