Timeline of application software

This is a contender for the first program to be made. It based the weaving pattern it would do on punch cards that could be changed. This was the first time a machine did something based off of the information provided to it

Her notes are also in competition for the first program. She made algorithms for the analytical engine that Charles Babbage never built. This is the first time that algorithms were made to make something happen, even though the machine was never built

Anther contender for the first program. Used mathematical algorithms to break the enigma code used by the germans in world war 2. This was an important moment as it paved the way for computers to be developed to see what they could do

This is the Final contender for The first program ever made. On this day, the world's first stored-program computer ran its first program. This is important as it showed that a program could be saved to a place and it could be run from it at the same time

During this time, three programming languages were made: Fortran, COBOL and BASIC. This allowed for programs to be used on any machine, regardless of hardware, so long as they had a compiler for the language used.
This is a big step for software and programs as you didn't need to spend time coding in binary or assembly code, which saves lots of time when making a program

This is when Microsoft Word (though not in it's current form) was released. Looks way different, doesn't it?
This is the best they could do with the hardware back then.
It would take 30 years for word to get to the level of quality that you're used to.

This was the day Itunes was released. This was an app that was the media hub of all Apple products. Due to Increasing criticism, they have decided to get rid of it in newer generations of apple products.

This is the day the App Store was released to the public. This is the only official way to get software on your IOS device. The app store contains apps that apple verifies and allows you to download them.
This paved the way for other companies to make their own app stores for their products.

This is the day Windows does what it does best and copies Apple's app store.
It is available on Windows 8, 10 and the Windows phone OS.
However, it never got as popular as Apple's app store

At This point in the history of application programs, there' s a massive amount of programs available to complete most consumer to business level tasks, whether that be video editing or app development.

In the future, I think that programs will become far more efficient and far faster compared to the ones before and that they will start to be centralized in the app stores of their respective operating systems. this is already happening as MacOS and Windows both are trying to do this by creating their own app stores with programs that help with workflow.