Elevate - Brain Training and Threes! distinguished as Apple's Best apps of 2014 in the iTunes Store
Apple this weekend announced the winners in its Best of 2014 in the iTunes Store. The annual awards highlights the best apps, music, movies and books from the just ending year. Winners in the App Store include Elevate – Brain Training, which won App of the Year and Threes!, which took home the Game of the Year award. Hyperlapse by Instagram and Leo's Fortune were the runners-up in their respective categories.
Apple also recognized notable music, movies and books including Beyonce as the best Artist, "Guardians of the Galaxy" as best Blockbuster and FX's "Fargo" as TV show of the year.
Apps highlighted by Apple include the following:
Best iOS Apps
- Yahoo News Digest
- Storehouse – Visual Storytelling
- Swiftkey Keyboard
- 1Password
- Camera+
- Toca Lab
- NYT Now
- 120 Sports
- Camu
- Spring – Go Shopping
- BuzzFeed
- Peak – Brain Training
- Nighty Night Circus – Bedtime story for kids
- Yummly Recipes & Grocery List
- Waterlogue
- Human – Activity & Calorie Tracker
- Steller
- TeleStory
- Network TV
- Litely
- Uber
- Star Walk 2
- Cinamatic
- Health Mate by Withings
- Paper – stories from Facebook
Best iOS Games
- Monument Valley
- Hitman Go
- Ruzzle Adventure
- Battleheart Legacy
- World of Warriors
- XCOM: Enemy Within
- Smash Hit
- SpellFall – Puzzle Adventure
- Spider-Man Unlimited
- Wayward Souls
- Trials Frontier
- Adventure Beaks
- Rules!
- FarmVille 2: Country Escape
- RETRY
- Micromon
- Rival Knights
- Godus
- Crazy Taxi City Rush
- Castle Doombad: Free to Slay
- Bicolor
- Royal Revolt 2 – Defend Your Castle
- FOTONICA
- Timberman
- Bonza Word Puzzle