Through its official website, Apple has finally released the list of its top 10 most downloaded apps and games in 2025 on Wednesday. Here, ChatGPT has finally ranked number 1 in US-based market after previously ranking number 4 last year.
Also Read Apple’s 2025 App Store Awards Winners Announced – Innovative Apps Leading the Way
Through this list, now, you can be able to download which app that is most suitable for your daily use to maximize your devices.
Thus, this article will cover App Store 2025 Most Downloaded Apps, with ChatGPT being the number 1 in the US. Here are the details:
ChatGPT Ranked No.1 As US’s 2025 Most Downloaded App In Apple Store
According to Techcrunch, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has successfully won over other big and older applications like Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google’s Gemini as the number 1 most downloaded app from App Store in the free iPhone apps category.
This victory signifies that AI itself has become an inseparable part of people’s lives, especially in the US.
According to the Analyst, ChatGPT’s versatility is one of the reasons why it can be one of the top apps in this big 2025.
Previously, the app itself was ranked number 4, losing to the Chinese shopping app Temu. While in 2023, the app itself is nowhere to be found on the list despite its strong debut in May.
Also Read Apple TV Announced ‘Platonic’ Return – Will Be Back With Season 3
Want more topics about Apple news? Check here Apple News Update!
2025 Top Most Downloaded App Store Apps In the US From Various Categories
Here is the full list of the top 10 2025 most downloaded apps from the App Store from various categories based on the US:
| Category | Top 10 Apps |
| Top Apple Arcade Games | 1. NFL Retro Bowl ’26 2. NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition 3. Balatro+ 4. Snake.io+ 5. Sneaky Sasquatch 6. Hello Kitty Island Adventure 7. Fruit Ninja Classic+ 8. Bloons TD 6+ 9. PGA TOUR Pro Golf 10. Solitaire by MobilityWare+ |
| Top Paid iPad Games | 1. Minecraft: Dream it, Build it! 2. Geometry Dash 3. Stardew Valley 4. Balatro 5. Bloons TD 6 6. Plague Inc. 7. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp C 8. Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 9. Purple Place – Classic Games 10. Papa’s Sushiria To Go! |
| Top Free iPad Games | 1. Roblox 2. Block Blast! 3. Fortnite 4. Perfect Tidy 5. Magic Tiles 3: Piano Game 6. Mini Games: Calm & Chill 7. Goods Puzzle: Sort Challenge 8. hole.io 9. Subway Surfers 10. Township |
| Top Paid iPad Apps | 1. Procreate 2. Procreate Dreams 3. forScore 4. ToonSquid 5. Nomad Sculpt 6. Shadowrocket 7. AnkiMobile Flashcards 8. Bluebeam Revu for iPad 9. Teach Your Monster to Read 10. Feather: Draw in 3D |
| Top Free iPad Apps | 1. YouTube 2. ChatGPT 3. Netflix 4. Disney+ 5. Amazon Prime Video 6. TikTok – Videos, Shop & LIVE 7. Google Chrome 8. Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF 9. Canva: AI Photo & Video Editor 10. HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV |
| Top Paid iPhone Games | 1. Minecraft: Dream it, Build it! 2. Balatro 3. Heads Up! 4. Plague Inc. 5. Geometry Dash 6. Bloons TD 6 7. Stardew Valley 8. Papa’s Freezeria To Go! 9. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp C 10. Red’s First Flight |
| Top Free iPhone Games | 1. Block Blast! 2. Fortnite 3. Roblox 4. Township 5. Pokémon TCG Pocket 6. Royal Kingdom 7. Clash Royale 8. Vita Mahjong 9. Whiteout Survival 10. Last War: Survival |
| Top Paid iPhone Apps | 1. HotSchedules 2. Shadowrocket 3. Procreate Pocket 4. AnkiMobile Flashcards 5. Paprika Recipe Manager 3 6. SkyView® 7. TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome 8. AutoSleep Track Sleep on Watch 9. Forest: Focus for Productivity 10. RadarScope |
| Top Free iPhone Apps | 1. ChatGPT 2. Threads 3. Google 4. TikTok – Videos, Shop & LIVE 5. WhatsApp Messenger 6. Instagram 7. YouTube 8. Google Maps 9. Gmail – Email by Google 10. Google Gemini |
That’s all the updates regarding Apple‘s top-most downloaded app in various categories, whereas ChatGPT successfully ranked no. 1 in the US.
Scroll Price in UK for the newest update surrounding the same topic and other interesting articles!
So, which apps do you use?
How do you feel?
