Meta’s AI app Muse surpassed ChatGPT’s mobile downloads in the US and Canada during its first 12 days, according to Apptopia. Muse is available on iOS and Android, but only in the US and Canada, while ChatGPT was initially offered only on iOS. In Apptopia’s comparison based on the two apps’ iOS data in the US and Canada, Muse reached 1.8 million downloads, while ChatGPT reached approximately 1.3 million. Muse’s total downloads across both platforms rose to 2.8 million. The app climbed from second place to first in the US App Store rankings. Appfigures also reported that it had surpassed 1 million downloads. Muse’s daily active users were estimated to have reached 642 thousand.
Why it matters
The user interest Muse attracted in a short time shows that competition among AI apps is shaped not only by model features but also by platform access and distribution reach. However, the comparison is limited to data from the US and Canada, and the two apps did not have the same platform conditions during their initial periods; therefore, the results cannot be directly interpreted as a general user preference. The fact that Apptopia and Appfigures’ figures are based on estimates also shows that the measurements should not be read as exact user counts. Whether users continue to use the app regularly after downloading it and whether Muse can maintain the same level of interest if it expands beyond its current area of availability remain unanswered questions in this early picture.
Background
ChatGPT is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: over the past 90 days, we have published 37 articles mentioning the name; the most recent is dated September 25, 2026.