Apple just released the 'Best of 2018' -- a global collection of top charts of all the amazing things we should see, play, and listen to. From podcasts to audiobooks and from music to apps and more we're definitely curious as to who made the lists and what will make great conversations at the holiday dinner party. Apps that topped the 'paid for' list shocked us included FaceTune, a retouching app to allows users to have flawless skin. Hey, guess it's cheaper than botox. Anyway, here's are the lists...
Best Apps of 2018:
iPhone App of the year - Procreate Pocket
iPhone Game of the year - Donut County
iPad App of the year - Froggipedia
iPad Game of the year - Gorogoa
Mac App of the year - Pixelmator Pro
Mac Game of the year - The Gardens Between
Apple TV App of the year - Sweat
Apple TV Game of the year - Alto's Odyssey*
iPhone: CANADA
Top Free iPhone Apps:
- YouTube
- Messenger
- Snapchat
- Spotify Music
- Google Maps
- Bitmoji
- WhatsApp Messenger
- Netflix
Top Paid iPhone Apps:
- Facetune
- kirakira+
- PlantSnap Plant Identification
- The Wonder Weeks
- Afterlight 2
- My Talking Pet Pro
- Oh She Glows*
- Full Fitness: Exercise Workout Trainer
- AutoSleep Tracker for Watch
- Forest — Stay Focused
Top Free iPhone Games
- Fortnite
- Helix Jump
- Rise Up
- Hole.io
- PUBG MOBILE
- Love Balls
- Snake Vs Block
- Knife Hit
- Wordscapes
- HQ Trivia
Top Paid iPhone Games:
- Heads Up!
- Plague Inc.
- Minecraft
- Pocket Build
- Bloons TD 6
- Geometry Dash
- Bloons TD 5
- The Game of Life
- Getting Over It
- Earn to Die 2
Best Music of 2018:
Artist of the year: Drake
Breakout Artist of the Year: Juice WRLD
Song of the Year: I Like It - Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny & J. Balvin
Album of the Year: Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
2018 APPLE MUSIC CHARTS:
Canada’s Top 10 Best of 2018 Songs Charts:
- Drake*, God’s Plan
- Loud Luxury*, Body (feat. Brando)
- Post Malone, Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)
- Drake*, Nice for What
- Post Malone, Psycho (feat. Ty Dollar $ign)
- Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J. Balvin, I Like It
- Drake*, In My Feelings
- Camila Cabello, Havana (feat. Young Thug)
- BlocBoy JB, Look Alive (feat. Drake*)
- Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, Meant to be
Canada’s Top 100 Album charts:
Here are Canada’s Top 10 Best of 2018 Album charts:
1. Drake*, Scorpion
2. Post Malone, Beerbongs & Bentleys
3. Post Malone, Stoney
4. XXXTENTACION, ?
5. Migos, Culture II
6. Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Deluxe)
7. Travis Scott, ASTROWORLD
8. Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd* & SZA, Black Panther The Album Music from and Inspired By
9. Khalid, American Teen
10. Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy
APPLE PODCASTS
Best Podcasts of 2018 — Canada:
- Semi-Prose*
- Home Cooked*
- TIFF Long Take*
- Escaping NXIVM*
- The Big Story*
- Side note*
- Personal Best*
- Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo*
- Chosen Family*
- Earth Rangers*
- Thunder Bay*
- History of 1995*
2018 PODCAST CHARTS:
Top 25 most downloaded podcasts ever:
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- The Daily
- TED Talks Daily
- Stuff You Should Know
- OverDrive
- The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)*
- Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations
- My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgraff and Georgia Hardstark
- Freakonomics Radio
- Global News Podcast*
- This American Life
- Planet Money
- Q: The Podcast from CBC Radio*
- Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
- Radiolab
- The Bill Simmons Podcast
- The Gary Vee Audio Experience
- Serial
- Aujourd’hui l’histoire*
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- The Ben Shapiro Show
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Casefile True Crime
- Pod Save America
- 99% Invisible
Top 25 most downloaded podcasts that launched this year:
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition
- Today, Explained
- 31 Thoughts: The Podcast
- Talk is Jericho
- Uncover: Escaping NXIVM
- The Teacher’s Pet
- 5 Live’s World Football Phone-in
- 606
- Caliphate
- The Morning Toast
- Dr. Death
- Oprah’s Master Class: The Podcast
- Business Wars
- The Goop Podcast
- Conspiracy Theories
- A Swing and a Belt with Dan Shulman
- Grand écart*
- Couples Therapy with Candice and Casey
- Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities
- The Debaters
- Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
- WorkLife with Adam Grant
- Death in Ice Valley
- Other People’s Problems
TV AND MOVIES
Best Movies of 2018 on TV App in Canada:
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Three Identical Strangers
- Mandy
- A Quiet Place
- Eighth Grade
- Sorry to Bother You
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Crazy Rich Asians
- A Star is Born
Best TV Shows of 2018 on TV App in Canada
- Killing Eve
- Sharp Objects
- Outlander, Season 4
- American Horror Story: Apocalypse
- Atlanta: Robbin
- Doctor Who, Season 11
- Good Fight, Season 2
- New Amsterdam
- Succession
- Better Call Saul, Season 4
APPLE BOOKS
Best Books of 2018 in Canada
Best fiction: Washington Black* by Esi Edugyan
Best nonfiction: I’m Afraid of Men* by Vivek Shraya
Best mystery: Hysteria* by Elisabeth de Mariaffi
Best SciFi & fantasy: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Best romance: Too Wilde to Wed by Eloisa James
Best bio and memoir: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
Best young reader book: Children of Blood & Bone by Toni Adeyemi
Best Canadian fiction: French Exit* by Patrick deWitt
Best Audiobooks of 2018 in Canada:
Best fiction: Women Talking* by Miriam Toews
Best nonfiction: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Best self-development: Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
Best business: Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
Best family: Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Best bio and memoir: Educated by Tara Westover
Best mystery: The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
Best Narration: Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz
Best Canadian Audiobook: Split Tooth* by Taya Tagaq
*Canadian