Apple celebrated 25 billion IOS apps downloaded by awarding a $10,000 iTunes credit to Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China who downloaded Where’s My Water? which is number 17 on the all-time top iPad apps.
With the low price of apps and music, $10,000 is a lot of downloads.
Also published is a list of the top 25 paid and free apps for iPhone and the same for iPad.
Most of the top apps are games which shows how popular the iPhone and iPad are as gaming platforms. Interesting that Touch Hockey is in the top 25 given that hockey isn’t exactly the most popular sport in the US.
| # | Top Paid iPhone | Top Free iPhone | Top Paid iPad | Top Free iPad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angry Birds | Pages | Angry Birds HD Free | |
| 2 | Fruit Ninja | Pandora Radio | Angry Birds HD | The Weather Channel for iPad |
| 3 | Doodle Jump | Words With Friends Free | Angry Birds Seasons HD | Netflix |
| 4 | Cut The Rope | Skype | Penultimate | Skype for iPad |
| 5 | Angry Birds Seasons | The Weather Channel | Scrabble for iPad | Kindle |
| 6 | Words With Friends | Google Search | Fruit Ninja HD | ABC Player |
| 7 | Tiny Wings | Google Earth | GarageBand | Pandora Radio |
| 8 | Angry Birds Rio | Angry Birds Free | GoodReader | Angry Birds HD Free |
| 9 | Pocket God | Shazam | Angry Birds Rio HD | CNN App for iPad |
| 10 | Camera+ | Netflix | Cut The Rope HD | Words With Friends HD Free |
| 11 | The Moron Test | Paper Toss | Numbers | Google Earth |
| 12 | Plants vs. Zombies | Keynote | Calculator Pro for iPad Free | |
| 13 | Skee-Ball | Movies by Flixster | Words With Friends HD | Fruit Ninja HD Lite |
| 14 | The Game of Life | Bump | Star Walk for iPad | Calculator for iPad Free |
| 15 | Scrabble | PAC-MAN Lite | MONOPOLY for iPad | NYTimes for iPad |
| 16 | Monopoly | Flashlight. | Plants vs. Zombies HD | USA TODAY for iPad |
| 17 | Fat Booth | Unblock Me FREE | Where’s My Water? | |
| 18 | Temple Run | Friendly Plus for Facebook | MyPad – for Facebook & Twitter | |
| 19 | UNO | QuickOffice Pro HD | ||
| 20 | Color Splash | Touch Hockey | Notability | eBay for iPad |
| 21 | The Sims 3 | Angry Birds Lite | Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad | Angry Birds Seasons HD Free |
| 22 | Flight Control | ESPN ScoreCenter | Pinball HD | Dictionary.com |
| 23 | MotionX GPS Drive | Fruit Ninja Lite | MyPad+ – For Facebook & Twitter | |
| 24 | Where’s Waldo | Groupon | Infinity Blade | Solitaire |
| 25 | I Am T-Pain 2.0 | Angry Birds Rio Free | Real Racing 2 | Friendly for Facebook |
