Apple reveals 2025’s most downloaded apps and games

Apple has unveiled the full list of the most downloaded apps and games on its App Store in 2025.

This includes free and premium titles, as well as those included with an Apple Arcade subscription. Notably, Balatro, the acclaimed 2024 poker roguelike game from a lone anonymous developer from Saskatchewan, has remained popular across all of Apple’s devices.

Top free iPhone apps

1. ChatGPT
2. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire
3. Threads
4. Google
5. TikTok – Videos, Shop & LIVE
6. WhatsApp Messenger
7. Google Maps
8. CapCut – Video Editor
9. Microsoft Authenticator
10. Instagram

Top paid iPhone apps

1. Shadowrocket
2. AnkiMobile Flashcards
3. Procreate Pocket
4. Monash FODMAP Diet
5. Threema. The Secure Messenger
6. Paprika Recipe Manager 3
7. AutoSleep Track Sleep on Watch
8. SkyView
9. Pedi STAT
10. Streaks

Top free iPhone games

1. Block Blast!
2. Pokémon TCG Pocket
3. Roblox
4. Township
5. Clash Royale
6. Color Block Jam
7. Vita Mahjong
8. Offline Games – No Wifi Games
9. Kingshot
10. Monopoly Go!

Top paid iPhone games

1. Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!
2. Balatro
3. Plague Inc.
4. Geometry Dash
5. Stardew Valley
6. Red’s First Flight
7. Bloons TD 6
8. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp C
9. After Inc.
10. Papa’s Freezeria To Go!

Top free iPad apps

1. ChatGPT
2. Amazon Prime Video
3. YouTube
4. Netflix
5. Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF
6. Google Chrome
7. Disney+
8. Microsoft Teams
9. Canva: AI Photo & Video Editor
10. Gmail – Email by Google

Top paid iPad apps

1. Procreate
2. Procreate Dreams
3. Nomad Sculpt
4. ToonSquid
5. forScore
6. AnkiMobile Flashcards
7. Teach Your Monster to Read
8. Feather: Draw in 3D
9. Shadowrocket
10. Paprika Recipe Manager 3

Top free iPad games

1. Block Blast!
2. Roblox
3. Perfect Tidy
4. Vita Mahjong
5. Magic Tiles 3: Piano Game
6. Goods Puzzle: Sort Challenge
7. Mini Games: Calm & Chill
8. Offline Games – No Wifi Games
9. Township
10. Zen Color – Color By Number

Top paid iPad games

1. Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!
2. Stardew Valley
3. Geometry Dash
4. Balatro
5. Plague Inc.
6. Bloons TD 6
7. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp C
8. Red’s First Flight
9. Monopoly
10. Papa’s Freezeria HD

Top Apple Arcade games

1. Balatro+
2. Hello Kitty Island Adventure
3. PGA Tour Pro Golf
4. Sneaky Sasquatch
5. snake.io+
6. NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition
7. Solitaire by MobilityWare+
8. Bloons TD 6+
9. NFL Retro Bowl ’26
10. Stardew Valley+

What were your biggest apps and games of the year? Let us know in the comments.

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