The best apps for iOS in 2014 are categorized as iPhone and iPad downloads. Let’s get into the detail and check out the most downloaded free, paid and grossing apps in the year 2014.
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Best of 2014 iTunes Awards list earlier this month, which
saw apps like Elevate - Brain Training and games like
Threes.
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Apple has released its Best of 2014 lists for the most
popular apps of the year, in terms of downloads.
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The Best of 2014 apps for the US are divided into iPhone
and iPad downloads.
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Further divided into top paid, top free and top grossing.
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Games dominate all the lists, with only the top free apps
list seeing more 'essential' apps like YouTube and
Facebook rather than games.
4. Paid iPhone apps
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Looking at Apple's Best of 2014 iPhone list of top paid
apps in terms of downloads, we see the Heads Up.
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Naming game taking the crown, followed by Minecraft -
Pocket Edition sandbox-style survival game.
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The top five is rounded off by the Afterlight image editor
app, the Plague Inc. epidemic simulation game, and finally,
the Sleep Cycle alarm clock app.
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Of the top ten paid apps, six are games.
5. Top 10 paid iPhone apps
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Heads Up!
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Minecraft - Pocket Edition
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Afterlight
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Plague Inc.
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Sleep Cycle alarm clock
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Facetune
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Cut the Rope 2
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Bloons TD 5
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A Dark Room
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7 Minute Workout Challenge
6. Free iPhone apps
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Best of 2014 iPhone list of top free
apps, we see daily staples like
Facebook Messenger, Snapchat,
YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram
taking the top five spots.
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Followed by Pandora Radio, Google
Maps, Flipagram, Spotify Music and
2048 - with the last the only game on
the list.
7. Top 10 free iPhone apps
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Facebook Messenger
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Snapchat
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YouTube
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Facebook
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Instagram
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Pandora Radio
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Google Maps
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Flipagram
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Spotify Music
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2048
8. Paid iPad apps
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In the Best of 2014 iPad list of top paid apps, and we
find the runner-up of the top paid iPhone apps at the
head of the line: Minecraft - Pocket Edition.
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Followed by the Cut the Rope 2 puzzle game, Heads
Up! (which took the top-spot on the top paid iPhone
apps list).
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The Room Two puzzle game, the Minecraft-style
Survivalcraft game, Notability note-taking app, another
Minecraft-variant - Terraria, the classic Plants vs.
Zombies HD game.
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The Hide N Seek : Mini Game, and finally, Card Wars -
Adventure Time.
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Notability - indicating iPad users really like their
gaming.
9. Top 10 paid iPad apps
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Minecraft - Pocket Edition
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Cut the Rope 2
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Heads Up!
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The Room Two
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Survivalcraft
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Notability
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Terraria
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Plants vs. Zombies HD
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Hide N Seek : Mini Game With Worldwide
Multiplayer
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Card Wars - Adventure Time
10. Free iPad apps
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With the Best of 2014 iPad list of top
free apps, we see a lot of repeats from
the top free iPhone apps list, once again
populated by 'essential' apps.
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YouTube is right on top, followed by
Netflix, Calculator for iPad Free, Skype
for iPad, Microsoft Word, Facebook
Messenger, Facebook, Candy Crush
Saga, Google Chrome, and Clash of
Clans.
11. Top 10 free iPad apps
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YouTube
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Netflix
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Calculator for iPad Free
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Skype for iPad
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Microsoft Word
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Facebook Messenger
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Facebook
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Candy Crush Saga
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Google Chrome
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Clash of Clans
12. Grossing iPhone apps
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The top grossing iPhone apps were
Clash of Clans, Candy Crush Saga,
Game of War - Fire Age, Pandora
Radio, Big Fish Casino, Hay Day, Farm
Heroes Saga, Pet Rescue Saga,
Slotomania, and Kim Kardashian:
Hollywood.
13. Top 10 grossing iPhone apps
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Clash of Clans
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Candy Crush Saga
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Game of War - Fire Age
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Pandora Radio
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Big Fish Casino
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Hay Day
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Farm Heroes Saga
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Pet Rescue Saga
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Slotomania
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Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
14. Grossing iPad apps
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The top grossing iPad apps were Clash
of Clans, Game of War - Fire Age,
DoubleDown Casino, Candy Crush
Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga,
Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Big Fish
Casino, The Simpsons: Tapped Out,
Hay Day, and GSN Casino.
15. Top 10 grossing iPad apps
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Clash of Clans
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Game of War - Fire Age
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DoubleDown Casino
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Candy Crush Saga
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Candy Crush Soda Saga
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Minecraft - Pocket Edition
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Big Fish Casino
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The Simpsons: Tapped Out
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Hay Day
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GSN Casino
