Popular party game Heads Up!, Facebook Messenger, and YouTube all scored well on the list of the top paid and free iOS apps in the App Store for 2014.
Top Free iPhone Apps
The number one free iPhone app for 2014 was Facebook Messenger. It came in at number one, despite users’ frustrations at Facebook for removing the messaging abilities from the main Facebook app. Google Maps continued to be a popular download in 2014, even as Apple has been working to greatly approve their homegrown solution, Apple Maps.
- Facebook Messenger
- Snapchat
- YouTube
- Pandora Radio
- Google Maps
- Flipagram
- Spotify Music
- 2048
Top Paid iPhone Apps
Popular word guessing game Heads Up! took the top spot on the paid apps list, likely due to multiple appearances on The Ellen Degeneres Show.
- Heads Up!
- Minecraft – Pocket Edition
- Afterlight
- Plague Inc.
- Sleep Cycle alarm clock
- Facetune
- Cut the Rope 2
- Bloons TD 5
- A Dark Room
- 7 Minute Workout Challenge
Top Free iPad Apps
Google’s YouTube video app took the number 1 position as the App Store’s most popular free iPad app for 2014. Netflix was the second most downloaded free iPad app in 2014.
- YouTube
- Netflix
- Calculator for iPad Free
- Skype for iPad
- Microsoft Word
- Facebook Messenger
- Candy Crush Saga
- Chrome
- Clash of Clans
Top Paid iPad Apps
Minecraft – Pocket Edition took the top spot in the paid iPad apps list. the game, which also ranked as one of the top paid iPhone apps debuted on iOS in 2011. Minecraft-style apps Survivalcraft and Terraria also ranked in the top ten. Number one paid iPhone app, Heads Up! also made an appearance in the iPad paid list at number 3.
- Minecraft – Pocket Edition
- Cut the Rope 2
- Heads Up!
- The Room Two
- Survivalcraft
- Notability
- Terraria
- Plants vs. Zombies HD
- Hide N Seek : Mini Game With Worldwide Multiplayer
- Card Wars – Adventure Time
(Via MacRumors)
