App Store Official Charts for the week ending Oct. 15, 2012:
Top Paid iPhone Apps:
1. Bad Piggies (Rovio Entertainment Ltd)
2. WhatsApp Messenger (WhatsApp Inc.)
3. Slender-Man (Rory Harvey)
4. Minecraft _ Pocket Edition (Mojang)
5. Mini Empires Plus (Midverse Studios)
6. Angry Birds Space (Rovio Entertainment Ltd)
7. Topia World Builder (Crescent Moon Games)
8. Wipeout (Activision Publishing, Inc.)
9. TETRIS (Electronic Arts)
10. Pocket Climber (PunchBox Studios)
Top Free iPhone Apps:
1. YouTube (Google, Inc.)
2. Podcasts (Apple)
3. Find My Friends (Apple)
4. Find My iPhone (Apple)
5. iTunes U (Apple)
6. Hungry Hungry Hippos (Hasbro, Inc.)
7. iBooks (Apple)
8. Instagram (Burbn, Inc.)
9. Facebook (Facebook, Inc.)
10. Flashlight ? (iHandy Inc.)
Top Paid iPad Apps:
1. Bad Piggies HD (Rovio Entertainment Ltd)
2. Minecraft _ Pocket Edition (Mojang)
3. Pages (Apple)
4. Topia World Builder (Crescent Moon Games)
5. Angry Birds Space HD (Rovio Entertainment Ltd)
6. Crazy Taxi (SEGA)
7. Snail Bob (Chillingo Ltd)
8. Notability _ Take Notes & Annotate PDFs with Dropbox Sync (Ginger Labs)
9. Slender-Man (Rory Harvey)
10. Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin (Microsoft Corporation)
Top Free iPad Apps:
1. Podcasts (Apple)
2. iTunes U (Apple)
3. Find My Friends (Apple)
4. Find My iPhone (Apple)
5. YouPlayer _ YouTube Player for iOS6 (Homegrown Software Ltd)
6. iBooks (Apple)
7. Solar Walk _ 3D Solar System model (Vito Technology Inc.)
8. Pilot! (Quantum Design Group)
9. Skype for iPad (Skype Communications S.a.r.l)
10. The Simpsons: Tapped Out (Electronic Arts)
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(copyright) 2012 Apple, Inc.
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