{"id":53344,"date":"2026-09-28T14:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=53344"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:53:24","slug":"not-muse-in-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/not-muse-in-the-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Muse in the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Muse from Meta app description says at the beginning, “Muse is your personal AI agent that gets things done, always working on what matters to you.” The Muse AI app description says at the beginning, “Muse is your professional AI agent that gets work done, always helping move important tasks forward.” Near the end, the Muse from Meta app description has the heading “SMART, BUT STILL LEARNING.” Near the end, the Muse AI app description has the heading “POWERFUL, BUT STILL LEARNING.”<\/p>\n

In other words, Muse AI is a blatant copy of Muse from Meta, the latter of which is currently the #1 iOS App Store download in the United States. I don’t know where Muse AI ranks in the iOS App Store, but I do know that it’s currently the #20 Mac App Store download in the US.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

And the real Muse app isn’t in the Mac App Store, so it has no competition.<\/p>\n\n

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By the way, I’d also like to draw your attention to the #11 Mac App Store download, as shown in my screenshot above: App for Instagram º<\/a>. Yes, the app name includes the º character, a phenomenon I’ve written about before<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The top search result for “VLC” in the Mac App Store is Video Player for VLC<\/a>, developed by muhammad faisal jabbar, not<\/em> by VideoLAN<\/a>. VLC for Mac is distributed outside the Mac App Store. You may notice a similarity between the icon of the official VLC app in the iOS App Store and the icon of Video Player for VLC.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n