--- description: Apple on Monday unveiled its Best of 2014 list, an annual roundup of what it says are the top apps of the year. title: Apple Says These Are the Best Apps of 2014 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd29f31537aa12147/69876d498e06017bbd459103/455691914.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Apple Says These Are the Best Apps of 2014  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 1:58 PM CUT  A shopper tries out the new Apple iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on September 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. A shopper tries out the new Apple iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on September 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.Sean Gallup—Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 1:58 PM CUT Apple on Monday unveiled its Best of 2014 list, an annual roundup of what it says are the top apps and games of the year. Topping Apple’s list this year are Elevate, a brain-training app, and _Threes!_, a puzzle game with a unique design. Instagram’s Hyperlapse videography app and _Leo’s Fortune_, a platform game, were named runners-up. Also making the list of Top Apps: * Yahoo News Digest * Storehouse * SwiftKey * 1Password * Camera+ * Toca Lab * NYT Now * 120 Sports * Camu * Spring * BuzzFeed * Peek * Yummly * Waterlogue * Human * Steller * TeleStory * Litely * Uber * Star Walk 2 * Cinamatic * Health Mate * Paper ### See the World Await and Celebrate Apple's iPhone 6  People pass time as they wait outside an Apple store for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in London on Sept. 17, 2014. Lefteris Pitarakis—AP  People wait in line in front of the Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters  A man sleeps in a tent in the queue outside an Apple store in London on Sept. 18, 2014. Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images  A man wearing a replica of an iPhone 6 Plus model on his head yawns while waiting in front of an Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters  A woman sleeps in a chair as she waits in queue outside the Apple store in London on Sept. 18, 2014. Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images  A staff member removes a display poster of iPhone 5S at an Apple store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014,. Yuya Shino—Reuters  Customers queue outside an Apple store in Hong Kong on Sept. 19, 2014. Xaume Ollerose—AFP/Getty Images  Ken Miyauchi Vice President of Softbank, Japanese mobile phone company and actress Sayaka Kanda, in a pink dress, react during a ceremony to mark the first day of sales of the latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus at a store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Shizuo Kambayashi—AP  After being first in line for 19 days, Moon Ray, from Jackson, Miss. runs the gauntlet of Apple store workers as she enters the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York on Sept. 19, 2014. Peter Foley—EPA  Apple store staff high five customers as they enter an store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Chris McGrath—Getty Images  A man wearing a mask depicting Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs holds up a cardboard cut-out of Apple's new iPhone 6, as he walks into an Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters  Andreas Gibson celebrates as he exits an Apple store in New York after being the first to purchase an iPhone 6 Plus on Sept. 19, 2014. Julie Jacobson—AP  Jamael Ahmed jumps in the air as he leaves the store after being the first to purchase the iPhone 6 at Apple Covent Gardens in London on Sept. 19, 2014. Ben A. Pruchnie—Getty Images And Top Games: * _Monument Valley_ * _Hitman GO_ * _Ruzzle Adventure_ * _Battleheart Legacy_ * _World of Warriors_ * _XCOM: Enemy Within_ * _Smash Hit_ * _Spellfall_ * _Spider-Man Unlimited_ * _Wayward Souls_ * _Trials Frontier_ * _Adventure Beaks_ * _Rules!_ * _FarmVille 2: County Escape_ * _RETRY_ * _Micromon_ * _Rival Knights_ * _Godus_ * _Crazy Taxi City Rush_ * _Castle Doombad: Free to Slay_ * _Bicolor_ * _Royal Revolt 2_ * _FOTONICA_ * _Timberman_ * _Bonza Word Puzzle_ Check out Apple’s Best of 2014 list for yourself in iTunes. _Read next:_ [_50 Best iPhone Apps, 2014 Edition_](http://time.com/136073/50-best-iphone-apps/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623190/apple-best-apps-iphone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623190/apple-best-apps-iphone/"},"headline":"Apple Says These Are the Best Apps of 2014","datePublished":"2014-12-08T13:58:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:45:30.505Z","description":"Elevate and Threes! take home top honors","url":"https://time.com/3623190/apple-best-apps-iphone/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","apps","iPhone","iPad","iOS"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd29f31537aa12147/69876d498e06017bbd459103/455691914.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd29f31537aa12147/69876d498e06017bbd459103/455691914.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple iPhone 6","caption":"Apple iPhone 6","creditText":"Sean Gallup—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623190/apple-best-apps-iphone/","name":"Apple Says These Are the Best Apps of 2014"}}]}] ```