Games dominated the App Store during 2012, making up both seven of the top 10 highest-grossing iPad apps and all of the top 10 highest-grossing iPhone apps, led by Kabam’s Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North and Backflip Studios’ DragonVale respectively. On the paid downloads charts, games represented eight of the top 10 iPhone apps and seven of the top 10 iPad apps, with Rovio’s Angry Birds Space the top paid download on both platforms.

iPhone Top Free

  • 1. YouTube
  • 2. Instagram
  • 3. Draw Something Free
  • 4. Flashlight
  • 5. Facebook
  • 6. Pandora
  • 7. Temple Run
  • 8. Pinterest
  • 9. Twitter
  • 10. Skype

iPhone Top Paid

  • 1. Angry Birds Space
  • 2. WhatsApp Messenger
  • 3. Draw Something
  • 4. Camera+
  • 5. Where’s My Water
  • 6. Angry Birds Star Wars
  • 7. Fruit Ninja
  • 8. Angry Birds
  • 9. Bejeweled
  • 10. Tetris

iPhone Top Grossing

  • 1. Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North
  • 2. Slotmania
  • 3. Pokey by Zynga
  • 4. DragonVale
  • 5. Pandora
  • 6. Rage of Bahamut
  • 7. Bejeweled Blitz
  • 8. Clash of Clans
  • 9. CSR Racing
  • 10. The Simpsons: Tapped Out

iPad Top Free

  • 1. Skype
  • 2. Temple Run
  • 3. Facebook
  • 4. Netflix
  • 5. The Weather Channel for iPad
  • 6. Draw Something Free
  • 7. Kindle
  • 8. Pandora
  • 9. Angry Birds HD Free
  • 10. Calculator Pro for iPad Free

iPad Top Paid

  • 1. Angry Birds Space HD
  • 2. Where’s My Water
  • 3. Pages
  • 4. Draw Something
  • 5. Notability
  • 6. Angry Birds Star Wars HD
  • 7. iPhoto
  • 8. Minecraft – Pocket Edition
  • 9. Where’s My Perry
  • 10. Words With Friends HD

iPad Top Grossing

  • 1. DragonVale
  • 2. Slotmania HD
  • 3. Comics
  • 4. Pages
  • 5. Quickoffice Pro HD
  • 6. Slotmania
  • 7. Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North
  • 8. Modern War
  • 9. Mystery Manor: Hidden Adventure HD
  • 10. Clash of Clans

Source: Inside Mobile Apps