Every Apple iPhone App of the Year (2010–2025)
The top 3 according to 96 votes from people: Hipstamatic (2010) · Instagram (2011) · Wakeout! (2020). (Updated Jan 13, 2026.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 16
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1
Hipstamatic (2010)
iPhone App of the Year 2010: toy-camera photo app.
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2
Instagram (2011)
iPhone App of the Year 2011: photo-sharing social network.
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3
Wakeout! (2020)
iPhone App of the Year 2020: app for short at-home workouts.
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4
Action Movie FX (2012)
iPhone App of the Year 2012: adds film-style special effects to videos (made by J. J. Abrams's Bad Robot).
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5
Prisma (2016)
iPhone App of the Year 2016: AI app that turns photos into artwork.
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6
Elevate - Brain Training (2014)
iPhone App of the Year 2014: brain-training app.
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7
Duolingo (2013)
iPhone App of the Year 2013: free language-learning app.
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8
Procreate Pocket (2018)
iPhone App of the Year 2018: drawing app for iPhone.
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9
Periscope (2015)
iPhone App of the Year 2015: live-streaming app (owned by Twitter).
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10
Tiimo (2025)
iPhone App of the Year 2025: visual planner designed with neurodivergent users in mind.
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11
AllTrails (2023)
iPhone App of the Year 2023: hiking trail app.
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12
Kino (2024)
iPhone App of the Year 2024: pro video camera app (by Lux, makers of Spectre Camera).
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13
BeReal (2022)
iPhone App of the Year 2022: social app where everyone posts one photo at the same moment each day.
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14
Calm (2017)
iPhone App of the Year 2017: meditation and sleep app.
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15
Spectre Camera (2019)
iPhone App of the Year 2019: camera app for handheld long exposures.
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16
Toca Life World (2021)
iPhone App of the Year 2021: pretend-play app for kids.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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BeRealもう誰も使ってなくて草