Apple announced just last may that users have downloaded more than 50 billion apps from their App store. Since it was established, the App store has been an innovative avenue for convenience and technology. According to recent reports, users are downloading around approximately 2 billion apps every month.

"Apple would like to thank our incredible customers and developers for topping 50 billion apps downloaded," Eddy Cue, senior vice president for Apple's Internet and Software and Services, said in a statement last month.

"The App Store completely transformed how people use their mobile devices and created a thriving app ecosystem that has paid out over nine billion dollars to developers. We're absolutely floored to cross this milestone in less than five years." He added.

The App Store started in July 2008 with just 500 apps available. From the time it was introduced, the number of applications and devices that can access the store grew every year. Apple's developer community has also grown since then.

"We were blown away with our success on the App Store back in 2008," Rich Riley, CEO of Shazam, said.

"And almost five years later we continue to be amazed with how much people love using Shazam on their iPhone or iPad. With the App Store, we can effortlessly provide users with updates that give them great new features while making it easy for new users to discover and download Shazam for themselves." He added.

Here are some of the top app picks from the Apple store for iPhones and iPads.

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