To celebrate their upcoming 1 Billionth app downloaded from the App Store, Apple has a page listing the top iOS apps of all time as well as one inside the App Store in iTunes. These are the most downloaded apps not just in the past year, but since the inception of the app store. Apple is giving away a $10,000 Apple iTunes gift card to the person who actually does download the 1 Billionth app.
Here are the lists with links and prices of the paid apps. There are few if any surprises on the lists. The lists are categorized based on price and device.
If you’re looking for a chance to win these apps are a great place to start and remember, download early and often for the best shot at winning!
Top 10 Paid iPhone Apps
- Doodle Jump – $.99
- Tap Tap Revenge 3 – $99
- Pocket God – $.99
- Angry Birds – $.99
- Tap Tap Revenge 2.6 – $.99
- Bejeweld 2 + Blitz – $.99
- Traffic Rush – $.99
- Tap Tap Revenge Classic – $.1.99
- AppBox Pro-Alarm Clock, Wallet, Flashlight and more – $.99
- Flight Control – $.99
Notice that of those apps, only one is not a game. Also, only one is more than $.99.
Top 10 Free iPhone Apps
Here is where the games drop off the list, except for the last one at number ten.
- Pandora Radio
- Google Mobile App
- Shazam
- Movies by Flixter, with Rotten Tomatoes
- The Weather Channel
- Google Earth
- Bump
- Skype
- Paper Toss
Top 10 Paid iPad Apps
- Soundhound – $4.99
- StickWars – $.99
- FlightTrack – $4.99
- Backbreaker Football – $.99
- Calorie Tracker – $2.99
- BlocksClassic – $.99
- iFart Mobile – $.99
- GoodReader for iPad – $2.99
- Cro-Mag Rally – $3.99
- Ambiance – $2.99
It is interesting that on the iPad there is a more variety in the list of top ten paid and free apps than on the iPhone.
Top 10 Free iPad Apps
- Pandora Radio
- Google Mobile App
- Movies by Flixter, with Rotten Tomatoes
- Google Earth
- Yelp
- Fandango Movies
- Remote
- iBooks
- Bible
- Solitaire
Good luck if you are an iOS device owner. The countdown to 10 Billion is getting closer every minute.