Apple reveals top iPhone, iPad apps of 2010

By on Dec 9, 2010 at 12:21 PM
mobile December 9, 2010

Apple revealed its top iOS apps of 2010 on Thursday, and the list is broken down into six categories — top free, top paid and top grossing apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, and the same three categories for the iPad. There aren’t many surprises to be found, with Angry Birds taking the top spot in the paid iPhone apps category, and Apple’s Pages app coming in at No. 1 in the paid iPad apps category. Facebook was the top free iPhone app, iBooks was the top free iPad app, and MLB.com At Bat 2010 and iBooks were the top-grossing apps for the iPhone and iPad, respectively. Hit the break for the full list of Apple’s top iOS apps of 2010.

Top 10 paid apps (iPhone/iPod touch)

  1. Angry Birds
  2. Doodle Jump
  3. Skee-Ball
  4. Bejeweled 2 + Blitz
  5. Fruit Ninja
  6. Cut the Rope
  7. ALL-IN-1 GAMEBOX
  8. The Moron Test
  9. Plants vs. Zombies
  10. Pocket God

Top 10 free apps (iPhone/iPod touch)

  1. Facebook
  2. Angry Birds Lite
  3. Words With Friends Free
  4. Skype
  5. Tap Tap Revenge 3
  6. The Weather Channel
  7. Paper Toss
  8. Bing
  9. ROCK BAND FREE
  10. Talking Tom Cat

Top 10 grossing apps (iPhone/iPod touch)

  1. MLB.com At Bat 2010
  2. Angry Birds
  3. Call of Duty: Zombies
  4. Bejeweled 2 + Blitz
  5. FriendCaller 3 Pro
  6. Zombie Farm
  7. TomTom U.S.A.
  8. TETRIS
  9. Plants vs. Zombies
  10. Doodle Jump

Top 10 paid apps (iPad)

  1. Pages
  2. GoodReader for iPad
  3. Numbers
  4. Angry Birds HD
  5. Keynote
  6. Glee Karaoke
  7. WolframAlpha
  8. Pinball HD
  9. Friendly for Facebook
  10. Star Walk for iPad

Top 10 free apps (iPad)

  1. iBooks
  2. Pandora Radio
  3. Netflix
  4. Google Mobile App
  5. Solitaire
  6. Movies by Flixster
  7. IMDb Movies & TV
  8. Kindle
  9. Google Earth
  10. Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD

Top 10 grossing apps (iPad)

  1. Pages
  2. Numbers
  3. Keynote
  4. LogMeIn Ignition
  5. SCRABBLE for iPad
  6. Documents To Go Premium
  7. Angry Birds HD
  8. Real Racing HD
  9. Plants vs. Zombies HD
  10. Proloquo2Go
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  • http://twitter.com/kamalvaid Kamal Vaid

    Well, Angry Birds did it…

    • Troll + Zombie = Trombie

      Gayest game ever.

      Play Plants VS Zombies instead.

  • Anonymous

    im kind of pleasantly surprised to see mlb at bat as a top grossing app. the angry birds are taking over our lives lol

  • Anonymous

    We doing this for every app store or just Apples?

    • :o)

      Can’t you see its says…
      “Apple revealed its top iOS apps of 2010″

      • Anonymous

        Oh I see, when Apple speaks it’s an auto post to BGR. Got it now, thanks.

      • Anonymous

        your such a loser. lol

      • Fastwalking

        well it sparks your interest enough to read and post multiple times.

    • Fastwalking

      “We” did nothing, Apple did the count themselves and released the data. Read first.

    • Norm

      Kill yourself

  • Anonymous

    Where is Skyfire? 24 hrs after its release, it became the top grossing app EVER for Apple. Also, the most downliaded app ever. Did Steve leave this off of the list on purpose? Guess even iphone users really do want flash content.

  • Anonymous

    Interesting that all of the top 10 apps are available on Android. Guess the apps argument is no more. All games…go figure.

    • Bringit

      Anything you can do, I can do the same. That’s some innovation.

      • Anonymous

        Your intelligence shines. Games aren’t innovation. 4.3″ screens, free tethering, free navigation, deep customization, choice of launcher, choice of keyboards, nfc chips, dual core processors, top notch browsers, total google integration, multitasking, mms, cut and paste…those are all innovation. Glad apple copied a few of them (mms, multitasking)

      • Fastwalking

        I don’t get it, why are all the android guys on this site? It would seem from their comments that they don’t care for Apple products yet they come here in droves and post rancid comments. whats the deal with that?

      • Anonymous

        This site is not an apple site. Secondly, have you noticed the shit the apple fanbois talk?

      • Bringit

        A larger screen is innovation? Free is innovation? Wow, you really ARE a smarty pants.

      • Anonymous

        Yes, a 4.3″ screen is innovation. Free isn’t the innovative part of google nav, it’s the nav part. Google, an internet search engine, created a turn by turm navigation system to be used on smartphones…Android only, of course : ) They integrated it with their other innovative product, google maps. The free part just makes it that much better. A few minutes with an Evo will show you what innovation is, and with Gingerbread coming soon, it is only going to get better. We won’t even talk about what honeycomb is bringing to the table. Face it, the iphone is no longer the best. Their idea of innvation is to add features to the new version that everybody else already has. Case and point: Mms, copy/paste, multitasking. Did you hear that the new ipad is going to come with a front-facing camera? Yep, a whole year after other tablets and phones. Peace out.

      • Bringit

        Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Dawkins/746307628 Ricardo Dawkins

    hey, editor

    one question: Where is WhatsApp?

  • Fastwalking

    I cant help but notice how the vast majority of the apps are games. I’m sure the business community notices this too. Clearly a priority for Apple wereas most businesses are looking for good productivity apps and less distractions.

    • Brett

      I agree. I’d like to see BlackBerry’s list.

  • Mgl323

    Bing is the top? Looks like people do like Bing.

  • Superhai

    I guess this is for the US Apple App Store, as in my iTunes the lists are widely different.

    • Kuberan Marimuthu

      In your iTunes it varies because what u see is the list for your current week of your local App Store. What Apple has published is the list summarized from all the App stores for the complete year 2010.

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