Cut the Rope takes on Angry Birds Space in this week's Android charts

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on Google Play as of today, with Cut the Rope, Angry Birds Space and Drag Racing: Bike Edition currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid titles are: 1. Draw Something ($0.99) 2. Angry Birds Space Premium ($0.99) 3. Cut the Rope ($0.99) 4. Scramble With Friends ($0.99) 5. Cut the Rope: Experiments ($0.99) 6. Where's My Water? ($0.99) 7. Phase 10 ($0.99) 8. Fruit Ninja ($1.26) 9. Minecraft: Pocket Edition ($6.99) 10. Doodle Jump ($0.99) OMGPOP's Draw Something and Rovio's Angry Birds Space head up Google Play's paid app charts for the third consecutive week, while ZeptoLab's Cut the Rope overtakes Scramble With Friends for third place. Magmic's Phase 10 moves up to seventh place in today's rankings, as Minecraft: Pocket Edition returns to the top ten at ninth place. Here are this week's top free Android game applications: 1. Angry Birds Space 2. Temple Run 3. Draw Something Free 4. Crime City 5. Angry Birds 6. Drag Racing: Bike Edition 7. Words With Friends Free 8. Gun & Blood 9. Scramble With Friends Free 10. Fruit Ninja Free Angry Birds Space, Temple Run, and Draw Something Free remain Google Play's most popular free game apps for the second week in a row, though Funzio's Crime City proves to be a strong competitor at fourth place. A follow-up to Creative Mobile's social racing game Drag Racing earns sixth place in this week's charts, meanwhile, as Feelingtouch's first-person shooter Gun & Blood trails Words With Friends Free at seventh place.