The app-etite for apps is strong.

Apple said Thursday that its App Store customers set a record for billings by spending nearly half a billion dollars on apps and in-app purchases during January’s first week. It said New Year’s Day was also the single biggest day ever in App Store sales history.

Apple Inc. said billings climbed 50 percent in 2014 and apps produced more than $10 billion in revenue for developers.

The company launched the App Store in 2008. The store has more than 1.4 million apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users in 155 countries. Apps are available in 24 categories, including games, social networking, photo & video, sports, health & fitness, travel and kids.

Apple’s stock gained $2.87, or 2.7 percent, to $110.62 in late morning trading.

App Store Official Charts for the week ending January 5, 2015:

  • Top Paid iPhone Apps:

1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.

2. Minecraft – Pocket Edition, Mojang

3. Trivia Crack (Ad Free), Etermax

4. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Scott Cawthon

5. Five Nights at Freddy’s, Scott Cawthon

6. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB

7. Afterlight, Afterlight Collective, Inc

8. THE GAME OF LIFE Classic Edition, Electronic Arts

9. MONOPOLY Game, Electronic Arts

10. Facetune, Lightricks Ltd.

  • Top Free iPhone Apps:

1. Trivia Crack, Etermax

2. Facebook Messenger, Facebook, Inc.

3. Facebook, Facebook, Inc.

4. Instagram, Instagram, Inc.

5. YouTube, Google, Inc.

6. Snapchat, Snapchat, Inc.

7. Pandora Radio, Pandora Media, Inc.

8. Candy Crush Soda Saga, King.com Limited

9. Looney Tunes Dash!, Zynga Inc.

10. Netflix, Netflix, Inc.

  • Top Paid iPad Apps:

1. Minecraft – Pocket Edition, Mojang

2. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.

3. Toca Kitchen 2, Toca Boca AB

4. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Scott Cawthon

5. Five Nights at Freddy’s, Scott Cawthon

6. Trivia Crack (Ad Free), Etermax

7. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB

8. My Om Nom, ZeptoLab UK Limited

9. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Uni., Warner Bros.

10. Monument Valley, ustwo

  • Top Free iPad Apps:

1. YouTube, Google, Inc.

2. Netflix, Netflix, Inc.

3. Facebook, Facebook, Inc.

4. Facebook Messenger, Facebook, Inc.

5. Trivia Crack, Etermax

6. Candy Crush Soda Saga, King.com Limited

7. Looney Tunes Dash!, Zynga Inc.

8. Pinterest, Pinterest, Inc.

9. Skype for iPad, Skype Communications S.a.r.l

10. Pandora Radio, Pandora Media, Inc.