{"id":44760,"date":"2013-07-09T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=44760"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:19:44","slug":"apple-announces-bestselling-apps-for-app-store-5th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-announces-bestselling-apps-for-app-store-5th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces bestselling apps for App Store 5th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

After announcing five popular apps and games<\/strong> that are now free, to celebrate five years of the App Store, Apple has released the list of the all time top iOS downloads<\/strong>. There should be no surprises about the top selling iPhone app – it’s Angry Birds<\/strong><\/a>, and many of its sequels and related games also feature in the top lists.<\/p>\n

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The apps Apple is giving away to celebrate are Barefoot World Atlas<\/strong>, journal app Day One<\/strong>, How to Cook Everything<\/strong>, Photo editor Over<\/strong>, and Traktor DJ<\/a><\/strong> for iPhone. The five games are Where’s My Water<\/strong><\/a>, Tiny Wings<\/strong><\/a>, the excellent Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP<\/strong><\/a>, Infinity Blade II<\/strong><\/a> and Badland<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read on for the full list of all time top App Store downloads:<\/p>\n

Best Selling Paid iPhone apps<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Angry Birds<\/li>\n
  2. Fruit Ninja<\/li>\n
  3. Doodle Jump<\/li>\n
  4. Cut the Rope<\/li>\n
  5. Angry Birds Seasons<\/li>\n
  6. WhatsApp Messenger<\/li>\n
  7. Camera+<\/li>\n
  8. Words with Friends<\/li>\n
  9. Tiny Wings<\/li>\n
  10. Angry Birds Space<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Best Selling Paid iPad apps<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Pages<\/li>\n
    2. Angry Birds HD<\/li>\n
    3. Angry Birds Seasons HD<\/li>\n
    4. Where’s My Water<\/li>\n
    5. Fruit Ninja HD<\/li>\n
    6. Angry Birds Space HD<\/li>\n
    7. GarageBand<\/li>\n
    8. Words With Friends HD<\/li>\n
    9. Cut the Rope HD<\/li>\n
    10. Keynote<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Most popular free iPhone apps<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Facebook<\/li>\n
      2. Pandora Radio<\/li>\n
      3. Instagram<\/li>\n
      4. YouTube<\/li>\n
      5. Skype<\/li>\n
      6. Words With Friends Free<\/li>\n
      7. The Weather Channel<\/li>\n
      8. Twitter<\/li>\n
      9. Temple Run<\/li>\n
      10. Google Search<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Most popular free iPad apps<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Skype for iPad<\/li>\n
        2. The Weather Channel for iPad<\/li>\n
        3. Netflix<\/li>\n
        4. Angry Birds HD Free<\/li>\n
        5. Kindle<\/li>\n
        6. Facebook<\/li>\n
        7. Pandora Radio<\/li>\n
        8. Calculator for iPad Free<\/li>\n
        9. Fruit Ninja HD Free<\/li>\n
        10. Words With Friends HD Free<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          After announcing five popular apps and games that are now free, to celebrate five years of the App Store, Apple has released the list of the all time top iOS downloads. There should be no surprises about the top selling iPhone app – it’s Angry Birds, and many of its sequels and related games also … Continue reading “Apple announces bestselling apps for App Store 5th anniversary”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-44760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332654,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44760\/revisions\/332654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44760"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=44760"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=44760"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=44760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}