Apple has published its annual ‘Best of’ chart for the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBooks Store which highlight the top media content and trends throughout the whole of 2017.
App Store editors chose two standout games and two standout apps for the iPhone and iPad. On the iPhone, Calm meditation app and the popular game Splitter Critters won top honors while on the iPad the photo editing app Affinity Photo and puzzle game The Witness took the top spots.
– iPhone App of the Year: Calm
– iPhone Game of the Year: Splitter Critters
– iPad App of the Year: Affinity Photo
– iPad Game of the Year: The Witness
Some of the top Trends of the Year included augmented reality apps IKEA Place and the Very Hungry Caterpillar, multiplayer games such as Art of War: Red Tides and The Elder Scrolls: Legends, and storytelling apps like Hooked and Serial Box Publishing.
The top apps for 2017 across multiple platform charts has also been published to include the likes of free iPhone apps Bitmoji, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook Messenger and Instagram and the top paid apps included Facetune, Enlight and the 7 Minute Workout Challenge.
Top games on the iPhone were Super Mario Run, 8 Ball Pool, Ballz, Snake vs. Block, and World Cookies whereas the top paid games were Minecraft, Heads Up!, and Monopoly.
The full list of top iPad and iPhone apps and games is available through the App Store on any iOS device.