The Weather Channel, Weird But True, Android flashlight apps and more on this week’s top free mobile apps charts

As is usually the case with the top free apps lists each week there was a lot of movement on iPhone, iPad and Android. In light of Hurricane Sandy hitting the East Coast, mobile users have been heavily downloading weather apps for the latest weather updates. The Weather Channel shot up the charts on all platforms, ranking No. 8 on iPhone, No. 4 on iPad and No. 16 on Android. Hurricane by American Red Cross jumped from the No. 121 spot last Friday to the No. 4 spot on this week’s top iPhone apps chart. National Geographics interesting facts app Weird But True is free for a limited time, down from $1.99, which sprang the app up to the No. 2 position on iPhone and No. 1 app on iPad.

Utility app Brightest Flashlight Free jumped into the top 25 at the No. 10 spot and Tiny Flashlight + LED rose to the No. 18 spot most likely due to hurricane preparation on the top free Android apps list.

This week’s top free iPhone apps

	Name	Rank	Change	In App Purchases
1.	YouTube	1	=	No
2.	Weird But True	2	=	No
3.	Slendr	3	▲1	Yes
4.	Hurricane by American Red Cross	4	▲27	No
5.	Bubble Galaxy with Buddies	5	▼2	Yes
6.	Flashlight	6	▼1	No
7.	Stacheify	7	▲15	Yes
8.	The Weather Channel	8	▲9	No
9.	Podcasts	9	▼3	No
10.	Instagram	10	▼1	No
11.	Find My iPhone	11	▼3	No
12.	Contract Killer 2	12	▼5	Yes
13.	Find My Friends	13	▼3	No
14.	Flow Free	14	▼1	Yes
15.	iTunes U	15	▼4	No
16.	Fix-it Felix Jr.	16	=	No
17.	Zombiewood	17	▼3	Yes
18.	Random Heroes	18	▼6	Yes
19.	Snapchat	19	=	No
20.	Flick Home Run !	20	▼5	Yes
21.	Subway Surfers	21	=	Yes
22.	Bike Race Free	22	▼4	Yes
23.	Pic Stitch	23	▲12	Yes
24.	iBooks	24	▼4	No
25.x	Talking Rex the Dinosaur	25	▲1	No

This week’s top free iPad apps

	Name	Rank	Change	In App Purchases
1.	Weird But True	1	=	No
2.	Contract Killer 2	2	=	Yes
3.	Zombiewood	3	=	Yes
4.	The Weather Channel for iPad	4	▲6	No
5.	Podcasts	5	=	No
6.	Talking Rex the Dinosaur for iPad	6	▼2	No
7.	Punch Quest	7	▼1	Yes
8.	iTunes U	8	▼1	No
9.	Find My Friends	9	=	No
10.	Find My iPhone	10	▲1	No
11.	Skype for iPad	11	▲3	No
12.	Gizmonauts	12	=	Yes
13.	Ragdoll Blaster 3: Deluxe HD	13	=	Yes
14.	Mirrors of Albion HD	14	▼6	Yes
15.	Fix-it Felix Jr.	15	=	No
16.	Chrome	16	▲6	No
17.	Bubble Witch Saga	17	▲6	Yes
18.	Pinterest	18	▲8	No
19.	Netflix	19	▲5	No
20.	Magic Puzzles	20	▼4	Yes
21.	My Town 2: Getaways	21	▼4	Yes
22.	Letterpress	22	▼3	Yes
23.	The Price is Right Slots	23	▼3	Yes
24.	iBooks	24	▼3	No
25.x	McTube	25	▲22	No

This week’s top free Android apps

	Name	Rank	Change
1.	Facebook	1	=
2.	Pandora	2	=
3.	Instagram	3	=
4.	Facebook Messenger	4	=
5.	Twitter	5	=
6.	Skype	6	=
7.	Netflix	7	▲1
8.	Zedge	8	▼1
9.	Bad Piggies	9	=
10.	Brightest Flashlight Free	10	=
11.	Angry Birds	11	=
12.	Temple Run	12	=
13.	Tango	13	=
14.	Hill Climb Racing	14	▲1
15.	Zombie Frontier	15	▼1
16.	The Weather Channel	16	▲1
17.	Adobe Reader	17	▼1
18.	Tiny Flashlight + LED	18	=
19.	Words With Friends Free	19	=
20.	Official eBay Android App	20	=
21.	GO SMS Pro	21	=
22.	Flow Free	22	=
23.	Adobe AIR	23	▲1
24.	iHeartRadio	24	▲1
25.x	Yahoo! Mail	25	▲2

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