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Apple Reveals Most Downloaded Apps and Games of 2024

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Apple today shared the most downloaded iPhone and iPad apps and games of the year, localized for more than 30 countries and regions around the world.

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The annual charts include the top free and paid apps and games, as well as the top Apple Arcade games, for the iPhone and iPad in the United States:

Top Free iPhone Apps

  • Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire
  • Threads
  • TikTok
  • ChatGPT
  • Google
  • Instagram
  • WhatsApp Messenger
  • CapCut - Video Editor
  • YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream
  • Gmail - Email by Google

Top Paid iPhone Apps

  • Shadowrocket
  • HotSchedules
  • Procreate Pocket
  • 75 Hard
  • AnkiMobile Flashcards
  • AutoSleep Track Sleep on Watch
  • Paprika Recipe Manager 3
  • TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
  • Goblin Tools
  • Forest: Focus for Productivity

Top Free iPhone Games

  • Block Blast！
  • MONOPOLY GO!
  • Roblox
  • Call of Duty®: Warzone™ Mobile
  • Township
  • Last War: Survival
  • Royal Match
  • Brawl Stars
  • Subway Surfers
  • My Perfect Hotel

Top Paid iPhone Games

  • Minecraft: Play with Friends
  • Heads Up!
  • Geometry Dash
  • Papa's Freezeria To Go!
  • Bloons TD 6
  • Five Nights at Freddy's
  • Plague Inc.
  • MONOPOLY: The Board Game
  • Stardew Valley
  • Red's First Flight

Top Free iPad Apps

  • YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream
  • Netflix
  • Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies
  • Calculator - Pad Edition
  • Disney+
  • Google Chrome
  • Peacock TV: Stream TV & Movies
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • TikTok
  • Goodnotes 6

Top Paid iPad Apps

  • Procreate
  • Procreate Dreams
  • Shadowrocket
  • forScore
  • Nomad Sculpt
  • ToonSquid
  • Bluebeam Revu for iPad
  • AnkiMobile Flashcards
  • Teach Your Monster to Read
  • Endless Paper

Top Free iPad Games

  • Roblox
  • Magic Tiles 3: Piano Game
  • MONOPOLY GO!
  • Subway Surfers
  • Brawl Stars
  • Geometry Dash Lite
  • Block Blast！
  • Among Us!
  • My Perfect Hotel
  • Royal Match

Top Paid iPad Games

  • Minecraft: Play with Friends
  • Geometry Dash
  • Five Nights at Freddy's
  • Stardew Valley
  • Bloons TD 6
  • Papa's Paleteria To Go!
  • Five Nights at Freddy's 2
  • Poppy Playtime Chapter 1
  • MONOPOLY: The Board Game
  • Ultimate Custom Night

Top Apple Arcade Games

  • NBA 2K24 Arcade Edition
  • Snake.io+
  • Hello Kitty Island Adventure
  • Sneaky Sasquatch
  • Bloons TD 6+
  • Sonic Dream Team
  • NFL Retro Bowl '25
  • Disney Dreamlight Valley
  • Cooking Mama: Cuisine!
  • Solitaire by MobilityWare+

Check out this year's most downloaded iPhone and iPad apps, games, and Apple Arcade charts of 2024 for your region in the App Store's Today tab. Apple last week announced its 2024 App Store Award winners, including pro video camera app Kino, which was named iPhone App of the Year.



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Pretty remarkable that Heads Up is still so popular (and still fun!). Though I opened it over Thanksgiving to play with family and it took me like 5 minutes to figure out how to get past the fullscreen ad and actually play the game.
 
The only thing annoying about apps with ads is using the workarounds to get past the ads. But that is still so much faster.
 
lenningj said:
interested to know the demographic of temu users are, can't all be billionaires right?
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My friend and her husband often order random things from Temu. They aren't billionaires, but are in the 7-8 digit range. She recently ordered a huge box (like a microwave would come in) of melamine sponges and gave me a bunch since no one could ever them all.

Going back to the above list, StarDew valley is surprising since it's been out for years. I've played it on the Switch and didn't even know it was on iOS. Only one I've downloaded is Gmail, because I gave up on the default mail app...it just sucks.
 
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I wish they’d reveal all downloaded apps, not just most. Those are pretty short lists for “most”, though.
 
I think the most interesting (well, only interesting) thing about lists like this is the way people pontificate about their devices on places like MacRumors versus how the aggregate actually uses their devices.

Apps by Google and Meta dominate.

Most of the games listed offer IAPs.

Most of the apps listed offer subscriptions.

Social media apps, particularly TikTok, are well represented.

Most streaming services, particularly Netflix, are well represented.

A reminder that places like this are clubby and welcoming, and also echo chambers.
 
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Am I missing something, why Shadowrocket is at the top of the paid apps? What is so special about this app, what people are using it for? It seems like such a technical tool, VPN/capture traffic, feels too geeky to be on top of the paid apps. So my guess it is a common use for something else, that people use with the tutorials, etc. Anyone know what is it?
 
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Wouldn't "all downloaded apps" be a list, like, hundreds of thousands of apps long? Or am I misunderstanding your question?
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You’re not misunderstanding. I’m taking a jab at the title, which should have said “most-downloaded” with a hyphen.
 
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