Emerging paid iOS apps: Ski Safari, Pandemic 2.5 and Robbery Bob

Rovio’s mega-hit Angry Birds Space once again topped the iPhone and iPad charts in a week that showed little movement amongst the top paid apps. Although the iPhone charts were mostly dominated by established hits like Angry Birds Space, Camera+ and Draw Something, a few new and newer apps were able to crack into the top 25 this week.

Dark Realm Studios posted strong a performance, seeing its game Pandemic 2.5 reach No. 2 on the iPhone app charts. Australian company Defiant Development also had a solid week. Its game Ski Safari hit No. 6 on the iPhone charts and No. 5 on the iPad charts. Released on April 26, the $0.99 game provides a new twist on the gameplay style pioneered by Tiny Wings.

On the iPad charts Level 8′s Chillingo published game Robbery Bob made its debut in the No. 6 position. The 2D, top-down stealth game is currently being featured in the App Store as a New and Noteworthy title.

This week’s top paid iPhone apps

	Name	Rank	Change
1.	Angry Birds Space	1	=
2.	Pandemic 2.5	2	=
3.	Flick Home Run !	3	=
4.	Draw Something by OMGPOP	4	=
5.	WhatsApp Messenger	5	=
6.	Ski Safari	6	=
7.	Camera+	7	=
8.	“Free Music Download Pro” – Downloader and Player_	8	▲2
9.	Cut the Rope	9	▼1
10.X	Ugly Meter™	10	▼1
11.	SayHi Translate	11	▲8
12.	Fruit Ninja	12	▼1
13.	Infinity Blade	13	▼1
14.	Bejeweled	14	▼1
15.	Angry Birds	15	▼1
16.	Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets	16	▲1
17.	Clear Vision (17+)	17	▼1
18.	Where’s My Water?	18	▼3
19.	MotionX GPS Drive	19	▼1
20.	Wingsuit Stickman	20	=
21.	TETRIS®	21	▲6
22.	THE GAME OF LIFE Classic Edition	22	▼1
23.	Nike+ GPS	23	▲1
24.	Kick the Buddy: Second Kick	24	▼4
25.	Minecraft – Pocket Edition	25	▼2

This week’s top paid iPad apps

	Name	Rank	Change
1.	Angry Birds Space HD	1	=
2.	Penultimate	2	▲1
3.	Draw Something by OMGPOP	3	▼1
4.	Pages	4	=
5.	Ski Safari	5	=
6.	Robbery Bob™	6	=
7.	Tips & Tricks — iPad Secrets	7	=
8.	Notability – Take Notes & Annotate PDFs	8	▲2
9.	Where’s My Dollars for iPad	9
10.X	Quickoffice Pro HD – edit office documents…XXXX	10	▲4
11.	Where’s My Water?	11	▼3
12.	iPhoto	12	▼3
13.	Keynote	13	▲4
14.	Numbers	14	▲5
15.	Trucks HD – by Duck Duck Moose	15	=
16.	DreamWorks Dragons: TapDragonDrop	16	▼5
17.	Kingdom Rush HD	17	▼4
18.	Cut the Rope HD	18	▼2
19.	Star Walk for iPad	19	▼7
20.	GarageBand	20	▲4
21.	Angry Birds HD	21	▼1
22.	iMovie	22	=
23.	GoodReader for iPad	23	▲4
24.	Infinity Blade	24	▼3
25.	Minecraft – Pocket Edition	25	▼2

All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service AppData.

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