![Apple Starts iPhone 6 Sales In Germany Apple Productivity Apps](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-productivity-apps.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
As Apple’s iPhone has grown more advanced over the years, so have the apps that run on it. Each year, Apple sifts through the thousands upon thousands of apps in its App Store to recognize the most noteworthy new apps and games.
This year’s list, which Apple published Wednesday, includes photography apps, communication apps, entertainment apps, and more. Periscope, the popular livestreaming app that Twitter acquired earlier this year, was named Apple’s App of the Year. “This game-changer made sharing and watching live videos an instant obsession,” Apple wrote.
The ranking comes as more app developers are beginning to integrate 3D Touch, a new mode of interaction that was introduced in the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, into their apps. Since Apple’s new iPhones were introduced in September, popular apps such as The New York Times, Workflow, Instagram, Foursquare and Periscope have added new features that take advantage of this new pressure-sensitive capability.
Here’s a look at Apple’s favorite apps of 2015:
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![BART Train Toward San Francisco](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kototoi Bridge, Tokyo](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Inle Lake, Shan State of Myanmar](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Takachiho Gorge, Kyushi, Japan](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Joffre Lakes, British Columbia, Canada](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![San Leandro, CA](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Rochester, New York](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Downtown Dubai, Burj Khalifa](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![In the Norrebro suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Santa Monica PCH Beach](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Taft Point in Yosemite National Park](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram17.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Hugh Boyd Soccer Field in Richmond, British Columbia (No additional info provided)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Wah Tai House, Wah Fu Estate, Hong Kong](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Garin Dry Creek Regional Park near Union City, CA](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/apple-instagram15.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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