Apple has shared some lists of the App Store’s best performing apps in 2014, on iTunes and other media sites. The lists highlighted the top apps of iPad Paid and Free, and iPhone Paid and Free.
Facebook Messenger ranked as the top free iPhone app of 2014, despite having a two-and-a-half rating. The bad rating is due in part to Facebook’s unpopular decision to force users to download the app by removing messenging capabilities in the official Facebook iOS app.
Other popular free iPhone apps of 2014 are:
1. Facebook Messenger
2. Snapchat
3. YouTube
4. Facebook
5. Instagram
6. Pandora Radio
7. Google Maps
8. Flipagram
9. Spotify Music
10. 2048
Heads Up! was the number one paid iPhone app in 2014. The popular party game was shot to fame after appearing multiple time on The Ellen Degeneres Show. The game, first launched in 2013, asks players to guess a word based on clues from friends.
Other popular paid iPhone apps of 2014 include:
1. Heads Up!
2. Minecraft – Pocket Edition
3. Afterlight
4. Plague Inc.
5. Sleep Cycle alarm clock
6. Facetune
7. Cut the Rope 2
8. Bloons TD 5
9. A Dark Room
10. 7 Minute Workout Challenge
The top paid iPad apps mostly comprised of games this year. Minecraft – Pocket Edition came in as number one. The app first launched in 2011, but has been updated more than 20 times since then bringing in new features, better graphics and bug fixes.
Other popular paid iPad apps include:
1. Minecraft – Pocket Edition
2. Cut the Rope 2
3. Heads Up!
4. The Room Two
5. Survivalcraft
6. Notability
7. Terraria
8. Plants vs. Zombies HD
9. Hide N Seek : Mini Game With Worldwide Multiplayer
10. Card Wars – Adventure Time
The official YouTube app was the App Store’s most popular free iPad app for 2014. The app allows users to watch videos on the YouTube servers, and was originally integrated in the iOS but removed in iOS 6.
Other popular free iPad apps are:
1. YouTube
2. Netflix
3. Calculator for iPad Free
4. Skype for iPad
5. Microsoft Word
6. Facebook Messenger
7. Facebook
8. Candy Crush Saga
9. Chrome
10. Clash of Clans
