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Google has not published sales or top grossing charts for Android apps in 2014, although the company has launched a Best Apps of 2014 promotion with its own editorial picks.Īpple’s full 2014 charts follow. Two originally came out in 2013, four in 2012, one in 2011 and one in 2010.

Two of the top grossing iPad apps in 2014 were released this year – Farm Heroes Saga again and Boom Beach. Four originally came out in 2012, three in 2013, and has been on the App Store since 2009. In fact, only two of the top grossing iPhone apps in 2014 – fourth-ranked Farm Heroes Saga and eighth-ranked Kim Kardashian: Hollywood – were released this year. However, it’s also a sign of how tough it is for new apps to unseat what’s become something of an apps establishment. It’s notable that Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga topped Apple’s top paid and grossing charts respectively in 2013, too, maintaining their popularity in 2014. Minecraft – Pocket Edition was the most popular paid app for both iPhone and iPad in 2014, ahead of 7 Minute Workout Challenge and Heads Up! on iPhone, and Football Manager Handheld 2014 and The Room 2 on iPad.
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Messenger was also the second most downloaded free iPad app of 2014, behind Skype for iPad and ahead of Netflix. Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Snapchat took the top three spots in that chart.ĭownloads of Facebook Messenger were boosted sharply this year when the social network removed messaging from its main iOS app.
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Photo-editing software Pixelmator was the company’s best iPad app, ahead of cookery app Kitchen Stories Recipes.Īlso notable in the end-of-year rankings was the popularity of messaging apps in the chart for the most popular iPhone apps of 2014.

Picking Threes! may also be a nod to a debate in 2014 about cloning: the game’s number-sliding formula was copied by a number of other games.Īnother paid game, Leo’s Fortune, was runner-up in the iPhone games category, while free-to-play card battler Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft was runner-up in the iPad games section.Īpple named video editor Replay as its best iPhone app, ahead of self-improvement app Peak – Brain Training. The only non-gaming apps to feature in the top-grossing charts were dating service in the iPhone rankings, and the Times and Sunday Times app for iPad.Īpple’s editorial picks for the best game of 2014 on both platforms might be seen as making a point, then: the company named puzzle game Threes! as the best iPhone game, and Monument Valley as the best iPad game.īoth are paid games rather than free-to-play titles, although Monument Valley recently added extra levels as an in-app purchase.
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Nine of the top 10 apps in each chart were “free-to-play” games – so named because they are free to download and play, but make their money from additional in-app purchases and advertising. Although as it turns out, the two top grossing apps were both originally released in 2012.įreemium game Candy Crush Saga was the top grossing iPhone app in 2014 ahead of rival Clash of Clans, with the two games reversing those positions in Apple’s top grossing iPad apps chart for the year. Apple has launched its end-of-year App Store promotion, including charts ranking the most lucrative iOS apps in 2014 in the UK.
