Apple reveals the most downloaded apps and games of the year - with iPhone users shunning TikTok in favour of bargain shopping apps
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There are nearly two million apps on App Store. Now, Apple has revealed the most downloaded ones in the UK this year – and it seems iPhone users are shunning TikTok in favour of bargain shopping apps. Among the year's success stories are fast fashion apps from China including Temu and Shein, along with the trendy 'preloved marketplace' Vinted.
![[Shein has become known for selling ultra-cheap clothes, such as dresses for as little as £3, and is especially popular with Gen Z consumers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/93193245-14197331-image-a-23_1734352587272.jpg)
They come ahead of social media apps including TikTok and Meta's Threads, as well as AI chatbot sensation ChatGPT, which released an app last year. As 2024 comes to a close, Apple is unveiling the most downloaded apps and games of the year in the UK,' the tech giant said in a statement.
![[Threads, a 'text-based conversation app' from Meta, looks rather a lot like Twitter, from the text feed to the profile picture and the blue verification tick]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/72875543-14197331-_Say_more_The_text_based_conversation_app_from_Meta_looks_rather-a-11_1734351444967.jpg)
'The App Store is the safest and best place for users to discover and download apps and games. 'App Store editors around the world recommend tens of thousands of apps annually across the Today, Apps and Games tabs to help users discover the best apps, games, in-app events, original stories, collections, and more.
![[Vinted is the fourth most-downloaded free iPhone app in the UK in 2024, Apple reveals (file photo)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/91020839-14197331-Vinted_s_Dirty_Laundry_Dispatches_airing_on_Friday_at_7_30pm_unc-a-12_1734351761955.jpg)
Launched in 2008, App Store has since been at the heart of the creation of a large number of hugely successful mobile app businesses, including the likes of Angry Birds, Uber and Deliveroo. As 2024 comes to a close, Apple has unveiled the most downloaded apps and games of the year in the UK.
![[Roblox is a free online gaming platform that lets users build their own virtual worlds. It allows users to play games created by themselves or by others (file photo)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/12/85752001-14197331-Roblox_is_a_free_online_gaming_platform_that_lets_users_build_th-a-24_1734352825680.jpg)
Shein has become known for selling ultra-cheap clothes, such as dresses for as little as £3, and is especially popular with Gen Z consumers. It is now hard to image the iPhone without a bevvy of apps plastering its home screen – especially big players Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok and Snapchat, none of which existed when the first iPhone came out.
![[Minecraft: Play with Friends is the most-downloaded paid iPhone game in the UK for 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/13/93193243-14197331-image-a-28_1734355321439.jpg)
