diff --git a/server/src/data/getAppById.js b/server/src/data/getAppById.js
index 96c5ebd74..f03cde58c 100644
--- a/server/src/data/getAppById.js
+++ b/server/src/data/getAppById.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const getAppById = async (appId, languageCode, knex) => {
                 app_id: appId,
                 language_code: languageCode,
             })
+            .orderBy('version_created_at', 'desc')
     } catch (err) {
         throw new Error(`Could not get app with id: ${appId}. ${err.message}`)
     }
diff --git a/server/src/data/getApps.js b/server/src/data/getApps.js
index 52abd6bf5..3a3cdafdc 100644
--- a/server/src/data/getApps.js
+++ b/server/src/data/getApps.js
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ const getApps = (
                 })
             }
         })
-        .orderBy('name')
+        .orderBy([
+            'name',
+            {
+                column: 'version_created_at',
+                order: 'desc',
+            },
+        ])
 }
 
 module.exports = getApps
diff --git a/server/src/data/getAppsByIdAndStatus.js b/server/src/data/getAppsByIdAndStatus.js
index 0ed9b13f0..27e0906e8 100644
--- a/server/src/data/getAppsByIdAndStatus.js
+++ b/server/src/data/getAppsByIdAndStatus.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const getAppsByIdAndStatus = (id, status, languageCode, knex) => {
             status,
             language_code: languageCode,
         })
+        .orderBy('version_created_at', 'desc')
 }
 
 module.exports = getAppsByIdAndStatus
diff --git a/server/src/routes/v1/apps/formatting/convertAppsToApiV1Format.js b/server/src/routes/v1/apps/formatting/convertAppsToApiV1Format.js
index c3ec3adf3..0b5762298 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/v1/apps/formatting/convertAppsToApiV1Format.js
+++ b/server/src/routes/v1/apps/formatting/convertAppsToApiV1Format.js
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ const convertAll = (apps, request) => {
     debug(`Using serverUrl: ${serverUrl}`)
 
     const formattedApps = {}
-
+    // use api/v2 for paginated response, only return 5 latest versions
+    const maxVersions = 5
     apps.forEach(app => {
         let currentApp = formattedApps[app.app_id]
 
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ const convertAll = (apps, request) => {
 
         //Prevent duplicate versions
         if (
+            currentApp.versions.length < maxVersions &&
             !currentApp.versions.find(version => version.id === app.version_id)
         ) {
             currentApp.versions.push(convertAppToV1AppVersion(app, serverUrl))
diff --git a/server/src/routes/v2/apps.js b/server/src/routes/v2/apps.js
index 57ed66f4f..4c97eac74 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/v2/apps.js
+++ b/server/src/routes/v2/apps.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ module.exports = [
                 apps,
                 request.query.dhis_version
             )
+
             const pager = request.plugins.pagination
             const result = convertAppsToApiV1Format(filteredApps, request)
             return h.paginate(pager, {