
Image: App Annie Most Popular Free Apps – App Storeġ) 911 Emergency Dispatcher No surprise that a game makes the top spot in the free tier. The world suddenly had very specific needs and turned to apps to scratch that itch.īelow, we feature the top 10 most popular apps in the free, paid, and highest-grossing categories - in both the App Store as well as Google Play. Meanwhile, struggling industries (like travel, event ticketing, and hospitality) saw 60 to 80% fewer app launches. Some app industries (like streaming media, ecommerce, and fintech) saw a surge in user engagement - often as high as a 177% average increase in daily active users (DAUs). Quick answer: because we have so many needs and many of them can be solved with an app.Ī year ago, we analyzed over 250 apps with an average of 30,000 DAUs each to see how COVID-19 was affecting app usage and mobile habits.

There’s not just one app for “that,” there are now literally hundreds of choices for any use case you can dream of. Meanwhile, the Apple App Store has 1.96 million apps available. Today, there are 2.87 million apps available for download on the Google Play Store. Back in 2009, when Apple launched the iPhone 3G and used the tagline “There’s an app for that,” little did they know just how big app marketplaces would grow.
