The 5 most popular types of phone apps
July 17, 2022There are many phone applications that we can see, but can be divided into 5 main and most popular types of mobile applications as below:
Lifestyle mobile app
Lifestyle apps have grown tremendously in recent years. A lifestyle app is an app that accelerates or supports the personal aspects that define your lifestyle. Those are the types of mobile apps that involve:’
Health
Dating
Food
Music
Travel
The good thing about these apps is that once they’re part of a user’s lifestyle category, they can stay there for good. These are the apps people use every day to help them find their next new song, restaurant, or destination. They are apps that help them find themselves, what they like and don’t like, and where they’re headed next.
If you are developing a lifestyle app, you will need to create the app to wow your users. Something your competitors don’t do. Something your users can’t live without.
Some examples of Lifestyle apps are:
- Spotify
- Grab
- Traveloka

Social networking apps
Social networking applications are one of the most commonly used applications today.
People today share more about their daily lives than ever before. Therefore, these applications are becoming more and more indispensable in each person’s mobile phone.
Consider adding social sharing features to your app if you’ll be providing a service or selling a product that your users can share with their network. This functionality will make your users come back to share over and over while comparing with their network.
Some popular social networking apps are:

Convenient mobile application
This is the type of application that we can use often. There are many apps that come pre-installed on your device and serve a single function.
Some examples of popular types of mobile apps in the utilities category are:
- Remind
- Computer
- Flashlight
- Weather
These are the types of mobile apps that we tend to use more often but for a shorter period of time. Usually, you’ll just open your calculator to solve an equation (like tipping at a restaurant) and then throw it away.
Game/entertainment mobile application
The category of games and entertainment is huge, and therefore, very competitive. These types of apps are popular with app development businesses because they bring users back multiple times per week, sometimes multiple times per day.
Try to make your game as “addictive” as possible by offering incentives to users who return every day or a certain number of days in a row.
Some examples of game applications are:
- Angry Birds
- Pubg Mobile
- League of Legends

Productivity Mobile Apps
While this may seem like one of the more boring types of mobile apps, it’s a hugely popular category. These types of apps help their users get things done quickly and efficiently, making sometimes simple tasks easier.
Examples of productivity apps include:
- Docs
- Sheets
- Wallet/Payment
These types of applications are indispensable when they are done right. That means helping your users complete tasks easier, faster, and more efficiently than your competitors. The nifty features that let them get from point A to finish are what set this mobile app apart, so get creative and figure out how to get things done. that no one else is doing.
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