Games Dominated Apple’s Bestselling Apps Of 2013

By Susie Madrak — December 18, 2013

It was a good year to be a mobile-game developer for iOS.

Apple’s freshly released list of 2013’s bestselling apps is overwhelmingly loaded with games, with “Candy Crush Saga” in the number-one position on the Top Free and Top Grossing countdowns; “Minecraft,” “Temple Run: Oz,” “Angry Birds,” “Clash of Clans,” and others made the lists.

Non-gaming apps on the Top Free list included Vine, Google Maps, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and Pandora Radio; Pandora Radio also made number three on Apple’s Top Grossing list.

So what can your average developer learn from these latest stats?

First, that...

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