Every week, sister iOS gaming 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
Angry Birds Rio and
Tap Zoo earning top iPhone sales, while
We Rule Quests and
Smurfs' Village 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 sales chart, which 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 and iPod Touch games are:
1.
Angry Birds Rio ($0.99)
2.
Tap Zoo (Free)
3.
Angry Birds ($0.99)
4.
Tiny Wings ($0.99)
5.
Smurfs' Village (Free)
6.
Zombie Farm (Free)
7.
Words With Friends ($2.99)
8.
We Rule Quests (Free)
9.
Texas Poker (Free)
10.
Infinity Blade ($6.99)
Rovio leads the iPhone's revenue chart this week with a new
Angry Birds spinoff based on the upcoming animated film Rio. Last week's chart champion
Tap Zoo falls to second place, as the core
Angry Birds app overtakes
Tiny Wings for third.
Ngmoco's free-to-play
We Rule Quests takes seventh place following a recent anniversary update, while
Words With Friends and
Infinity Blade report steady sales in the face of competition from the free-to-play hits
Smurfs' Village, Zombie Farm, and
Texas Poker.
Here are this week’s top-grossing iPad games:
1.
Angry Birds Rio HD ($2.99)
2.
Smurfs' Village (Free)
3.
Angry Birds HD ($4.99)
4.
We Rule Quests for iPad (Free)
5.
Infinity Blade ($5.99)
6.
Plants vs. Zombies HD ($6.99)
7.
Scrabble for iPad ($9.99)
8.
Real Racing 2 HD ($9.99)
9.
Fruit Ninja HD ($2.99)
10.
Angry Birds Seasons HD ($1.99)
Angry Birds Rio also tops the iPad's charts in its premiere week, overtaking last week's sales leaders
Smurfs' Village and
Angry Birds HD.
We Rule Quests sees a resurgence of popularity at fourth place, meanwhile, as PopCap's
Plants vs. Zombies HD returns to the top ten following a weekend-long charity sale.
