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Apple reveals its best apps and games of 2016 – read the full list

Every year Apple unveils a list of what it considers the best apps and games for iPhone and iPad that have been released on the App Store in the last year. Below is the full list of Apple’s picks for 2016.

Top ten best iPhone apps of 2016

Prisma [read our review], the app that applies live art-style filters to images gets the top spot, while face-transformer MSQRD, recently acquired by Facebook gets the runner-up position.

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Here’s the full list:

1. Prisma: Free Photo Editor, Art Filters Pic Effects (Free)

2. MSQRD – Live Filters & Face Swap for Video Selfies (Free)

3. Quartz – News in a whole new way (Free)

4. Vogue (Free)

5. Meditation Studio – Guided meditations and courses ($3.99 / £2.99)

6. Detour – GPS Audio Tour Guide (Free)

7. Credit Karma: Free Credit Scores, Reports & Alerts (Free)

8. Glasses by Warby Parker: Eyeglasses and Sunglasses (Free)

9. Hyper – videos worth watching (Free) – Read our review

10. Tinycards – Learn with Fun, Free Flashcards (Free)

Top ten best iPad apps of 2016

Apple also selects a list of top ten iPad apps. Here’s the full list:

1. SketchBook Motion (Free)

2. Bear – beautiful writing app for notes and prose (Free) – read our review

3. Pigment – Coloring Book for Adults (Free)

4. Fullscreen (Free)

5. Toca Dance ($2.99 / £2.29)

6. Texture – unlimited digital magazines (Free)

7. Heuristic Shakespeare – The Tempest ($5.99 / £4.49)

8. Timepage for iPad – Calendar by Moleskine ($6.99 / £4.99)

9. Easy Music – Give kids an ear for music ($3.99 / £2.99)

10. SPACE by THIX ($3.99 / £2.99)

Top 10 Best iPhone Games of 2016

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1. Clash Royale (Free)

2. Reigns ($2.99) – Read our five-star review

3. Plants vs. Zombies Heroes (Free)

4. twofold inc. ($3.99 / £2.99)

5. Riptide GP: Renegade ($2.99 / £2.29)

6. FIFA Mobile Soccer (Free)

7. Rodeo Stampede – Sky Zoo Safari (Free)

8. Klocki ($0.99 / £0.79)

9. Steppy Pants (Free)

10. The Trail (Free)

While Pokémon Go doesn’t reach the top 10, it does get a special mention as ‘Breakout Hit.’

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Top 10 Best iPad Games of 2016

1. Severed ($3.99 / £2.99)

2. Chameleon Run ($1.99 / £1.49)

3. BattleHand (Free)

4. Deus Ex GO – Puzzle Challenge ($1.99 / £1.49

5. Human Resource Machine ($4.99 / £3.99)

6. PinOut! (Free)

7. Mini Metro ($4.99 / £3.99)

8. PKTBALL – Endless Arcade Smash Sport (Free)

9. Crashlands – ($4.99 / £3.99)

10. Big Bang Racing (Free)

Top free, paid & grossing apps of 2016

Apple has also unveiled the titles that topped the charts in 2016, including free, paid and top grossing apps and games for iPhone and iPad.

Top free:

iPhone: Snapchat (Free)

iPad: YouTube (Free)

Top paid:

iPhone: Heads Up! ($0.99 / £0.79)

iPad: Minecraft: Pocket Edition ($6.99 / £4.99)

Top grossing:

iPhone & iPad: Game of War – Fire Age (Free)