The NHS App the most popular iPhone app of 2021

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(Pocket-lint) – Apple unveiled the 15 best apps and games on the App Store in 2021, as well as the most popular.

The App Store’s annual awards recognize just 15 of the millions of apps and games available on its ever-growing range of devices. All apps released for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac platforms in the past 12 months have been considered, but this is reduced to the cream of the crop.

It also reveals the most popular apps of the year in several categories, based on user downloads.

Of these, the most downloaded in the UK was the NHS app, which lets you view your vaccination status – a real sign of the times we live in now. It beat the ever popular iPhone apps, such as WhatsApp, TikTok, and YouTube.

Unsurprisingly though, apps like Microsoft Teams and Zoom still dominated iPad app download boards, with many continuing to work from home rather than attending face-to-face meetings. Home delivery services have also increased.

For the App Store Awards, there are five best apps, five best games, and five more that are top apps based on a trend that Apple says has dominated downloads this year.

The best applications are:

• IPhone Application of the Year: Toca Life World, by Toca Boca.
• IPad app of the year: LumaFusion, by LumaTouch.
• Mac app of the year: Craft, by Luki Labs Limited.
• Apple TV app of the year: DAZN, of the DAZN group.
• Apple Watch app of the year: Carrot Weather, by Grailr.

The best games are:

• IPhone Game of the Year: League of Legends: Wild Rift, from Riot Games.
• IPad Game of the Year: MARVEL Future Revolution, from Netmarble Corporation.
• Mac Game of the Year: Myst, from Cyan.
• Apple TV Game of the Year: Space Marshals 3, by Pixelbite.
• Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Fantasian, by Mistwalker.

The big Apple trend this year is “connect”, so the five winning apps were chosen because they helped bring people together “in a meaningful way”.

They include the Bumble Dating App, Among Us !, Multiplayer Game, Canva Creativity App, EatOkra Catering App, and Peanut Social Network.

The 15 apps are very different from the list of top downloaded apps in 2021, which is still heavily dominated by the hybrid life we’ve been living since March 2020.

Downloading charters for 2021

Best Free iPhone Apps

• NHS application
• Whatsapp messenger
• TIC Tac
• Instagram
• YouTube: watch, listen, broadcast
• Microsoft teams
• Snapchat
• Facebook
• Google maps
• Messenger
• NHS COVID-19
• Uber Eats: meal delivery
• ZOOM Cloud Meetings
• Amazon
• Spotify New music and podcasts
• Shop: parcel and order tracking
• Gmail – Email by Google
• My McDonalds UK
• Netflix
• Deliveroo: food delivery

Highest Paid iPhone Apps

• Driving theory test 4 in 1 kit
• Official DVSA theory test kit
• Wonder weeks
• Procreate the pocket
• CITB Op / Spec HS&E test 2019
• Forest – Your motivation to focus
• Touch Touch Up
• Squeezy NHS app for pelvic floor
• Facetune
• Freya • Surge timer
• Dark Sky Weather
• AutoSleep Sleep tracking on the watch
• Driving Theory by James May
• CITB MAP HS&E test 2019
• Pro site audit
• Da Vinci Eye: Augmented Reality Art Projector
• Carbohydrates and Calories: Diet and Diabetes
• ChirpOmatic – Europe
• The TeamTOMM application
• WiFi now remote

Best free iPhone games

• Among us!
• Roblox
• Project makeover
• Water sorting puzzle
• High heels!
• Count Masters: Crowd Runner 3D
• 8 Ball Pool ™
• Magic tiles 3: piano game
• Run the shortcut
• Subway surfers
• BitLife – Life Simulator
• Roof rails
• Stackable dashboard
• Call of Duty®: Mobile
• Goal! Hero 2
• Bridge race
• Parking Jam 3D
• Pokémon GO
• Happy printer
• 3d nail salon

Best Paid iPhone Games

• Minecraft
• Football Manager 2021 Mobile
• Monopoly
• Heads up!
• Bloons TD 6
• Plague Inc.
• The Pursuit: Ultimate Edition
• My child Lebensborn
• Geometry dash
• Tipping point
• Pocket construction
• Countdown – The Official App of the TV Show
• Win to die 2
• Bloons TD 5
• True SkateCluedo: the official edition
• The game of life 2
• Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
• Incredibox
• Defensible

Best Free iPad Apps

• ZOOM Cloud Meetings
• Microsoft teams
• YouTube: watch, listen, broadcast
• Netflix
• Disney +
• Amazon Prime Video
• Google chrome
• BBC iPlayer
• TIC Tac
• Microsoft Word
• ITV Hub: TV player and catching up
• All 4 – Watch Live and On Demand
• Amazon
• Spotify New music and podcasts
• Facebook
• Messenger
• Gmail – Email by Google
• Heaven go
• Google
• Microsoft powerpoint

Highest Paid iPad Apps

• Procreate
• Good Notes 5
• Notability
• Messaging for WhatsApp on iPad
• Driving theory test 4 in 1 kit
• Teach your monster to read
• Press the Maths button
• Spelling discount
• Official DVSA theory test kit
• Toca’s life: Hospital
• Duo display
• Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar
• Toca Kitchen 2
• Affinity Designer
• Affinity photo
• Life of Toca: Neighborhood
• LumaFusion
• Toca’s life: vacations
• Digital blocks: hide and seek
• Digital blocks: Fun map!

Best Free iPad Games

• Among us!
• Roblox
• DIY phone case
• Project makeover
• Magic tiles 3: piano game
• Hair challenge
• Hop tiles – EDM Rush
• Blob Runner 3D
• DOP 2: Delete a part
• Cat master!
• Run the shortcut
• Teacher simulator
• Subway surfers
• Bridge race
• Acrylic nails!
• io
• Count Masters: Crowd Runner 3D
• Sculpt people
• Water sorting puzzle
• Mario Kart Tour

Best Paid iPad Games

• Minecraft
• Monopoly
• Bloons TD 6
• Football Manager 2021 Touch
• Football Manager 2021 Mobile
• Plague Inc.
• The Pursuit: Ultimate Edition
• Geometry dash
• Valley of stars
• The game of life 2
• Five nights at Freddy’s
• Tipping point
• Cluedo: the official edition
• Paw Patrol: Adventure Bay!
• My child Lebensborn
• Human: Falling flat
• LEGO® Jurassic World ™
• Terrariums
• Ultimate personalized night
• RFS – Real Flight Simulator
  

Best Arcade Games

• Sonic race
• Mini highways
• Cut the Rope Remastered
• Skate town
• PAC-MAN Party Royale
• NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition
• Angry Birds Reloaded
• Spongebob: Patty Pursuit
• Hot lava
• Sneaky Sasquatch
• Fruit Ninja Classic +
• Rayman mini
• Pop song festival
• Crossy Road Castle
• Foreigners
• Solitaire by MobilityWare +
• WHAT IS GOLF?
• LEGO® brawls
• Ocean Horn 2
• Boom explosion

Written by Stuart Miles. Edited by Rik Henderson. Originally published on December 2, 2021.