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Apps App Store editors identify four breakout trends in app culture for the introduction of AR augmented reality apps and games, the rise of real-time competitive gaming, apps focused on mental health and mindfulness and apps transforming storytelling and reading. Clash Royale mixes things up with a popular 2x2 team battle and events like Touchdown mode. Popular meditation app Calm received major updates this year.

Editorial App and Game of the Year Selections. Computer science was a huge area of interest in , with the top three courses on iTunes U focusing on learning to code and developing apps with Swift. Santa squared: Holiday gift ideas from two nerds. Smartphones: Apple gains on Samsung, component shortages plague industry.

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Quality over popularity: Google Play changes how it ranks apps. Watch Now. My Profile Log Out. Both TikTok and Netflix are primarily entertainment apps. While TikTok is social and short form and Netflix is personal and long form, both involve audiences primarily watching video. The most-downloaded apps of in the United States, according to Apptopia.

The one surprise is a fintech app, Cash App, a mobile payment service from Square. Other than that, the most interesting difference in the U.

Apptopia also ranks the top grossing apps of , according to its data. Note: games are listed separately. In the U. Important note: all will also have revenue that is invisible on mobile via smart TVs, desktops, bundling services, and other deals. Video is obviously huge on this list, with the streamers and YouTube. But so is dating with Tinder and Bumble.