Apple's App Store for iPhones and iPads launched nearly five years ago.
In that short time, app design has evolved rather quickly.
At first, app design mimicked classic computing inputs like buttons and icons, but developers have recently taken advantage of touch controls by implementing gestures and swipes in their apps to get around.
Check out the gallery below to see how far we've come.
The iPhone's stock alarm app hasn't changed much since the iPhone was first introduced. It's pretty tedious and annoying to scroll through all these options just to set an alarm.
Now look at Rise, a third-party alarm app in the app store. It lets you use simple swiping gestures to set your alarm. Plus it's much more beautiful.
This is what Foursquare looked like in the fall of 2009. Pretty basic.
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