Google Maps, You Don’t Know Jack, Bubble Worlds and more on this week’s top free mobile apps charts

After more than 13 weeks since Apple dropped Google Maps in favor of its own proprietary maps app, Google finally released a native Google Maps app for iPhone and iPod Touch. The Google Maps app has already taken the No. 1 spot on the top free iPhone apps chart, proving that iPhone users were indeed clamoring for an alternative to Apple’s maps. The trivia game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, which launched last week, took the No. 10 spot. The mobile release is integrated with the Facebook version of the game which our sister site Inside Social Games reviewed favorably here.

On iPad, holiday-themed apps like ElfYourself by OfficeMax and Talking Santa for iPad HD performed strongly, coming in at the No. 7 and No. 16 spots, respectively.

As usual, not much changed in the top free Android apps chart, with Instagram gaining over Facebook Messenger to take the No. 3 spot and top 25 newcomer Bubble Worlds taking the No. 22 spot.

This week’s top free iPhone apps

	Name	Rank	Change	In App Purchases
1.	Google Maps	1	=	No
2.	ElfYourself by OfficeMax	2	▲2	Yes
3.	Fun Run	3	▼1	Yes
4.	YouTube	4	▼1	No
5.	Angry Birds Star Wars Free	5	=	No
6.	Kick the Boss 2	6	=	Yes
7.	Nose Surgery	7	▲2	No
8.	Snapchat	8	▼1	No
9.	NFL Flick Quarterback	9	▲8	No
10.	YOU DON’T KNOW JACK	10	=	Yes
11.	Split Pic	11	=	Yes
12.	Respawnables	12	▼4	Yes
13.	Hill Climb Racing	13	=	Yes
14.	Gangnam DanceBooth	14	▲2	Yes
15.	Santa DanceBooth	15	▲12	Yes
16.	Bubble Safari™	16	▼4	Yes
17.	OvenBreak 2	17	▲31	Yes
18.	Podcasts	18	▼4	No
19.	Bad Piggies Free	19	▲2	Yes
20.	Find My iPhone	20	▼2	No
21.	Flow Free	21	▲2	Yes
22.	Instagram	22	▼2	No
23.	Subway Surfers	23	▼1	Yes
24.	Flashlight Ⓞ	24	▲2	No
25.x	Find My Friends	25	▼6	No

This week’s top free iPad apps

	Name	Rank	Change	In App Purchases
1.	YouTube	1	=	No
2.	Angry Birds Star Wars HD Free	2	=	No
3.	Paper by FiftyThree	3	=	Yes
4.	Respawnables	4	=	Yes
5.	YOU DON’T KNOW JACK	5	=	Yes
6.	Kick the Boss 2	6	=	Yes
7.	ElfYourself by OfficeMax	7	=	Yes
8.	Bad Piggies HD Free	8	=	Yes
9.	Skype for iPad	9	▲1	Yes
10.	CSR Racing	10	▲3	Yes
11.	The Weather Channel® for iPad	11	▲13	No
12.	Bubble Safari™	12	▼3	Yes
13.	Podcasts	13	▼2	No
14.	HISTORY	14	▲6	No
15.	Calculator for iPad Free	15	▲8	Yes
16.	Talking Santa for iPad HD	16	▼4	Yes
17.	Disney Super Speedway	17	▲14	Yes
18.	iTunes U	18	=	No
19.	Toca Band	19	▼5	No
20.	Netflix	20	▲6	No
21.	Gmail	21	▲6	No
22.	Google Earth	22	▼5	No
23.	Middle Manager of Justice	23	▼1	Yes
24.	iBooks	24	▲6	No
25.x	Find My Friends	25	=	No

This week’s top free Android apps

	Name	Rank	Change
1.	Facebook	1	=
2.	Pandora® internet radio	2	=
3.	Instagram	3	▲1
4.	Facebook Messenger	4	▼1
5.	Angry Birds Star Wars	5	=
6.	Fun Run – Multiplayer Race	6	=
7.	Skype – free IM & video calls	7	=
8.	Twitter	8	=
9.	Zedge	9	=
10.	Netflix	10	=
11.	Hill Climb Racing	11	=
12.	Temple Run	12	=
13.	100 Doors 2013	13	▲7
14.	Tango Text, Voice, Video Calls	14	▼1
15.	Brightest Flashlight Free™	15	▼1
16.	Angry Birds	16	▼1
17.	Official eBay Android App	17	▼1
18.	Subway Surfers	18	▼1
19.	Flow Free	19	▼1
20.	Adobe Reader	20	▼1
21.	Words With Friends Free	21	=
22.	Bubble Worlds	22	▲8
23.	The Weather Channel	23	▼1
24.	Tiny Flashlight + LED	24	▼1
25.x	Yahoo! Mail	25	=

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