Apple highlights the best apps and games of 2023 in the App Store

December 12, 2023

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Apple highlights the best apps and games of 2023 in the App Store

As the year draws to a close, Apple recognizes the most popular apps and games of 2023, with year-end rankings localized for users in more than 35 countries and regions. The 2023 rankings, available now on the Today tab in the App Store, include the best free and paid apps and games, as well as the best Apple Arcade games. In addition to the year-end rankings, users can also discover the winners of the 2023 App Store Awards, the best apps and games of the year chosen by the App Store editorial team for their ability to deliver meaningful user experiences and inspire cultural change.

The App Store is the safest and liveliest app market in the world, recommending the best apps and games to its more than 650 million weekly visitors. With content hand-curated by the App Store’s global editorial team, the Today, Apps, and Games tabs remain a daily destination for users to discover in-app events, original stories, in-depth interviews, tips, and collections through easy-to-browse sections and personalize content based on their interests.

See this year’s most downloaded apps and games in 2023 in the US:

The most popular free apps for iPhone

1. Topic: Shop like a billionaire
2. CapCut – Video Editor
3. Max: Stream HBO, TV and movies
4. Threads, an app for Instagram
5. TikTok
6. Instagram
7. Google
8. YouTube: watch, listen, stream
9. WhatsApp Messenger
10. Gmail – Google’s e-mail

Top paid iPhone apps

1. Shadowrocket
2. HotSchedules
3. Procreate Pocket
4. Wonderful weeks
5. 75 Difficult
6. AutoSleep Track your sleep on the watch
7. Goblin tools
8. TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
9. SkyView
10. AnkiMobile cards

The best free iPhone games

1. MONOPOLY GO!
2. Roblox
3. Royal match
4. Subway Surfers
5. Garden landscapes
6. Call of Duty: Mobile
7. Block the explosion!
8. Makeover Studio: Makeover Games
9. Parking Jam 3D
10. Survivors!.io

Best paid iPhone games

1. Minecraft
2. Cheer up!
3. Geometry Dash
4. Bloons TD 6
5. MONOPOLY
6. Papa’s Freezeria To Go!
7. Plague Inc.
8. Red first flight
9. Five Nights at Freddy’s
10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Best free apps for iPad

1. Max: Stream HBO, TV and movies
2. YouTube: watch, listen, stream
3. Netflix
4. Google Chrome
5. Disney+
6. Good notes 6
7. TikTok
8. Amazon Prime Video
9. Topic: Shop like a billionaire
10. Peacock TV: Stream TV and Movies

Best paid apps for iPad

1. To multiply
2. Shadowrocket
3. Nomad Sculpt
4. forScore
5. Toca Life: Hospital
6. Bluebeam Revu for iPad
7. Teach your monster to read
8. AnkiMobile cards
9. Endless paper
10. ToonSquid

The most popular free games for iPad

1. Roblox
2. Magic Tiles 3: The Piano Game
3. Subway Surfers
4. Royal match
5. Between us!
6. Duet Cats: Cute cat games
7. Stumble Guys
8. MONOPOLY GO!
9. Race on the bridge
10. Garden landscapes

Best paid iPad games

1. Minecraft
2. Geometry Dash
3. Bloons TD 6
4. Stardew Valley
5. MONOPOLY
6. Five Nights at Freddy’s
7. Red first flight
8. Poppy Playtime Chapter 1
9. Plague Inc.
10. Banban Garden 2

Apple’s best arcade games

1. NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition
2. Mom is cooking: Kitchen!
3. Bloons TD 6+
4. Angry Birds Reloaded
5. The sneaky Sasquatch
6. Crooked kart racers
7. Adventure on Hello Kitty Island
8. Snake.io+
9. Fruit Ninja Classic+
10. Solitaire by MobilityWare+