Unable to update iPhone apps

I'm running an iPhone 5c and I've not yet updated to iOS 8.1
For the past two weeks, if I try to update any app through the App Store, clicking on "update" just opens the app and the update doesn't happen.
Anyone got any fixes for this?
I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks.

If you're on iOS 7 still (and not on the latest version, 7.1.2), then you may need to update to iOS 8 to resolve this. You can try deleting the apps that need to be updated & redownloading them to see if that works.
~Lyssa

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