Apple Names the Best iPad Apps of 2012

Apple has announced the best iPad app and iPad game of 2012. The Editor's Pick for iPad App of the Year is Paper by FiftyThree. The Editor's Pick for iPad Game of the Year is The Room. Best iPhone app honors went to Action Movie FX and Rayman Jungle Run was chosen as iPhone Game of the Year by Apple. Angry Birds once again topped the Top Paid iPhone Apps list, and the recently booted YouTube app was the most popular free app. Read on for the complete App Store Best of 2012 list.

App Store Best of 2012

iPhone App of the Year: Action Movie FX
iPhone Game of the Year: Rayman Jungle Run
iPad App of the Year: Paper by FiftyThree
iPad Game of the Year: The Room

Top Free iPhone Apps:

1 YouTube Google, Inc.
2 Instagram, Burbn, inc.
3 Draw Something Free, OMGPOP, Inc.
4 Flashlight Ⓞ, iHandy Inc.
5 Facebook , Facebook, Inc.
6 Pandora Radio, Pandora Media, Inc.
7 Temple Run, Imangi Studios, LLC
8 Pinterest Pinterest, Inc.
9 Twitter, Twitter Inc.
10 Skype, Skype

Top Paid iPhone Apps:

1 Angry Birds Space, Rovio Entertainment Ltd
2 WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp Inc.
3 Draw Something, OMGPOP, Inc.
4 Camera+ tap tap tap LLC
5 Where's My Water? Walt Disney
6 Angry Birds Star Wars, Rovio Entertainment Ltd
7 Fruit Ninja, Halfbrick
8 Angry Birds, Rovio Entertainment Ltd
9 Bejeweled, PopCap
10 TETRIS Electronic Arts Inc.

Top Free iPad Apps:

1 Skype for iPad, Skype Communications S.a.r.l
2 Temple Run, Imangi Studios, LLC
3 Facebook, Facebook, Inc.
4 Netflix, Netflix, Inc.
5 The Weather Channel® for iPad, The Weather Channel
6 Draw Something Free, OMGPOP, Inc.
7 Kindle – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers & Textbooks, AMZN
Mobile LLC
8 Pandora Radio, Pandora Media Inc.
9 Angry Birds HD Free, Rovio Entertainment
10 Calculator Pro for iPad Free, MYW Productions

Top Paid iPad Apps:

1 Angry Birds Space HD, Rovio Entertainment Ltd
2 Where's My Water? Walt Disney
3 Pages, Apple Inc.
4 Draw Something, OMGPOP, Inc.
5 Notability - Take Notes & Annotate PDFs with Dropbox & Google Drive
Sync Ginger Labs, Inc.
6 Angry Birds Star Wars HD, Rovio Entertainment Ltd
7 iPhoto Apple Inc.
8 Minecraft – Pocket Edition Mojang AB
9 Where's My Perry? Walt Disney
10 Words With Friends HD Zynga Mobile