IPhone App of the Year: Wakeout! An exercise app that offers quick workout routines that can be done in minutes as short breaks such as using pillows or pots and pans. phone and laptops, which is where most people were thought to have their video meetings. Zoom got Apple's nod as the best iPad app of the year, although neither Apple nor Zoom would disclose whether more people used Zoom on an iPad vs. Zoom was also named top iPad of the year, followed by Disney+, YouTube, Netflix, Google Chrome, TikTok, Amazon Prime Video, Gmail, Hulu and Google Classroom.Īdditionally, Apple, like Google, at the end of the year makes editorial judgements about the apps in the iOS App Store, naming best of the best. Similar to Venmo, Cash is owned by Square, the payment platform used by many small merchants. The rest of Apple's top five has more familiar names: Facebook, Snapchat, Facebook's Messenger, Gmail and Cash App, the social payment app. 1 downloaded app in 20, per Apple, while in 2017 it was Snapchat's Bitmoji. 2, followed by Disney+, YouTube and Instagram. TikTok, the controversial social app president Donald Trump sought to ban (the issue is tied up in courts) is No. Google Play editors said 'Loona: Bedtime and Relax,' was the best app of the year.īeyond Zoom, familiar names topped the Apple charts. 2019 for overall app, and 'SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-off' for game.

It gave 'Users Choice' nods to Disney+, the new streaming service that launched in Nov.

Google Play also released a year-end Android app chart Tuesday, but doesn't categorize apps with rankings. Zoom, which changed the way we work and learn from home, is Apple's most downloaded iPhone and iPad app of the year.Īpple doesn't release sales stats for its year-end charts, it just notes which apps were more downloaded than others. If you answered Zoom Cloud Meetings, the video app, you're right.

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