Apple Reveal the all-time Biggest App Downloads
To mark the download of the 25 billionth app from the Apple App Store the company has released a series of all-time top 25 lists for app downloads. Unsurprisingly games are at the top of the lists in a big way with Angry Birds being the all-time top paid for app, Fruit Ninja at number two then Doodle Jump and Cut the Rope. Angry Birds Seasons comes in at number 5 and it's not until we get to number 10 do we get a non-game.
In the free apps it's different with utilities filling the top spots with Facebook, Pandora Radio, Words with Friends Free and Skype filling the top four places.
Apple invented the App phenomenon which has now spread to every other computing platform including Windows. The quantity, quality and success of apps is now widely considered as an indicator of the overall success of an operating system. This is in start contrast to other factors which were important in the past but have faded now.
Apps are also amazingly popular on Google's Android operating system but have struggled more on the Blackberry Playbook and HP TouchPad (which was discontinued). While we can be certain that apps in Windows 8 will also be popular the Windows Store is currently fairly barren and it will be many years, if ever, before it catches up with the volume of apps available for iOS and Android.
The full charts, which were compiled by MacStories is below and we can be sure that software developers will be pouring over the list to see what is most popular. The good news is that lists such as this are very unlikely to ever stifle innovation and prevent new types of apps from appearing in the future.
Top Paid iPhone
- Angry Birds
- Fruit Ninja
- Doodle Jump
- Cut The Rope
- Angry Birds Seasons
- Words With Friends
- Tiny Wings
- Angry Birds Rio
- Pocket God
- Camera+
- The Moron Test
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Skee-Ball
- The Game of Life
- Scrabble
- Monopoly
- Fat Booth
- UNO
- Color Splash
- The Sims 3
- Flight Control
- MotionX GPS Drive
- Where’s Waldo
- I Am T-Pain 2.0
Top Free iPhone
- Pandora Radio
- Words With Friends Free
- Skype
- The Weather Channel
- Google Search
- Google Earth
- Angry Birds Free
- Shazam
- Netflix
- Paper Toss
- Movies by Flixster
- Bump
- PAC-MAN Lite
- Flashlight.
- Unblock Me FREE
- Temple Run
- Touch Hockey
- Angry Birds Lite
- ESPN ScoreCenter
- Fruit Ninja Lite
- Groupon
- Angry Birds Rio Free
Top Paid iPad
- Pages
- Angry Birds HD
- Angry Birds Seasons HD
- Penultimate
- Scrabble for iPad
- Fruit Ninja HD
- GarageBand
- GoodReader
- Angry Birds Rio HD
- Cut The Rope HD
- Numbers
- Keynote
- Words With Friends HD
- Star Walk for iPad
- MONOPOLY for iPad
- Plants vs. Zombies HD
- Where’s My Water?
- Friendly Plus for Facebook
- QuickOffice Pro HD
- Notability
- Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad
- Pinball HD
- MyPad+ – For Facebook & Twitter
- Infinity Blade
- Real Racing 2
Top Free iPad
- Angry Birds HD Free
- The Weather Channel for iPad
- Netflix
- Skype for iPad
- Kindle
- ABC Player
- Pandora Radio
- Angry Birds HD Free
- CNN App for iPad
- Words With Friends HD Free
- Google Earth
- Calculator Pro for iPad Free
- Fruit Ninja HD Lite
- Calculator for iPad Free
- NYTimes for iPad
- USA TODAY for iPad
- MyPad – for Facebook & Twitter
- eBay for iPad
- Angry Birds Seasons HD Free
- Dictionary.com
- Solitaire
- Friendly for Facebook
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Pardon me? “Apple invented the App phenomenon”? There used to be a little thing called Palm.
Your lists have too small a left margin…when you get to 10, the “1” digit is cut off (as is the “2” digit for 20 and up).