What to know what apps have been doing well this year? Well Apple have released its iTunes Rewind 2010 summary. This is showing the "hot trends" of 2010, as well as listings of the most successful apps by various categories.
The most notable contender of the year has definitely been Rovio's Angry Birds which has reached a top 10 spot in nearly all the categories shown at the bottom of the article (make sure to check out the full lists if you want to know what you're missing out on) in grossing, sales, and free versions on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Facebook unsurprising took the top spot for the free apps category on iPhone/iPod Touch with iBooks being the most popular free app on iPad.
In regards to the trends, Apple has identified "augmented reality", "new news", "shoot, edit, share" and "the cloud" as the key areas for apps, showing Apple is taking a step in the right direction for managing the many apps in the every expanding App Store, which has been pressured on Apple to do for a while.
Via: Slash Gear
Top 10 paid apps (iPhone/iPod touch)
1. Angry Birds
2. Doodle Jump
3. Skee-Ball
4. Bejeweled 2 + Blitz
5. Fruit Ninja
6. Cut the Rope
7. ALL-IN-1 GAMEBOX
8. The Moron Test
9. Plants vs. Zombies
10. Pocket GodTop 10 free apps (iPhone/iPod touch)
1. Facebook
2. Angry Birds Lite
3. Words With Friends Free
4. Skype
5. Tap Tap Revenge 3
6. The Weather Channel
7. Paper Toss
8. Bing
9. ROCK BAND FREE
10. Talking Tom CatTop 10 grossing apps (iPhone/iPod touch)
1. MLB.com At Bat 2010
2. Angry Birds
3. Call of Duty: Zombies
4. Bejeweled 2 + Blitz
5. FriendCaller 3 Pro
6. Zombie Farm
7. TomTom U.S.A.
8. TETRIS
9. Plants vs. Zombies
10. Doodle JumpTop 10 paid apps (iPad)
1. Pages
2. GoodReader for iPad
3. Numbers
4. Angry Birds HD
5. Keynote
6. Glee Karaoke
7. WolframAlpha
8. Pinball HD
9. Friendly for Facebook
10. Star Walk for iPadTop 10 free apps (iPad)
1. iBooks
2. Pandora Radio
3. Netflix
4. Google Mobile App
5. Solitaire
6. Movies by Flixster
7. IMDb Movies & TV
8. Kindle
9. Google Earth
10. Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HDTop 10 grossing apps (iPad)
1. Pages
2. Numbers
3. Keynote
4. LogMeIn Ignition
5. SCRABBLE for iPad
6. Documents To Go Premium
7. Angry Birds HD
8. Real Racing HD
9. Plants vs. Zombies HD
10. Proloquo2Go