App Annie has compiled statistics for the most loved and most downloaded Google Play apps over the past four years - from 2012 to 2016. Perhaps one of them is on your phone as well.
10. Flashlight by Surpax
The list of the most popular and downloaded Android apps begins a bit unexpectedly - with a flashlight. Yes, the Flashlight app does exactly that - it turns your smartphone into a flashlight. With dimmable and flickering support.
9. Twitter
The first app on the list of the most downloaded, serving the vast social network - Twitter. Every day more than 500 million people share their thoughts with each other in short form, as well as post photos and videos.
8. Viber
This application allows you to exchange text messages and calls around the world, as well as call at reduced rates for those who do not have Viber installed yet. And after signing an agreement with Western Union, Viber users can also make money transfers.
7. LINE
The most downloaded messenger among the countries of Southeast Asia - free voice and video calls, messaging, conversations of any length. The company makes a profit by selling stickers - an upgraded version of emoticons - and goods in Line Games. The main difference between Line and Skype, WhatsApp and others is the built-in social network that supports blogs and comments. By the way, according to App Annie, LINE became the most profitable app in GooglePlay for 2012-2014. And all this is emoticons, games and ads.
6. Skype
One of the oldest and most famous services for the exchange of calls and messages is still not losing ground, although it is beginning to be squeezed by younger rivals. Network operators also get nervous, who even go as far as trying to ban Skype or trying to block its traffic. But fortunately for ordinary users, progress cannot be stopped.
5. Clean Master
Alas, going online from a mobile can turn into a lot of troubles. Therefore, installing an antivirus (as well as an optimizer, work accelerator and privacy protector in one bottle) has become a stern necessity. In addition, Clean Master is able to control the temperature of the processor, helps to get rid of unnecessary files and not drown in the sea of applications - and after all, both of them tend to accumulate to unimaginable sizes.
4. Instagram
Fans of capturing every step in eternity appreciated this application - now it has become even easier to publish photos of your breakfast, jogging, shopping, brushing your teeth and other important events in life. Moreover, now the photo can also be edited - change the brightness, contrast, shadows, light, perspective and so on (perhaps even remove the extra pounds). And also find new and interesting among four hundred million Instagram users around the world.
3. Facebook Messenger
Another free messaging, now under the Facebook label. You can send messages to people in the phone book, create group chats, share photos and videos. Need free calls? You are welcome. And then there are notifications about when the user received a message (and how long he has not answered after that). And geolocation is present - now chat participants and friends know when you are in the same city with them.
2. WhatsApp Messenger
WhatsApp Messenger is the second most downloaded app on GooglePlay. WhatsApp allows you to exchange messages, make calls all over the world, and send photos and videos. And you don't have to pay for it.You only need to have access to the Internet on your mobile. Only network operators are not happy with the growing popularity of WhatsApp and other instant messengers - according to rumors, their losses have already reached tens of billions of dollars.
1. Facebook
Zuckerberg's brainchild has long enslaved the world. About 700 million Internet users visit Facebook every day. And the most downloaded app on GooglePlay - Facebook allows you to do this from your mobile too, including additional conveniences such as notifications, downloading photos and videos from your phone, accessing games and applications, and much more. The number of downloads has exceeded five billion!