$10,000 App Store gift card up for grabs as Apple approaches 50bn app downloads

Apple’s App Store is on the verge of delivering its fifty billionth download.

The moment itself will be revealed thanks to Apple’s countdown timer. The customer who downloads to the fifty billionth app will receive a decent reward, too – a $10,000 App Store gift card.

The next 50 users who download an app will each receive a $500 App Store gift card.

Apple has also revealed the UK’s all-time most downloaded free and paid apps:

Top All-Time Paid Apps – iPhone:

1.) WhatsApp Messenger
2.) Angry Birds
3.) Doodle Jump
4.) Fruit Ninja
5.) Cut The Rope
6.) Angry Birds Seasons
7.) TuneIn Radio Pro
8.) Monopoly
9.) Draw Something
10.) Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Top All-Time Free Apps – iPhone:

1.) Facebook
2.) Skype
3.) eBay
4.) YouTube
5.) Twitter
6.) Instagram
7.) Temple Run
8.) Draw Something Free
9.) Google Search
10.) Google Earth

Top All-Time Paid Apps – iPad:

1.) Pages
2.) Angry Birds HD
3.) Scrablle for iPad
4.) GarageBand
5.) Monopoly for iPad
6.) FIFA 13 by EA Sports
7.) Numbers
8.) Fruit Ninja HD
9.) Angry Birds Star Wars HD
10.) Keynote

Top All-Time Free Apps – iPad:

1.) BBC iPlayer
2.) Skype for iPad
3.) ITV Player
4.) eBay for iPad
5.) 4oD
6.) Calculator for iPad Free
7.) Angry Birds HD Free
8.) Sky Go
9.) Kindle
10.) Facebook