Apple’s top apps of 2020 highlight what a weird year it’s been

In what is perhaps the understatement of the century, 2020 has been a pretty weird year. The country started out on fire, then you-know-what came and forced us inside for more than half the year, separated us from our families and friends, made us work from home and cancelled weddings, holidays and basically anything fun.

So, in a year unlike any most of us have ever experienced, it was always going to be interesting to see Apple's end-of-year app roundup, and boy does it paint a picture of how we all managed to make it through to December.

Apple's apps of the year

• Best iPhone app: Wakeout!
• Best iPad app: Zoom
• Best Mac app: Fantastical
• Best Apple TV app: Disney+
• Best Apple Watch app: Endel

Apple's games of the year

• Best iPhone game: Genshin Impact
• Best iPad game: Legends of Runeterra
• Best Mac game: Disco Elysium
• Best Apple TV game: Dandara Trials of Fear
• Best Apple Arcade game: Sneaky Sasquatch

Apple's trends of the year

• Shine, for helping users practise self-care
• Caribu, for connecting families to loved ones.
• Pokémon GO, for reinventing the way we play.
• ShareTheMeal, for helping users make a difference.
• Explain Everything Whiteboard, for helping bring remote classrooms to life.