By Stan Schroeder For Mashable
To celebrate its 25 billion App Store downloads milestone, Apple has released a list of the most popular iPhone and iPad apps of all time.
Topping the list of free all-time favorites for the iPhone is Facebook, followed by Pandora Radio, Words With Friends Free, Skype and the Weather Channel.
On the paid iPhone app front, Angry Birds is leading the pack, followed by more of games: Fruit Ninja, Doodle Jump, Cut the Rope and Angry Birds Seasons.
The list of most popular paid iPad apps is once again dominated by disgruntled avians, with various Angry Birds flavors taking second and third place. Pages, Penultimate and Scrabble for iPad have taken first, fourth and fifth place.
The most popular free iPad app is Angry Birds Free, followed by the Weather Channel, Netflix, Skype and Kindle.
A quick analysis of the full top 25 lists reveals that iPad users install a lot of children’s games and entertainment apps, as well as office apps, such as apps from Apple’s iWork suite. Gaming is extremely popular on both platforms, while camera-related apps such as Camera+ or Instagram thrive on the iPhone.
And yes, the iPad paid apps are vastly more expensive than iPhone apps – most iPhone apps on the top list cost $0.99, while iPad apps usually cost $1.99, often more.
You can see the full lists here (iTunes link).
[via Macstories]
