iPad

(…see below or follow the links to see other screenshots…)

Anyhow, this is the third post on the same subject: App Annie posted screenshots of the iTunes iPad App store – below are the screenshots of iPad iTunes – Top Free Apps section.

You can also see the Home (New and Noteworthy Apps/ What’s Hot) and Top Grossing Apps section screenshots.

Here is the list of apps presented:

Top Free iPad Software:

1. Galaxy Control 2 Lite, Games
2. Constitution for iPad, Reference
3. Gilt Groupe, Lifestyle
4. Geneva for iPad, Reference
5. MeTheMedia, Books
6. Brass Tracks, Entertainment
7. iTikuKlali, Books
8. CPWord, Productivity

More screenshots from App Annie. Top Free Apps listed are on the screenshot below. Check out the Home (New and Noteworthy | What’s Hot) and Top Free Apps Sections as well.

Top Revenue iPad Software:

• OmniGiraffe, Productivity
• Flight Control HD, Games
• Labyrinth 2 HD, Games
• OmniGraphSketcher, Productivity
• Cro-Mag rally for iPad, Games
• Pianist Pro, Music
• WeatherBug Elite, Weather
• Enigmo Deluxe, Games
• Otto Matic for iPad, Games
• Sparkle HD, Games
• Boggie (iPad Test), Games
• Sudoku Real Edition, Games
• iMahjong 2, Entertainment
• Bugdom 2 for iPad, Games
• Sherlock Homes Mysteries, Games
• Real Checkers, Games
• O-GAWA, Music
• PuzzleManiak for iPad, Games
• Italian Video Recipes, Lifestyle
• Piano Lession PianoMan, Games
• Tweader, Social Networking
• Nanosaur 2 for iPad, Games
• TML XL (The Motivated Life XL), Books
• Ammoin HD, Games

Tablets have been around for quite a while yet many are still unclear what the ultimate use case for the device is. At this point in time I don’t think anyone has a certain answer and things may shape (and probably will) in several directions.

Puzzled by this, I went back to the flurry.com’s January analytics post that took a look at different types of apps that Apple was testing on a (at that time) unknown device. While data is quite conclusive (Go Gaming!) we have to take the numbers with a grain of salt as they are probably excluding a good chunk of iBooks testing (iBooks are not tracked via flurry). To sum it up – Apple is seeing the device as a strong gaming platform with entertainment and social networking capabilities.

I’ll come back to this post once they sell 500k devices and we’ll check if the assumptions turned out to be true (Apple Touch initially targeted music fans – yet, the platform turned out into a gaming gem while music features turned out to be just a sideshow).

About Flurry (links above):

Flurry offers cutting-edge analytics, deployment and monetization tools for mobile application developers. Its services platform is offered free to application developers allowing them to better save money, increase revenues and improve their products. Flurry’s platform is built by developers for developers, based on its pioneering experience as one the first developers to build, deploy and market direct-to-consumer applications. Flurry is venture-backed and is based in San Francisco.

Data (Apple Tested iPad Apps – by App category – Oct ‘09 to Jan ‘10: