Kim Kardashian crushes the competition for mobile games in July

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood from Glu Mobile was the most downloaded app of July, according to a report released today by market researcher App Annie.

Top iOS downloads in July 2014.
Top iOS downloads in July 2014.

The Kardashian title, where you start as a starlet and try to build your career in Hollywood, rose 46 slots in the month to end July as the No. 1 most-downloaded title in the world on iOS. Glu Mobile also had the No. 2 title with Dino Hunter: Deadly Shores, followed by King’s Bubble Witch 2 Saga, Digital Melody’s Timberman, and HutchGames’ MMX Racing. That shows that the most-downloaded game rankings are still subject to change as new hits sweep through the market.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.