Best new apps and games for iPhone and iPad

What are the hottest new apps and games on the App Store right now? These!

There are over a million and a half apps for iPhone and iPad and the number just keeps growing. Every day new and newly updated apps hit the App Store, and it's impossible to keep up with all of them. Luckily, you don't have to. All you have to do is bookmark this page and come back every day. When you do, we'll have the best of the best new apps and games waiting for you!

Best new apps

This week, manage your money, get a better view of your health, and add cool effects to your photos.

Clarity Money - Get the new year started off right by keeping better track of your personal finances using Clarity Money. The app will strive to help you save money, manage credit, and even create savings accounts for dedicated tasks, all using machine learning. - Free - Download Now
HealthView - Get a complete picture of your health and activity with this app. HealthView provides data on a wide array of health factors, including step counts, stand hours, water consumed and much more. The app also plugs into the Health app to use your HealthKit data. - $1.99 - Download Now
MoneyCoach - Another money management app, MoneyCoach creates detailed financial reports, calculates your net worth, and offers personalized financial advice. You can even use the included Apple Watch app to enter quick transactions. - Free - Download Now
Fabby - Add interesting graphics and effects to your photos and videos with Fabby. You can add motion effects to photos, switch out backgrounds in videos and make holiday-themed creations that you can share with your friends. - Free - Download Now

Best new games

This week, lead your troops to victory, guide a ball in physics-based gameplay, save a benevolent king, and survive a hazardous ocean.

Castle Creeps TD - Lead your troops to victory in this tower defense title. You'll command a team of Heroes against a horde of enemies, and control towers that you can build, upgrade and repair at a moments notice. - Free - Download Now
Drop Flip Seasons - This sequel to Drop Flip builds on the foundations of the original game while adding a season twist. There are a range of difficulties available for everyone from new players to seasoned veterans. - Free - Download Now
Crowntakers - A strategy RPG, Crowntakers charges you with saving the king of a peaceful land after he is taken captive by an evil duke. Crowntakers features rougelike RPG gameplay on a hexagonal battlefield, with conflicts taking place across procedurally-generated environments. - $3.99 - Download Now
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked - While the original Don't Starve had you try to survive in the woods, its follow-up challenges you to do so at sea. You'll need to craft a boat and set sail on the open ocean, avoiding dangers like sharks, gathering resources, and weathering all-new seasons. - $4.99 - Download Now

Featured apps

Apple puts the focus on new activities for the New Year in this week's collection of apps. From personal fitness to personal finance, these apps should help you have both a productive and a fun 2017.

Nike+ Training Club - Nike's app offers a number of workouts and fitness plans, which can be organized by name, body party, and equipment. Get instruction from over 130 Nike trainers and athletes, including Serena Williams, Kevin Heart, Alex Morgan, and Skylar Diggins. - Free - Download Now
AirPano Travel Book - Check out spherical panoramic photos of beautiful locations around the world with Travel Book. Move your phone around while using the app to get a full, 360-degree view of each location. - $2.99 - Download Now
Hopper - You've seen where you want to go, now it's a matter of getting there. Hopper keeps its eyes on airline prices, and predicts when you should book your flight for maximum savings. - Free - Download Now

Free app of the week

Lifeline: Whiteout - Once again, you are the last line of communication for an intrepid adventurer in this installment of the Lifeline series. Stuck in a frozen wasteland, our adventurer has only you has a means to communicate with the outside world in this text-based game.

Here's what the developer has to say about Lifeline: Whiteout:

Alone in a frozen wasteland with no memory of how he got there, a lost adventurer's only hope is his last line of communication – to YOU! Guide him to safety and help him find his identity in this gripping story of survival. Your choices shape the story as you play!

3 Minute Games has partnered with Eipix Entertainment for the next installment of the critically-acclaimed Lifeline series. Lifeline: Whiteout introduces a brand new character, V. Adams! Play on the go with real-time notifications sent to your device or check in with V. Adams throughout your day – waiting for the bus, eating lunch, before bed!

You can get Lifeline: Whiteout for free from the App Store until January 5.