Paid apps on Google Play: who still charges up front

Which categories still sell apps for a price, what they charge, and how to list them.

A small, steady corner

Only a small share of Google Play apps cost money to install. They cluster in a few places: tools for professionals, premium games ported from consoles and PCs, and utilities whose users dislike ads.

Listing them

curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" \
  "https://apknimbus.com/api/v1/search?free=false&min_installs=100000&sort=installs"

Each result has pricing.price and pricing.currency, read from the listing in the store’s default country.

Top paid charts

The paid charts rank apps by recent paid installs per country: /charts?country=US&category=GAME_PUZZLE&collection=paid. They change slowly, because paid apps rarely see sudden spikes.