Every year, Apple announces the best apps in the App Store to which they celebrate the most used and downloaded apps on the iPhone and this year is no different. The company has also broken down the ratings to SEA to show what we and our Asian brethren are spending their precious data quota on.
When it comes to apps, the biggest change in the chart comes from AR apps, mainly due to Apple’s move to invest more time and research in the field and it has proven to be fruitful. Apps like My Very Hungry Caterpillar AR which brings the classic children’s book character to life right in front of your eyes and AR Dragon are among the apps that peaked in the AR category.
Other than that, they have also seen multiplayer games from last year like Clash Royal and Hearthstone still sitting on the top of the charts alongside new games like Art of War: Red Tides, Stormbound, and Guns of Boom.
Mental health is as important as physical health and users know this as Apple has seen growth in this category. Relaxation apps like Bloom and Lake as well as meditations apps like Zen Studio contribute to the list of top mental health apps.
Aside from that, Apple has also compiled a lost of App Store Editors pick which is broken down into app of the year and game of the year for both the iPad and iPhone:
2017 iPhone App of the Year: Enlight Videoleap2017 iPhone Game of the Year: Splitter Critters2017 iPad App of the Year: Affinity Photo2017 iPad Game of the Year: Old Man’s Journey
Free iPhone Apps
| Ranking | App Name |
| 1 | Grab – Ride Hailing App |
| 2 | WhatsApp Messenger |
| 3 | Uber |
| 4 | YouTube: Watch Listen Stream |
| 5 | Facebook |
| 6 | Messenger |
| 7 | Instagram |
| 8 | oBike – Bike Sharing |
| 9 | Google Maps – GPS Navigation |
| 10 | Carousell |
| 11 | Gmail – Email by Google |
| 12 | WeChat |
| 13 | Spotify Music |
| 14 | Google Chrome |
| 15 | My Singtel app |
| 16 | FoodPanda – Food Delivery |
| 17 | UberEATS: Food Delivery |
| 18 | Google Translate |
| 19 | Healthy 365 |
| 20 | Snapchat |
Paid iPhone Apps
| Ranking | App Name |
| 1 | Gudak Cam |
| 2 | TouchRetouch |
| 3 | kirakira+ |
| 4 | Scanner for Me + OCR |
| 5 | Enlight |
| 6 | Forest by Seekrtech |
| 7 | LightX |
| 8 | Tabs & Chords – learn and play |
| 9 | Afterlight |
| 10 | Glitché |
| 11 | Analog Paris |
| 12 | Plotagraph+ Photo Animator |
| 13 | The Wonder Weeks |
| 14 | ProCam 5 |
| 15 | ProCamera. |
| 16 | Facetune |
| 17 | Slow Shutter Cam |
| 18 | Halide – RAW Manual Camera |
| 19 | Pixomatic photo editor |
| 20 | Fontmania – Add Artworks & Text to Your Photos! |
Free iPhone Games
| Ranking | App Name |
| 1 | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
| 2 | Super Mario Run |
| 3 | Fight List – Categories Game |
| 4 | Coin Master |
| 5 | Word Cookies! |
| 6 | Candy Crush Saga |
| 7 | 8 Ball Pool™ |
| 8 | Clash Royale |
| 9 | Episode – Choose Your Story |
| 10 | Pokémon GO |
| 11 | Lords Mobile |
| 12 | Piano Tiles 2™ |
| 13 | Subway Surfers |
| 14 | Asphalt 8: Airborne |
| 15 | Roll the Ball® – slide puzzle |
| 16 | Toy Blast |
| 17 | Choices: Stories You Play |
| 18 | Clash of Clans |
| 19 | Cookie Run: OvenBreak |
| 20 | Critical Ops |
Paid iPhone Games
| Ranking | App Name |
| 1 | Minecraft |
| 2 | Football Manager Mobile 2017 |
| 3 | MONOPOLY Game |
| 4 | Monument Valley 2 |
What do you think about the top apps for 2017, have some of your top apps? Share it with us in the comments and let the others know what are your top apps for 2017.
