As every December, we bring you a list of the top most downloaded applications in the App Store during 2021 , divided between free and paid and we anticipate that many of them already know them and surely you have several installed on your iPhone or iPad.
This list is more extensive than that made by Apple with the apps of the year for iOS, since the company usually chooses only one as the best for the iPhone and another for the iPad , unlike this ranking of apps in which there are several , from most to least downloaded.
Some repeat up or down, others enter this top made by Apple and others leave, so we are going to know them all, first the free applications that have obtained the most downloads in 2021 and then those that are paid.
Most downloaded free apps
We start with a list of free apps that have been downloaded the most in 2021 , remember that none of them has a cost and you can install it whenever you want on your iOS devices, both on the iPhone and on the iPad.
It goes without saying much about WhatsApp, which is once again the most downloaded app ahead of other famous messaging applications such as Telegram, among other examples. It is a simple and effective app to get in touch with your relatives and that frequently adds news, in fact, we already know some functionalities that will come to WhatsApp in 2022.
TikTok
The musical social network TikTok is placed in second place, an app that has had exponential growth during the past year and this, so much so that Instagram has had it as inspiration to launch similar functionalities, such as Reels, which is the competition of TikTok .
The third place in the most downloaded apps in the App Store is for Instagram, the photography social network whose main protagonist is Instagram Stories which, by the way, are including news, one of the most important in recent weeks has been the links .
Youtube
YouTube achieves a fourth place, the largest and most famous video platform in the world, where you will find a wide catalog of short and long videos of all the themes you can imagine. The platform also makes this type of compilation and we recently saw the most viewed videos in Spain during 2021.
Telegram
Telegram seems to have been quite successful in 2021 and it has managed to have a place in this list of most downloaded apps from the App Store. It is an instant messaging app that offers endless possibilities and is one of the main alternatives to WhatsApp.
Google maps
Despite the fact that iOS has its own maps app called Maps, Google Maps is still the preferred app for many people and has also been widely downloaded during 2021, a very complete application to make places, know where you have to go to a site, etc.
McDonald’s
The McDonald’s app, which is not available worldwide, has managed to enter this list of apps. Through the app you can order food, get points and then get unique rewards. As we have already been reporting, it is a free utility for the iPhone.
SHEIN – Online Store
The fever to buy at SHEIN, an online store, is such that its application has managed to sneak into this top of the most downloaded apps. It is a very inexpensive store where you can find clothing for women, men, children of almost any size and of almost any style.
Spotify
Spotify has also been widely downloaded in 2021 and proof of this is that it is on this list. It is an app known by the most music lovers since it gives access to an extensive catalog of millions of songs without ads if you hire the corresponding plan.
Gmail
In tenth place is Gmail, one of the most important email providers and whose application is also one of the most downloaded on the iPhone and iPad. Through this application you will be able to receive your emails, send new ones, move them from folders, put labels on them, etc.
Behind Gmail are applications as varied as the following:
- Facebook.
- Netflix.
- Glovo.
- AliExpress.
- Google Drive.
- Wallapop.
- Amazon Prime Video.
- Cl @ ve PIN.
- Amazon Mobile.
- Google Chrome.
Most downloaded paid apps
We already know the list of free applications that have had the most downloads in the App Store during 20021, but now it is time to know a top of similar apps, but in this case of paid applications that users have bought this year, these are.
Forest – Stay focused
Its price of € 1.99 has not prevented Forest – Stay focused from being crowned with the gold medal and being the most downloaded payment application by users in the App Store. It will help you concentrate and the more you do it, the more trees you can see growing into a lush forest thanks to the seeds that germinate while you do not touch the mobile.
AutoSleep – Monitor your sleep
AutoSleep – Monitor your sleep ranks second as the most downloaded paid app. It is an app for iPhone and Apple Watch that monitors different constants of your sleep to be aware of everything that happens while you sleep, measuring your sleep phases, heart rate, etc.
TouchRetouch
This app called TouchRetouch is placed in third place and it turns out to be an application with which you can quickly and easily remove different objects from a photograph, without having advanced knowledge to perform this action with those images that you want.
Atlas of Human Anatomy 2021
On your iPhone or iPad you can have a complete and detailed atlas of human anatomy with this application called that, where you can move comfortably through all parts of the body and know all its entrails, bones, muscles and everything you imagine. It costs € 24.99.
Threema. Safe messenger
Let’s go with another not so well known application, it is called Threema – Secure Messenger and it is a secure messaging application, similar to Secretium or Signal, although with its differences. Privacy and security and totally anonymous connections have a special role.
Procreate Pocket
You like the draw? With Procreate Pocket you will be able to sketch your own drawings with the wide variety of tools available for this task, where you have at your disposal hundreds of brushes, colors, a capable system and everything you need to be a great draftsman.
GoodNotes 5
One of the quintessential note-taking applications on the iPad is GoodNotes 5 and we find it one of the most downloaded in this 2021 that is about to end. For students and people who make annotations on their iPad, it is an essential app, it costs € 7.99.
EpocCam Webcamera for Computer
Don’t you have a webcam? No problem and EpocCam Webcamera for Computer is a very ingenious solution since the app allows you to turn your mobile into a webcam, so you can make video calls with video call apps from your computer. It costs € 7.99.
PhotoPills
In ninth place we have Photopills, a curious app that allows you to obtain images with your phone’s camera that are different from the rest, where you have at your disposal artistic tools that help you create surprising and spectacular photos. It costs € 9.99.
WatchChat for WhatsApp
Although it is paid, WatchChat for WhatsApp has become one of the most downloaded applications from the App Store, and surely it is not for less because what it allows is to be able to send and receive WhatsApp messages from the Apple Watch, watch videos, photos , etc.
Already below all paid applications, ordered from highest to lowest downloads, we have the following:
- ProCamera. Photos and videos in HD.
- HeartWatch Heart rate.
- FiLMiC Pro.
- Da Vinci Eye: AR Art Projector.
- WorkOutDoors.
- Facetune.
- Radarbot Pro: Radar Detector.
- ProCam 8.
- The Magic Weeks.
- Monash University FODMAP diet.
This is the top of the most downloaded apps from the App Store in 2021 , both free and those for which you have to pay, a catalog full of well-known applications and many others somewhat less known, but that it would be worth trying, at least some of them.
