The 5 Highest Grossing iPhone Apps of All Time

You wake up. Staring blankly at the ceiling, your eyes take it upon themselves to shed a single tear – just moisture gathering on its own and departing. Or is it? How can you be so unsure?

“How can I feel so flat? Am I not… entertained?”

“I have all the best apps,” you reassure yourself, “Don’t I?”

Well, if you haven’t tried these apps, probably not. If you have all of them, maybe it’s something other than your phone digging at your subconscious. Better check the apps first. Here are the five highest grossing iPhone apps of all time:

5. Netflix

Yes, you can watch Netflix on your iPhone. As apps go, it’s easy to guess why this one is so popular, given the widespread popularity of the Netflix brand in general. The app has many of the same features as the desktop/smart TV app and not much else, but that’s nothing to sniff at. Just make sure you don’t burn through all your data!

4. Game of War – Fire Age

I’m going to be honest with you here: I am probably not the target audience for this game. But if you are a teenage boy or have the sensibility of one, you might be. Nearest I can tell, this is a strategy MMO game where the primary features on offer are a static sexy cartoon lady who calls you “My King” and the ability to chat with the kind of people who like that. Sorry.

3. Mobile Strike

“Oh good,” I said, as this opened to the same game – literally the same – as “Game of War – Fire Age”, but with Arnold Schwarzenegger calling you “General”. This is now a cultural study for me. How deep do I have to get before I understand? Notably, this one suggested buying something much faster and more often than GoW-FA (which I now abbreviate).

2. Pokémon Go

On the other end of the spectrum, Pokémon Go’s blistering popularity this past summer was almost irresistible. The thinkpieces alone could fill a textbook on the modern era. It took until now for me to download it only because I made a pact with a few other employed people that we wouldn’t download it (for fear of risking termination over trying to catch Squirtle at work).

As quickly as its star rose, Pokémon Go seems to have fallen again, with little mention of it really anywhere lately. (What else have we been talking about? Can’t recall.)

Anyway, that hasn’t stopped it from ranking among the highest grossing apps of all time. In July, it was estimated to be making $1.6 million daily and rising, so even if profits have dropped a bit, it’s unlikely it’ll be departing this list any time soon.

1. Clash Royale

Ok. Ok. This one is a weird one to be sitting at number one, but that becomes more understandable as you play. You’ll quickly find out how addictive it is. It’s… definitely a game. You use cards to battle. There’s a points system. You unlock chests of points and cards and stuff. Oh, boy. Really, the best thing you can do is download it and try it for yourself. You just might lose a few hours. Or days. Hopefully not months or years, but who’s to say?

Bonus: Candy Crush Saga

As an added bonus, check out Candy Crush Saga. While not currently in the top 5 highest grossing apps, it has been in and around the top for longer than any other app on this list by a huge margin. This app’s lasting popularity suggests it’ll be in an out of the top 5 on and off for quite a while, so how could we not throw it in?