APPLE APP CHARTS: Games dominate Top 10s

Apple UK has published its second weekly charts, and games have once again held their own.

Out of the four weekly charts – iPhone paid apps, iPhone free apps, iPad paid apps and iPad free apps – three have a game at No.1. Only the iPhone paid apps Top 10 breaks the trend, topped by WhatsApp Messenger.

Idiot Test: Way Too Funny sits atop the iPhone free chart, while the iPad paid and free rankings have been conquered by Chess and Blood & Glory respectively.

The four charts for week 47, 2011, are published below.

iPhone Paid Apps

1. WhatsApp Messenger – WhatsApp Inc

2. Amazing Breaker – Dekovir, Inc

3. Angry Brids – Clickgamer.com

4. Hardest Game Ever: 0.02s PRO – Ming Liang Chien

5. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? – 2waytraffic UK Rights Ltd

6. FIFA 12 by EA Sports – Electronic Arts

7. Superman – Chillingo Ltd

8. Fruit Ninja – Halfbrick Studios

9. Talking Santa for iPhone – Outfit7

10. Camera+ – tap tap tap

iPhone Free Apps

1. Idiot Test: Way Too Funny – CreativeNose

2. Always Up! – AlphaWeb Plus

3. Glass Tower 3 – iDevUA Treelight Limited

4. Eye Check by Boots Opticians – 3 Sided Cube

5. What Is My Number? – Distort Graphics Inc

6. Christmas Advent Calendar: The Best 25 Free Apps – MagicSolver.com

7. Line Runner – Robert Szeleney

8. Hardest Game Ever: 0.02s – Ming Liang Chien

9. Amazing Breaker Free – Dekovir, Inc

10. Blood & Glory – Glu Games Inc

iPad Paid Apps

1. Chess – Mastersoft Mobile Solutions

2. Pages – Apple

3. Extraction: Point Outbreak – Chillingo Ltd

4. GarageBand – Apple

5. The Cube – All3Media International

6. Numbers – Apple

7. Keynote – Apple

8. Minecraft: Pocket Edition – Mojang

9. Zombie Gunship – Limbic Software

10. Infinity Blade – Chair Entertainment Group

iPad Free Apps

1. Blood & Glory – Glu Games Inc

2. Christmas Advent Calendar: The Best 25 Free Apps – MagicSolver.com

3. iBooks – Apple

4. ITV Player – ITV

5. 4oD Catch Up – Channel 4

6. Watch TV Free Live with TVCatchup – GZero

7. Tap Zoo: Santa’s Quest – Pocket Gems

8. Minecraft: Pocket Edition Lite – Mojang

9. Facebook – Facebook, Inc

10. Snoopy’s Street Fair – Beeline Europe