Therefore, it should come as no surprise that they released perhaps THE most innovative app this year – namely the ”˜Google Lens’. What is it? Google is one of the industries top innovative leaders, and they’re always at the forefront of any groundbreaking technological advances in their field. Take note and advice from the below and fill your home screen with 2018’s latest technology and find out how it can transform the way you use your mobile. If you can’t remember the last time you downloaded a new app, then the chances are that your smartphone needs a refresh. Let’s take a look at some of the most innovative, creative and brilliant interactive apps seen this year as it draws to a close, and decipher what we can learn from them as we move forward to 2019. Ģ018 saw an abundance of app introductions, yet not all of them were to succeed.

Therefore, to break barriers with yours – you need to be innovative. However, with great opportunity comes great competition too, in fact, there are over 4 million apps estimated to exist across both the Android and IOS stores. With a massive 95% of all 16-24 AND 25-34 UK people owning a smartphone to some degree, the potential stream of users to your app is pretty much endless. In that year, downloads increased by 24%, the highest percentage increase since 2013.When placed correctly, an interactive app can take your business to the next level.

Google Play was responsible for 111.3 billion downloads in 2021, iOS had 32.3 billion downloadsĪpp downloads have consistently increased year-on-year, but saw a dramatic increase in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

55 billion of those downloads were games, 88 billion were apps.143.6 billion apps and games were downloaded in 2021.We have collected data and statistics on iOS and Android app downloads. What these new apps will contain is anyone’s guess, with Meta Platforms believing the future is in the metaverse and others, like developer of TikTok, ByteDance, seeing a future in algorithm curated news, music, and videos. In 2021, apps were downloaded more than 100 billion times, and that is expected to reach 200 billion by 2025. These figures are growing every year, and along with it, the market for mobile apps.

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Best new apps 2018