From ChatGPT to Minecraft: Apple reveals 2025’s most downloaded apps and games for iPhone and iPad

Apple has revealed the most downloaded apps and games of 2025. Check which tools, platforms, and games captured iPhone and iPad users’ attention this year.

Apple has shared its list of the most downloaded apps and games on the App Store for 2025. The annual report highlights user trends across iPhone and iPad, including free and paid apps as well as Apple Arcade titles. The rankings reveal which tools, platforms, and games captured the most attention over the past year.

Top Free and Paid iPhone Apps

Apple has released 2025 most downloaded apps and games for iPhone and iPad. (Apple)

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Ijaj Khan is a technology journalist and Senior Content Producer at Hindustan Times, with over three years of experience covering the consumer technology industry. His work spans smartphones, laptops, wearables, gaming, appliances and AI - from hands-on reviews, comparison and buying guides to breaking news and in-depth features that help readers cut through the noise and make informed decisions. Before joining HT Tech, he worked with Jagran New Media, where he sharpened his instincts for fast-paced digital reporting. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in English Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi. Whether he's testing the latest flagship smartphone, tracking a major AI announcement, or putting a gaming laptop through its paces, Ijaj approaches every story with the same goal - making technology feel relevant and easy to understand for everyday users, not just enthusiasts. When he's not in front of a screen for work, he's usually travelling to a new city, hunting for great food, or keeping tabs on what's next in tech before everyone else catches on.

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On the iPhone, ChatGPT led the free app charts, followed by social platforms Threads, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Utility and productivity apps like Google, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google Gemini also ranked highly.

Paid iPhone apps that attracted downloads included HotSchedules, Shadowrocket, Procreate Pocket, and AnkiMobile Flashcards. Users also paid for apps like Paprika Recipe Manager 3, SkyView, TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome, AutoSleep Track Sleep on Watch, Forest: Focus for Productivity, and RadarScope.

Leading iPhone Games

In free iPhone games, Block Blast! topped the list, with Fortnite, Roblox, Township, Pokémon TCG Pocket, and Clash Royale also among the most downloaded. Other popular titles included Royal Kingdom, Vita Mahjong, Whiteout Survival, and Last War: Survival.

For paid games, Minecraft: Dream it, Build it! was the most downloaded, followed by Balatro, Heads Up!, Plague Inc., Geometry Dash, Bloons TD 6, Stardew Valley, Papa’s Freezeria To Go!, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Red’s First Flight.

Most Downloaded iPad Apps

Procreate topped the paid iPad app list, followed by Procreate Dreams, forScore, ToonSquid, Nomad Sculpt, Shadowrocket, AnkiMobile Flashcards, Bluebeam Revu for iPad, Teach Your Monster to Read, and Feather: Draw in 3D.

Popular iPad Games

Roblox, Block Blast!, Fortnite, Perfect Tidy, Magic Tiles 3, Mini Games: Calm & Chill, Goods Puzzle: Sort Challenge, hole.io, Subway Surfers, and Township were the most downloaded free iPad games. Paid iPad games included Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!, Geometry Dash, Stardew Valley, Balatro, Bloons TD 6, Plague Inc., Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Poppy Playtime Chapter 3, among others.