Games dominate Apple's all-time apps list
Owners of Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch appear to be huge fans of downloadable games.
As Apple approaches 50 billion downloads on its App Store, the company has revealed the top 25 paid and free apps for the iPad and iPhone, with games taking over several spots.
On iPad, 15 of the 25 most downloaded apps ever are games, including five of the top six. On the free apps list, seven are games.
The category's representation on iPhone is even stronger. According to Apple, 21 of the top 25 paid apps are games (we count Pocket God and The Moron Test, which are still games even though they fall in the Entertainment category). On the free side, six are games.
As expected, the Rovio franchise Angry Birds is featured heavily on these lists, thanks to the original Angry Birds game as well as follow-ups Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Space.
On iPhone, social networking apps were also popular. Facebook is top free app on the iPhone, while messaging service WhatsApp Messenger was the top paid non-gaming app for the device. Photo and video apps did well, too. Instagram and YouTube were among the top five free apps.
On iPad, productivity apps performed best. Apple's word processing software Pages was the top paid app for the tablet.
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Top 25 all-time paid apps for iPhone
1. Angry Birds
2. Fruit Ninja
3. Doodle Jump
4. Cut the Rope
5. Angry Birds Seasons
6. WhatsApp Messenger
7. Camera+
8. Words With Friends
9. Tiny Wings
10. Angry Birds Space
11. Pocket God
12. Plants vs. Zombies
13. The Game of Life
14. The Moron Test
15. Where's My Water
16. Draw Something
17. Monopoly
18. Angry Birds Star Wars
19. MotionX GPS Drive
20. Skee-Ball
21. Scrabble
22. Uno
23. Minecraft -- Pocket Edition
24. Color Splash
25. The Sims 3
Top 25 all-time free apps for iPhone
1. Facebook
2. Pandora
3. Instagram
4. YouTube
5. Skype
6. Words With Friends Free
7. The Weather Channel
8. Twitter
9. Temple Run
10. Google Search
11. Netflix
12. Shazam
13. Angry Birds Free
14. Draw Something Free
15. Flashlight
16. Facebook Messenger
17. Google Earth
18. Fruit Ninja Free
19. iHeartRadio
20. Movies by Flixster, with Rotten Tomatoes
21. Bump
22. eBay
23. Pac-Man Lite
24. Groupon
25. Google Maps
Top 25 all-time paid apps for iPad
1. Pages
2. Angry Birds HD
3. Angry Birds Seasons HD
4. Where's My Water?
5. Fruit Ninja HD
6. Angry Birds Space HD
7. GarageBand
8. Words With Friends HD
9. Cut the Rope HD
10. Keynote
11. Numbers
12. Angry Birds Star Wars HD
13. GoodReader for iPad
14. Scrabble HD for iPad
15. Minecraft – Pocket Edition
16. Plants vs. Zombies HD
17. Notability
18. Monopoly for iPad
19. Quickoffice Pro HD
20. StarWalk HD
21. Draw Something
22. iMovie
23. iPhoto
24. Where's My Perry?
25. Bad Piggies HD
Top 25 all-time free apps for iPad
1. Skype
2. The Weather Channel
3. Netflix
4. Angry Birds HD Free
5. Kindle
6. Facebook
7. Pandora Radio
8. Calculator for iPad Free
9. Fruit Ninja HD Free
10. Words With Friends HD Free
11. Google Earth
12. ABC Player
13. Calculator Pro for iPad Free
14. Temple Run
15. YouTube
16. eBay
17. CNN
18. Dropbox
19. Adobe Reader
20. Twitter
21. Solitaire
22. New York Times
23. Temple Run 2
24. Hulu Plus
25. Draw Something Free
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