Top iPhone and iPad Apps of 2013

Video games have once again dominated the lists of top 10 downloads on iPhone and iPad, beating apps such as Facebook and Instagram.

Minecraft: Pocket Edition was the number one paid-for app on both the iPhone and iPad this year, and in fact the top 10 paid-for apps on iPad were all video games.

Or at least technically, we don’t imagine apps like Wreck-It Ralph or even Angry Birds Star Wars HD are going to be appearing on many gamers’ lists of the best of the year.

Games also dominated the paid-for iPhone top 10, with only two health & fitness titles breaking up the list.

In terms of free apps the story was only slightly different, with Bejeweled clone Candy Crush Saga topping the charts for both iPhone and iPad. Temple Run 2 also made the iPhone and iPad top 10 lists but was closely by 4 Pics 1 Word, which we admit we’ve never heard of before.

Also in the free app list is Despicable Me: Minion Rush, which together with Wreck-It Ralph shows that while kids’ movie tie-ins may be all but dead on consoles they’ve found a new home on smart devices.

Top 10 Free iPhone Apps

Candy Crush Saga (Games)
Snapchat (Photo & Video)
Temple Run 2 (Games)
4 Pics 1 Word (Games)
YouTube (Photo & Video)
Google Maps (Navigation)
Facebook (Social Networking)
Instagram (Phot & Video)
Despicable Me: Minion Rush (Games)
Skype for iPhone (Social Networking)

Top 10 Paid iPhone Apps

Minecraft: Pocket Edition (Games)
Angry Birds Star Wars (Games)
Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock (Health & Fitness)
Temple Run: Oz (Games)
The Chase (Games)
Facetune (Photo & Video)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Games)
Plague Inc. (Games)
Angry Birds Star Wars II (Games)
7 Minute Workout Challenge (Health & Fitness)

Top 10 Free iPad Apps

Candy Crush Saga (Games)
YouTube (Photo & Video)
Skype for iPad (Social Networking)
Temple Run 2 (Games)
BBC iPlayer (Entertainment)
ITV Player (Entertainment)
eBay for iPad (Lifestyle)
Despicable Me: Minion Rush (Games)
4 Pics 1 Word (Games)
Calculator for iPad Free (Utilities)

Top 10 Paid iPad Apps

Minecraft: Pocket Edition (Games)
Wreck-it Ralph (Games)
Angry Birds Star Wars HD (Games)
The Chase (Games)
Temple Run: Oz (Games)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Games)
Angry Birds Star Wars II (Games)
Peppa Pig’s Holiday (Games)
Plants Vs. Zombies HD (Games)
Scrabble For iPad (Games)

Original Tomb Raider launched for iOS

Square Enix has launched the original Tomb Raider as an iOS app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. 

The original Tomb Raider can be played on any touchscreen iOS device running iOS 7 or later and is available to download now from the App Store. 

“Here at last! The original genre defining adventure Tomb Raider now available for your iPad and iPhone”, reads the App Store information. 

Priced at 69p, the original Tomb Raider has been ported into a touchscreen version of the original game first released in 1996. 

Influential at the time, the game mixes puzzles, platform and combat elements as you follow Lara Croft’s exploits to discover ancient treasures. 

Unfortunately there's no word on an Android version of the game as yet.

The app launch follows the announcement that the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot will be making its way onto Xbox One and PS4 on January 31 2014, known as Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. 

The next-generation version of the critically acclaimed Tomb Raider reboot will come with all the DLC packs already released on Xbox 360 and PS3. 

“See Lara Croft like never before. With every bead of sweat, strand of hair, and article of clothing delivered in obsessive detail. Endure a stunningly reimagined island, fraught with new, unforgiving storms, and alive with motion,” reads the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition blurb.