Apps deleted from the App Store
Every app removal we have confirmed since March 2019, newest first, where the app is still available in some other storefront. Filter by storefront, by kind of app, or by year.
How this record is built, and what it leaves out
One entry per app per day, from our record of every confirmed change in an app's availability. A removal is only counted once it has been confirmed by a second test, and most are confirmed many times over. Apps removed from several storefronts on the same day are shown as one entry naming each storefront, so the entries are fewer than the removals — both counts are given below.
Apps that can no longer be got in any storefront are left out, because an app its developer withdrew worldwide is not evidence of anything a country did, and those cases are nearly half of all removals we hold. The test is whether the app is available somewhere today, which is not quite the same as whether it was when it went: an app removed from one storefront in 2021 and retired everywhere in 2024 will not appear here, even though that first removal was real.
This page does not rank storefronts, and the counts beside each storefront in the filter are not a league table. Over the last twelve months the largest number of removals of widely-used apps was in the United States, which has by far the largest catalogue and so the most ordinary commercial churn. For a comparison between storefronts, see the ranking, which is built on what is missing rather than on what moved.
Showing only what left China (Mainland) on Jan 7, 2023.
What went, and when
11 removals, newest first.
Miraj: Kids Islamic Learning CN4 years ago
Holy Quran (Offline) by Sheikh Sudais CN4 years ago
Quran & English Audio CN4 years ago
Al Quran (Tafsir & by Word) CN4 years ago
Bible KJV CN4 years ago
Holy Bible - Daily Reading CN4 years ago
Matthew Henry Bible Commentary CN4 years ago
Bible and Strong’s Concordance CN4 years ago
Bible Trivia Quiz - Fun Game CN4 years ago
The One Bible App CN4 years ago
Holy Bible - CN4 years ago