Pages turning over mighty iPad sales

According to a new report from analyst, @Distimo – http://www.distimo.com, in April 2010, the highest ranked paid iPad application in the Apple App Store was Pages, followed by GoodReader for iPad, and Pinball HD. The highest ranked free iPad application in the Apple App Store was iBooks, followed by The Solitaire and Break HD Free.

The majority of the 10 highest ranked paid applications were published in the following categories in April 2010: Productivity (Apple App Store for iPad), Games (Apple App Store for iPhone), Themes (BlackBerry App World), News & Weather (Google Android Market), Games (Nokia Ovi Store), Productivity & Utilities (Palm App Catalog) and in Games (Windows Marketplace for Mobile).

In the Apple App Store, paid applications in the Top Overall, Games, Business and Entertainment categories stay in these categories for 27, 39, 59 and 38 days on average, respectively. Free applications stay in the Top 100 for a significantly shorter time in the Top Overall, Games and Business categories, with 19, 21 and 39 days on average, respectively.

In the Apple App Store, the majority of paid applications that have been in the Top 100 Overall during the entire period of November 2009 – April 2010 fall into the Games and Entertainment categories.

The full report is available to download here.