# Every Apple iPhone App of the Year (2010–2025)

Apple's pick of the best on the App Store, announced every December. From Hipstamatic in 2010 through Instagram, Duolingo and BeReal to Tiimo in 2025: every iPhone App of the Year, by year. Photo and camera apps have done especially well.

- 96 votes · 16 items
- Jan 13, 2026 · Mayu Abe
- https://even.best/en/l/5502/every-apple-iphone-app-of-the-year-2010-2025

## Top 16

1. **Hipstamatic (2010)** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — iPhone App of the Year 2010: toy-camera photo app.
2. **Instagram (2011)** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — iPhone App of the Year 2011: photo-sharing social network.
3. **Wakeout! (2020)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — iPhone App of the Year 2020: app for short at-home workouts.
4. **Action Movie FX (2012)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — iPhone App of the Year 2012: adds film-style special effects to videos (made by J. J. Abrams's Bad Robot).
5. **Prisma (2016)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — iPhone App of the Year 2016: AI app that turns photos into artwork.
6. **Elevate - Brain Training (2014)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — iPhone App of the Year 2014: brain-training app.
7. **Duolingo (2013)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — iPhone App of the Year 2013: free language-learning app.
8. **Procreate Pocket (2018)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — iPhone App of the Year 2018: drawing app for iPhone.
9. **Periscope (2015)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — iPhone App of the Year 2015: live-streaming app (owned by Twitter).
10. **Tiimo (2025)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — iPhone App of the Year 2025: visual planner designed with neurodivergent users in mind.
11. **AllTrails (2023)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — iPhone App of the Year 2023: hiking trail app.
12. **Kino (2024)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — iPhone App of the Year 2024: pro video camera app (by Lux, makers of Spectre Camera).
13. **BeReal (2022)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — iPhone App of the Year 2022: social app where everyone posts one photo at the same moment each day.
14. **Calm (2017)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — iPhone App of the Year 2017: meditation and sleep app.
15. **Spectre Camera (2019)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — iPhone App of the Year 2019: camera app for handheld long exposures.
16. **Toca Life World (2021)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — iPhone App of the Year 2021: pretend-play app for kids.

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