Top-Grossing iOS Games: Zynga Poker Heads iPhone Charts

Every week, sister iPhone and iPad site FingerGaming rounds up the top-grossing iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications, as current that day in the iTunes App Store, and this chart is now available on Gamasutra. This week's U.S. revenue charts see Zynga Poker and Tap Pet Hotel earning top iPhone sales, while Smurfs' Village and Order & Chaos Online emerge as big sellers on the iPad. These charts allow end users to see who is making the most money on the App Store that day. It differs significantly from the Top 10 Games chart, which is ranked by sales, and therefore is dominated by lower-priced titles that sell more copies. Data comes courtesy of Apple's public sales information. All titles in the App Store's "Games" category are considered in chart rankings. This week's top-grossing iPhone titles are: 1. Zynga Poker (Free) 2. Tap Zoo (Free) 3. Tap Pet Hotel (Free) 4. Angry Birds ($0.99) 5. Texas Poker (Free) 6. Words With Friends ($2.99) 7. Smurfs' Village (Free) 8. Angry Birds Rio ($0.99) 9. NBA Jam ($4.99) 10. Zombie Farm (Free) Zynga's microtransaction-supported gambling game Zynga Poker rises to the top of the charts this week following a recent update adding a variety of new features and gameplay enhancements. Fomer chart leaders Tap Zoo and Tap Pet Hotel drop to second and third place, while EA's NBA Jam falls to ninth place after taking third last week. Here are this week’s top-grossing iPad applications: 1. Smurfs' Village (Free) 2. Angry Birds HD ($4.99) 3. Angry Birds Rio HD ($2.99) 4. Texas Poker (Free) 5. Trade Nations (Free) 6. Order & Chaos Online ($6.99) 7. NBA Jam for iPad ($9.99) 8. Scrabble for iPad ($9.99) 9. Galaxy on Fire 2 ($9.99) 10. Fishing Joy HD (Free) Capcom's Smurfs' Village spends its third week at the top of the iPad's revenue chart, as Rovio's Angry Birds HD and Angry Birds Rio HD overtake Texas Poker for second and third place. Gameloft's recently released MMORPG Order & Chaos Online lands at sixth place this week, leading over the popular favorites NBA Jam, Scrabble, and Galaxy on Fire 2.