NEW YORK: Facebook and Minecraft topped the chart of biggest selling apps of the year, announced by Apple’s digital store iTunes.
Facebook’s dedicated chat app, Facebook Messenger, was the most downloaded free app for iPhones in 2014, ahead of other social networking apps WhatsApp, Snapchat and Instagram. The official Facebook app was also fourth in the list. Matchmaking app Tinder was in 10th place.
Minecraft, the game where players can build their own world from scratch using the game’s signature blocks, was the most popular paid-for app for both iPhone and iPad, beating 7-Minute Workout challenge on iPhone, and Football Manager Handheld 2014 on iPad.
The mobile version of classic console title Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and puzzle game Cut The Rope 2 also made the top 10 on both iPad and iPhone.
In-app purchases — where users can pay to unlock extra features — are also a large part of the App Store, and both iPhone and iPad lists have a top two of Clash Of Clans and Candy Crush Saga, the seminally popular war and puzzle games.
Clash Of Clans leads the way on iPad, with Candy Crush grossing more on iPhone. Both featured on the list last year too. Kim Kardashian’s self-titled Hollywood game also made the top 10, reaching eighth place.
Apple’s iPad tablet was most commonly used for communicating and streaming video, according to the charts, with the top two free downloads on iPad being video-calling service Skype and Facebook Messenger.
