Elon Musk said Apple made it 'impossible' for non-ChatGPT AI apps to top the App Store. DeepSeek would like a word.
XAI's Grok app has yet to top the App Store's overall rankings for free apps. It currently sits at #5 on the platform's free apps charts — four spots away from the long-dominant ChatGPT.
On Monday, Musk blamed Apple, suggesting without evidence that Apple has its thumb on the App Store scales. Apple partnered with OpenAI last year to integrate ChatGPT into iOS.
"Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation," Musk wrote on X. "XAI will take immediate legal action."
Readers have since added context to Musk's post in the form of a "community note," pointing out that another AI app topped the App Store this year.
DeepSeek released its flagship R1 model on January 20. By January 26, the Chinese AI app reached No. 1 on the App Store, dethroning ChatGPT at the time.
On July 17, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas posted a screenshot of the App Store in India to his X feed, showing Perplexity ranked No. 1 nationally, beating out ChatGPT.
Both DeepSeek and Perplexity's chart-topping stints occurred months after OpenAI announced its partnership with Apple in June 2024.
XAI, Apple, Perplexity, and DeepSeek did not respond to requests for comment.
While other AI apps have taken over the top spot in the App Store for short periods, ChatGPT has had a long-standing hot streak and is massively popular. In a 28-day period between May and June, Similarweb found that ChatGPT was downloaded 29,551,174 times. That compares to 32,859,208 combined downloads for TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X.
Even with its dominance, ChatGPT wasn't the most downloaded app of 2024. It was Temu.
While Musk clearly wants to get Grok to No. 1 on the App Store — reposting a fan's request that people rate the app 5 stars to "put Grok where it belongs, at the very top" — one of his other apps has hit No. 1 on a different Apple chart.
X, formerly Twitter, was the top free News app on Tuesday afternoon, with Reddit at the No. 2 spot.
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