Emerging free iOS apps: Draw Something, Khan Academy and Gardens of Time

This week Inside Mobile Apps is pleased to announce we are changing the way that we track the movement of iOS apps as they rise and fall on the free, paid and top grossing charts. From now on, our charts will be put together using AppData, Inside Network’s traffic tracking service for iOS and Facebook applications. Instead of highlighting just five iPhone and five iPad apps, we will now show the rankings of the top 25 iPhone and top 25 iPad apps.

This move not only brings Inside Mobile Apps in line with our sister blogs, Inside Facebook and Inside Social Games, it means our iOS charts will now show a much more comprehensive view of the App Store’s rankings, as well as show recent movement up and down the chart.

This week, OMGPOP’s free version of Draw Something continues its hold on the No. 1 spots on both the iPhone and iPad charts. Lower down the iPhone charts, Disney Playdom’s new iPhone version of its hit game Hidden Objects: Gardens of Time continues to perform strongly since becoming a universal app available on both iPhone and iPad.

On the iPad, the week’s most impressive debut belongs to the non-profit Khan Academy, and its new app, Khan Academy – Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free. The app is as it says, a free app that includes detailed lessons on subjects ranging from trigonometry to cosmology to the economics behind the Paulson Bailout. The Khan Academy is funded largely by Google and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The week’s fastest rising iPad app was Alarm Clock HD Free by the Alarm Clock Company.

This week’s top free iPhone Apps

	Name	Rank	Change
1.	Draw Something Free	1	=
2.	Pocket Whip	2	=
3.	Plumber Crack	3	=
4.	ESPN Bracket Bound 2012	4	▲2
5.	Camera Awesome	5	▼1
6.	Doodle Truck	6	▼1
7.	Flashlight Ⓞ	7	=
8.	Hidden Objects: Gardens of Time	8	▲1
9.	Cross Fingers	9	▲1
10.	Temple Run	10	▼2
11.	Instagram	11	▲1
12.	Castle Age HD	12	▼1
13.	NCAA® March Madness Live	13	=
14.	USA TODAY for iPhone	14	▲1
15.	OLD BOOTH MAGIC – AGING FACE	15	▼1
16.	Scramble With Friends Free	16	▲1
17.	Pinterest	17	▲2
18.	Jetpack Joyride	18	=
19.	Voxer Walkie-Talkie PTT	19	▲1
20.	ICEE Store!	20	▼4
21.	Bejeweled Blitz	21	=
22.	Plants War	22	▲2
23.	Fast Camera	23	=
24.	Annoying Orange: Kitchen Carnage Lite	24	▼2
25.	Fancy Pants Lite	25	=

This week’s top free iPad apps

	Name	Rank	Change
1.	Draw Something Free	1	=
2.	Khan Academy – Watch. Practice…	2	▲8
3.	NCAA® March Madness Live	3	▼1
4.	Plumber Crack	4	▼1
5.	Temple Run	5	=
6.	Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine	6	▼2
7.	Skee-Ball HD Free!	7	=
8.	Skype for iPad	8	▼2
9.	Office Jerk for iPad	9	▼1
10.	The Weather Channel® for iPad	10	▲1
11.	iBooks	11	▼2
12.	Netflix	12	▲1
13.	ICEE Store!	13	▼1
14.	Mahjong!!	14	▲3
15.	Kindle – Read Books, Magazines & More	15	▲3
16.	Words With Friends HD Free	16	▼2
17.	Angry Birds HD Free	17	▼2
18.	Hidden Objects: Gardens of Time	18	▲1
19.	Calculator Pro for iPad Free	19	▲8
20.	Amelia Earhart: Unsolved Mystery Club	20	▼4
21.	Alarm Clock HD – Free	21	▲14
22.	ABC Family	22	▲12
23.	AP Mobile	23	▼1
24.	Microsoft OneNote for iPad	24	▼4
25.	Fruit Ninja HD Lite	25	▼4

Emerging paid iOS apps: Draw Somthing, Camera+ and Coco Loco says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:01 am

[...] OMGPOP’s Draw Something holds the No. 1 spots on both the paid iPhone and iPad charts as its counterpart lead the free iOS charts yesterday. [...]

Emerging free iOS Apps: Air Wings, Zombie Jombie and Lowe’s Creative Ideas says:
March 19th, 2012 at 9:41 am

[...] OMGPOP‘s massive hit Draw Something once again takes the top spot on both the iPhone and iPad free charts, repeating its chart position from last week. [...]