To celebrate the App Store’s 10th anniversary, let’s study the visual evolution of 10 original App Store apps.įor the purpose of this piece, I’ve focused exclusively on notable visual changes to apps that were available to download on day one and are still receiving updates today. The creators of the first 500 available at launch had the unique opportunity of shaping the design direction and interaction methods of the millions of apps created since. On a quiet Thursday morning less than a year later, the App Store opened to iPhone users with a selection of just over 500 apps.įew contemporary innovations have changed how we live our lives and interact with the world around us more than iPhone apps.
“Let me just say it: We want native third-party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February,” Steve Jobs wrote.
One of the most significant design opportunities in recent history was announced with a simple blog post on Apple’s website.
