Apple releases Best of 2015 charts on iTunes

Apple on Wednesday posted its annual Best of 2015 charts on iTunes. “We debated. We argued. Everyone had favorites, but to make this list of 2015’s finest, there could be no doubts,” wrote the company. “What you see here made the cut—they’re the most visionary, inventive and irresistible apps and games of the year.”

Apple named Twitter-owned Periscope the App of the Year and Square Enix’s excellentLara Croft GO its Game of the Year.

Moving on to the iBooks Store, “Grey” by EL James is the best-selling fiction title of 2015 while “American Sniper” by Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice and Chris Kyle was the best-selling non-fiction book on the iBooks Store in 2015.

Top 10 Apps of the Year

1. Periscope
2. Enlight
3. Robinhood – Free Stock Trading
4. Workflow
5. Instagram
6. HBO NOW
7. Hopper
8. Darkroom
9. Lark
10. The Everything Machine

Top 10 Games of the Year

1. Lara Croft GO
2. Fallout Shelter
3. Mr Jump
4. Dark Echo
5. Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade
6. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
7. Vainglory
8. Dungeon Boss
9. Puzzle Craft 2
10. Pac-Man 256

Top 10 best-selling paid iPhone apps of 2015

1. Heads Up!
2. Fantasy Premier League 2015/16
3. Minecraft: Pocket Edition
4. Football Manager Handheld 2015
5. Facetune
6. Storage Hunters UK: The Game
7. The Official DVSA Theory Test Kit for Car Drivers
8. 7 Minute Workout Challenge
9. Afterlight

Top 10 most-downloaded free iPhone apps of 2015

1. WhatsApp Messenger
2. Dubsmash
3. Facebook Messenger
4. Facebook
5. Instagram
6. Crossy Road
7. YouTube
8. Snapchat
9. Candy Crush Soda Saga
10. Spotify Music

Top 10 top-grossing iPhone apps of 2015

1. Clash of Clans
2. Candy Crush Saga
3. Spotify Music
4. Candy Crush Soda Saga
5. Game of War – Fire Age
6. Boom Beach
7. Farm Heroes Saga
8. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
9. Match.com
10. Marvel Contest of Champions

Apple’s Best of 2015 charts are available as rotating carousels in the App Store (apps and games for iOS), Mac App Store (apps and games for OS X), iTunes Store (music, movies and televisions shows) and iBooks Store (electronic books) on your iOS devices or Mac and Windows PCs with iTunes.