Coming as a surprise to no one, Angry Birds Rio has taken the highest perch on both the top-selling and top-grossing charts. Gameloft also makes a strong showing with the Final Fantasy-inspired Eternal Legacy and the Starcraft-inspired Starfront – Collision, which are both on sale for $0.99 for a limited time. Read on to see the full lists.
Top-Selling Apps
#1: Angry Birds Rio
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Angry Birds Rio doesn’t change the formula, but it doesn’t need to. Angry Birds Rio is a blast.
#2: Tiny Wings
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Tiny Wings is brilliant in its simplicity, originality, and ability to keep you coming back again and again.
#3: Angry Birds
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Destructive physics help make this a very charming puzzler, and the great level variety seals the deal.
#4: Fruit Ninja
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: As far as simple pick-up-and-play games go, Fruit Ninja is among the best.
#5: Cut the Rope
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Cut the Rope is a charming, challenging, and– most importantly– fun puzzle game that nearly anyone will enjoy.
#6: Angry Birds Seasons
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: All the fun of Angry Birds, but more challenging, and with pumpkins and presents.
#7: Eternal Legacy
Our Score: 3/4
Our Bottom Line: Eternal Legacy has the visuals and gameplay features of a Final Fantasy, but sometimes there’s no substitute for the real thing.
#8: Doodle Jump
Our Score: 3/4
Our Bottom Line: Doodle Jump is a great microgame for the right price.
#9: Words With Friends
Our Score: 3/4
Our Bottom Line: Words With Friends is a great experience that word game fans will enjoy.
#10: Starfront – Collision
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Starfront: Collision is deep enough to appeal to hardcore RTS fans, but also approachable to newcomers.
Top-Grossing Apps
#1: Angry Birds Rio
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Angry Birds Rio doesn’t change the formula, but it doesn’t need to. Angry Birds Rio is a blast.
#2: Tap Zoo
Most useful iTunes review: “Good app. Great, but… I don’t have a facebook so I can’t get neighbors and certain things. Fix it”
#3: Angry Birds
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Destructive physics help make this a very charming puzzler, and the great level variety seals the deal.
#4: Final Fantasy III
Most Helpful iTunes Review: This app is amazing.
#5: Tiny Wings
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Tiny Wings is brilliant in its simplicity, originality, and ability to keep you coming back again and again.
#6: Smurfs’ Village
Our Score: 2/4
Our Bottom Line: The Smurfs’ Village doesn’t offer much gameplay beyond building a Smurf enclave and some middling minigames. But for a casual distraction, you could do worse.
#7: Zombie Farm
Most useful iTunes review: “Every time I finish invading the app crashes and I don’t receive any money, brains, loot, powers, or credit but I still have to wait 2 hours to invade again?”
#8: Words With Friends
Our Score: 3/4
Our Bottom Line: Words With Friends is a great experience that word game fans will enjoy.
#9: Infinity Blade
Our Score: 4/4
Our Bottom Line: Infinity Blade is a stunner on many levels. It’s not a big game, but it’s a great one.
#10: Kingdoms at War
Most helpful iTunes review: This game is useless now, I will wait to see if there will be some fixing.