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Apple reached half a billion app downloads on January 16th which means that users are downloading 5 million apps daily. At this point, the app downloads are at 945, 500,000 which means that the 1 billion milestone will be reached sometime in the next 10 to 12 days.
Top Apps: While comScore have said Tap Tap Revenge was the top app, Apple have said the top paid app was Vivendi's Crash Bandicoot (which is currently $5.99) and the top free app is Facebook. Tap Tap ranked fourth, according to Apple.
Games: Games was the leading category comprising of 14 of the top 20 paid apps and six of the top 20 free apps.
Entertainment and Music: After games, the top two categories are entertainment and music. The Koi Pond is the top ranking paid entertainment app, and Pandora and Shazam rank high as two free music apps.
Price:
Prices for these apps have likely changed over time, but currently, the most common price is 99 cents with half of the top 20 charging that much. The second most common price is $4.99, with prices ranging as high as $5.99.
Brands: It is not just big well-known brands that are making it into the top 20. For instance, the infamous Ethan Nicholas, who quit his day job to develop iPhone apps full-time, hit No. 19 with his iShoot game. However, most of the top game titles come from brands, such as Vivendi, PopCap and EA. Brands also dominate the free category, with Facebook at No. 1, but one-offs, like Flashlight also doing well.
