Zoom was the most downloaded free app of the year, TikTok and Disney+ followed closely behind.
When speaking of Apple’s most-downloaded apps and games of the year, unsurprisingly, Zoom Cloud Meetings was the most downloaded free app in the U.S., with shares growing by more than 580% this year. The company reported Monday that revenue jumped more than 350% for a second consecutive quarter. While the videoconferencing app didn’t even make the top 20 last year, the societal shift to working and schooling from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic has made Zoom an essential tool for many people connecting with colleagues and clients, teachers and students, as well as friends and family.
TikTok took the second spot, Disney’s streaming service Disney+ landed at No. 3, while YouTube and Instagram rounded out the top five free apps.
Paid apps and gaming
The top paid app was the photo-retouching tool TouchRetouch, followed by the Procreate Pocket drawing app and the Dark Sky weather app, which Apple acquired earlier this year.
On the gaming side, the two-year-old online multiplayer game “Among Us” was a pandemic sleeper hit, becoming Apple’s most-downloaded free game this year — and even reeling in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in October, when she drew more than 400,000 Twitch viewers while playing it with potential voters. It was followed by “Call of Duty: Mobile” and “Roblox” in second and third place, respectively.
Full charts per MarketWatch:
Top 10 Free iPhone Apps in 2020
- ZOOM Cloud Meetings
- TikTok
- Disney+
- YouTube
- Snapchat
- Messenger
- Gmail
- Cash App
Top 10 paid iPhone apps in 2020
- TouchRetouch
- Procreate Pocket
- Dark Sky Weather
- Facetune
- HotSchedules
- AutoSleep Track Sleep
- The Wonder Weeks
- SkyView
- Shadowrocket
- Sky Guide
Top 10 free iPhone games in 2020
- Among Us
- Call of Duty: Mobile
- Roblox
- Subway Surfers
- Ink Inc.
- Magic Tiles 3: Piano Game
- Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles
- Brain Out
- Coin Master
- Cube Surfer
Top 10 paid iPhone games in 2020
- Minecraft
- Plague Inc.
- Heads Up
- Monopoly
- Bloons TD6
- Geometry Dash
- NBA 2K20
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- The Game of Life
- True Skate
And here’s the list of Apple’s overall winners for 2020:
iPhone App of the Year: Wakeout
iPhone Game of the Year: Genshin Impact
iPad App of the Year: Zoom
iPad Game of the Year: Legends of Runeterra
Mac App of the Year: Fantastical
Mac Game of the Year: Disco Elysium
Apple TV App of the Year: Disney+
Apple TV Game of the Year: Dandara: Trials of Fear
Apple Watch App of the Year: Endel
Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Sneaky Sasquatch
App Trend of the Year: Shine for helping users practice self care
App Trend of the Year: Explain Everything Whiteboard for helping bring remote classrooms to life
App Trend of the Year: Caribu for connecting families to loved ones
App Trend of the Year: Pokémon Go for reinventing the way we play
App Trend of the Year: ShareTheMeal for helping users make a difference
