OpenAI launched the Sora app for iOS on September 30, 2025, and since then they’ve had to contend with angry talent agencies, accusations of fake news, and angry users bombing its rating on the Apple App Store to 2.8 stars in less than a month.
It still didn’t stop a million iPhone users from downloading Sora within the first five days of its launch. People love drama.
Now that I’ve really talked up this app, let me give you Android users the good news: As of November 4, 2025, you’ve been able to download the Sora app to your devices, too. And the pent-up demand surged downloads on its first day even higher than with the iOS version, hitting about 470,000 Android app downloads.
a day-one sprint
Sora’s Android download figures come courtesy of Appfigures, an analytic firm that focuses o

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