14 DAY TRIAL // iTunes is featuring the top iOS applications for the year. Broken down by categories including top paid, top free, and top grossing, apps are highlighted for each device in part (Phone, iPod touch, iPad).
Featuring six categories - top free, top paid and top grossing - the titles are listed as “for iPhone and iPod touch” and “for iPad.”
The folks at BGR have compiled an easy-to-read list of said apps, as categorized by Apple, courtesy of whom our readers can scroll through the list below and choose how to beef up their libraries.
As expected, Angry Birds takes a top spot in all but one of the six categories. Apple’s own Pages app is the #1 paid app, according to the company.
Facebook is the top free title downloaded on iPhones and iPod touches. Apple has another winner on the iPad, with iBooks being listed as the top free iPad application downloaded in 2010.
Top grossing apps include MLB.com At Bat 2010 and iBooks iPhone and iPad.
Visit this address (iTunes link) to make your own 2010 picks.
Without further ado, the most popular iOS apps this year are:
Top 10 paid apps (iPhone/iPod touch) - Angry Birds - Doodle Jump - Skee-Ball - Bejeweled 2 + Blitz - Fruit Ninja - Cut the Rope - ALL-IN-1 GAMEBOX - The Moron Test - Plants vs. Zombies - Pocket God
Top 10 free apps (iPhone/iPod touch) - Facebook - Angry Birds Lite - Words With Friends Free - Skype - Tap Tap Revenge 3 - The Weather Channel - Paper Toss - Bing - ROCK BAND FREE - Talking Tom Cat
Top 10 grossing apps (iPhone/iPod touch) - MLB.com At Bat 2010 - Angry Birds - Call of Duty: Zombies - Bejeweled 2 + Blitz - FriendCaller 3 Pro - Zombie Farm - TomTom U.S.A. - TETRIS - Plants vs. Zombies - Doodle Jump
Top 10 paid apps (iPad) - Pages - GoodReader for iPad - Numbers - Angry Birds HD - Keynote - Glee Karaoke - WolframAlpha - Pinball HD - Friendly for Facebook - Star Walk for iPad
Top 10 free apps (iPad) - iBooks - Pandora Radio - Netflix - Google Mobile App - Solitaire - Movies by Flixster - IMDb Movies & TV - Kindle - Google Earth - Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD
Top 10 grossing apps (iPad) - Pages - Numbers - Keynote - LogMeIn Ignition - SCRABBLE for iPad - Documents To Go Premium - Angry Birds HD - Real Racing HD - Plants vs. Zombies HD - Proloquo2Go