Apple has unveiled its best of 2017 for Southeast Asia, highlighting the best of App Store, iTunes, and Apple Music. It shows the top trends, most popular apps and games, top movies and TV shows, and most listened to music and artists for the year 2017.
According to Apple, the top trends of the year 2017 are:
- Augmented reality: AR has change the way people interact with the world around us y blending digital objects into the real world through our mobile phones. There are plenty of apps and games leveraging on this technology such as Pokemon Go, AR Dragon, Holo, Player Piano 3D, and even books such as My Very Hungry Caterpillar that brings the classic children’s book character to life.
- Competitive gaming: In 2017, Apple saw a rise in users interested in real-time competitive gaming. Popular competitive games include golden oldies like Clash Royale and Hearthstone, and even new ones like Modern Combat Versus, and more.
- Gamifying fitness: One of the best way to start exercising and keeping to the routine is to gamify it. Some of the best apps include Standland, Zombies, Run!, Wokamon – Fitness Game, 7 Minute Superhero Workout and more.
- Facial transformation: This is no surprise; one of the top trends in 2017 would definitely have to be facial transformation apps. Photo editing apps such as B612, BeautyPlus, FaceApp, Facetune 2, MSQRD, and more allowed people not only to digitally enhance their pictures, they also allowed users to add in real-time masks and filters.
As for the top apps and games of the year, these are the results:
- 2017 iPhone App of the Year: Enlight Videoleap
2017 iPhone Game of the Year: Splitter Critters
2017 iPad App of the Year: Affinity Photo
2017 iPad Game of the Year: Old Man’s Journey
On Apple Music, the top song of 2017 is Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”. The artist also wins the top album of the year with ÷. Bruno Mars comes in on a close second on the album chart with “24K Magic”. K-pop artists BigBang and G Dragon also made it to the top charts.
The top charts on iTunes featured powerful female protagonists who inspire such as “Moana”, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Wonder Woman” all within the top five. Other notable mentions include “Harry Potter Complete Collection”, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, as well as family-friendly musicals like “Sing” and “Trolls”.
Image credit: Teresa Lim of @teeteeheehee. Illustrated on #iPadPro and #ApplePencil with Tayasui Sketches Pro
Here are the top charts for Southeast Asia:
Free iPhone Apps:
- Grab – Ride Hailing App
- WhatsApp Messenger
- Uber
- YouTube: Watch Listen Stream
- Messenger
- oBike – Bike Sharing
- Google Maps – GPS Navigation
- Carousell
- Gmail – Email by Google
- Spotify Music
- Google Chrome
- My Singtel app
- foodpanda – Food Delivery
- UberEATS: Food Delivery
- Google Translate
- Healthy 365
- Snapchat
Paid iPhone Apps
- Gudak Cam
- TouchRetouch
- kirakira+
- Scanner for Me + OCR
- Enlight
- Forest by Seekrtech
- LightX
- Tabs & Chords – learn and play
- Afterlight
- Glitché
- Analog Paris
- Plotagraph+ Photo Animator
- The Wonder Weeks
- ProCam 5
- ProCamera.
- Facetune
- Slow Shutter Cam
- Halide – RAW Manual Camera
- Pixomatic photo editor
- Fontmania – Add Artworks & Text to Your Photos!
Free iPhone Games
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Super Mario Run
- Fight List – Categories Game
- Coin Master
- Word Cookies!
- Candy Crush Saga
- 8 Ball Pool™
- Clash Royale
- Episode – Choose Your Story
- Pokémon GO
- Lords Mobile
- Piano Tiles 2™
- Subway Surfers
- Asphalt 8: Airborne
- Roll the Ball® – slide puzzle
- Toy Blast
- Choices: Stories You Play
- Clash of Clans
- Cookie Run: OvenBreak
- Critical Ops
Paid iPhone Games
- Minecraft
- Football Manager Mobile 2017
- Monopoly Game
- Monument Valley 2
- Plague Inc.
- Assassin’s Creed Identity
- Hitman Sniper
- Mini Metro
- Cytus
- Heads Up!
- Exploding Kittens® – The Official Game
- Bully: Anniversary Edition
- NBA 2K18
- Street Fighter IV CE
- Reigns
- Monument Valley
- F1 2016
- Iron Marines
- Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition
- Geometry Dash
Free iPad Apps
- YouTube: Watch Listen Stream
- Messenger for WhatsApp – App for iPad
- Google Chrome
- Messenger
- Netflix
- The Calculator
- Gmail – Email by Google
- YouTube Kids
- Viu HD
- Microsoft Word
- Google Maps – GPS Navigation
- Toggle.sg
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Drive
- Spotify Music
- Skype for iPad
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Messenger for WhatsApp – iPad Chat Version
Paid iPad Apps
- Procreate
- Duet Display
- GoodNotes 4
- Notability
- GoodReader – PDF Reader Annotator and File Manager
- MyScript Nebo
- Amaziograph
- WinZip Pro – The Leading Zip Unzip & RAR Tool
- Affinity Photo
- PDF Expert by Readdle
- Book Creator for iPad
- Popplet
- Messenger for WhatsApp PRO
- Notepad+ Pro
- Pixelmator
- Explain Everything™ Classic
- Green Screen by Do Ink
- Scanner for Me + OCR
- PAW Patrol – Rescue Run HD
- Toca Life: Hospital
Free iPad Games
- Super Mario Run
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Clash Royale
- Word Cookies!
- Coin Master
- Subway Surfers
- Roll the Ball® – slide puzzle
- Piano Tiles 2™
- Candy Crush Saga
- Asphalt 8: Airborne
- Lords Mobile
- Cooking Fever
- War Robots
- Pokémon GO
- Minion Rush
- slither.io
- Plants vs. Zombies™ 2
- Clash of Clans
- Block! Hexa Puzzle
- Gardenscapes
Paid iPad Games
- Minecraft
- Monument Valley 2
- Football Manager Mobile 2017
- Geometry Dash
- MONOPOLY for iPad
- Assassin’s Creed Identity
- Football Manager Touch 2017
- Terraria
- Scribblenauts Unlimited
- Monument Valley
- Iron Marines
- Mini Metro
- Plague Inc.
- Bloons TD 5 HD
- F1 2016
- Teeny Titans – Teen Titans Go! Figure Battles
- LEGO® Jurassic World™
- RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
- Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location
- Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2
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