Top ARKit iOS augmented reality apps and games, 3 million installations later

Since the launch of iOS 11 and ARKit, either
development kit allowing developers to create or add
augmented reality features to their apps, we have seen a proliferation ofmany games
exploiting this possibility, but alsoa whole bunch
d’apps.

And according to a recent study bySensor Tower, a company which
analyzes App Store trends every month, more than3 millions
d’appsusing ARKit have been installed since the release of iOS 11.
Here is theranking of apps and games in augmented reality
most popular with users.

Unsurprisingly, games dominate the rankings and represent __35% of
augmented reality apps present on the App Store, followed by utilities with
19%, entertainment with 11%, education with 7%, photo and video with 6% and
lifestyle with 5%.

Concerning augmented reality games, here are the 5 most popular iOS games
popular with gamers:

• Free:AR Dragon
  available here on the App Store, Zombie Gunship Revenant
  available here on the App Store, AR Sport Basketball
  available here on the App Store, Drive Ahead Minigolf
  available here on the App Store, AR Runner
  available here on the App Store
• Paid:The Machines
  available here on the App Store, ARise
  available here on the App Store, Conduct AR
  available here on the App Store, AMON
  available here on the App Store, Mammoth Mini Golf AR
  available here on the App Store

The games represent53% of app downloads
using only ARKit and62% of revenue generated, ce
which makes it the category of apps that works best.

And the top 5 for apps, excluding games:

• Free:IKEA Place
  available here on the App Store, AR Measurekit
  available here on the App Store, GIPHY World
  available here on the App Store, Paint Space AR
  available here on the App Store, Housecraft
  available here on the App Store
• Paid:TapMeasure
  available here on the App Store, Monster Park Dino World
  available here on the App Store, My Very Hungry Caterpillar
  available here on the App Store, Follow me Dragon
  available here on the App Store, Fitness AR
  available here on the App Store

Have you tried any of these apps yet? What are your apps and
Favorite augmented reality games?

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