Top 2 most downloaded apps 2017

Hashtags are the secret weapon for growing your following on Instagram. Then just copy and paste as a comment to your latest Instagram upload and watch the likes roll in. FaceApp, an app that uses AI to morph faces in photos, exploded in popularity after debuting earlier this year.

The tool makes it possible to stitch together photos and videos, all while letting users add elements like text, emoji, and filters. Plenty of apps include such capabilities, but Clips offers a bit more intelligence when it comes to adding captions. Marvel: Color Your Own offers one of the slickest interfaces for doing so yet. Its touch guided interface is both intuitive and powerful, letting dilettantes recolor famous vignettes from iconic comics with uncanny semi-pro fidelity.

While apps like Instagram and Snapchat hog much of the spotlight in the U. The selfie app has existed for years, enjoying popularity in Asian markets, but only recently became popular in the U. That modal wrinkle along with counter-play twists that can send matches seesawing, puts just enough spin on the ball to give Legends novelty bragging rights. A brewing vade mecum for coffee snobs, Filtru guides you through the art of crafting killer brews, including pouring intervals, stirring and waiting tips.

Channeling nine brewing methods or letting you create and store your own, it supports everything from aeropresses and bonmac drippers to noka pots and siphons. Microsoft wants to make it so that you never have to worry about captioning your selfies again. The only app new to the top 20 list is Wish , a shopping app that offers low-priced goods that are shipped directly from manufacturers in China.

Drake, "More Life" 2. Kendrick Lamar, "Damn" 3. Taylor Swift, "Reputation" 4. The Weeknd, "Starboy" 6. Cole, "4 Your Eyez Only" 7. Bruno Mars, "24K Magic" 8. Bitmojis can be sent within the Snapchat app or via text message. Fittingly, the main Snapchat app took second place, despite a tough year on Wall Street that was attributed to slow user growth.

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