“I mean, productivity includes Gmail!”Sullivan initially dropped the app into the iOS App Store without really telling anyone. Focus Friend is forever a “#1 in the App Store” app. I started wondering about life atop the App Store when OpenAI’s Sora app launched in October. The app launched in 2013, and “our entire first year, we didn’t get a lot of attention on the App Store,” Kuriyama says. Ultimately, here’s the shocking takeaway: if you make an app, you should want it to hit #1 on the App Store.