Top iPad apps: 'Hearthstone,' 'Trials Frontier'
Card game "Hearthstone" makes tremendous progress during its first week on release, with motocross title "Trials Frontier" also buoyant. More details on these and other top free iPad applications by country for the week, by number of downloads and recorded on April 17, can be found below.
USA
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (games)
Blizzard's free card-battling spinoff features recognizable characters from its "World of Warcraft" MMO but recasts them as the faces of collectible cards, in an expert blend of sophisticated strategy and casual accessibility.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id625257520
Japan
Yahoo! Japan (news)
The internet firm's localized app integrates news and recommended features, search functions across a variety of categories (image, video, answers, recipes, the web) and other functions such as weather reports, Yahoo! mail, and TV listings.
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id299147843
UK
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff (games)
Create and then save the Griffin family's home town of Quahog in the company of the TV show's cast. Popular in-app purchases are for the game's virtual currencies of coins and clams.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id838500730
Australia
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff (games)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/id838500730
China
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (games)
https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/id625257520
Germany
2048 (games)
A numerical puzzler springboarding off critically acclaimed paid app "Threes." Players slide around a grid of 2s, adding them together in a quest to reach 2048. Facebook integration for high score sharing, $1.99 to remove ads. The official, web-based original "2048" is available from git.io/2048; "Doge2048" from doge2048.com.
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/id840919914
France
Trials Frontier (games)
Dovetailing with the PC and console release "Trials Fusion" is this smartphone variant, with the sort of exacting stunt-laden motocross action that should appeal to players of "Joe Danger Infinity," "Jet Car Stunts 2"or more directly related titles such as "Mad Skills MX 2" and the developer's own "MotoHeroz."
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/id659283309
South Korea
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (games)
https://itunes.apple.com/kr/app/id625257520
Canada
Word Mess (games)
Sort and search for words hidden in jumbled tag clouds, with four modes to play through, and friend challenges available. Additional packs start at $1.99 for the Newbie Pack and increase in cost according to the difficulty level (and, therefore, player commitment).
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id504739597
Brazil
Caillou Check Up - Doctor's Office (entertainment)
Intended for younger app users, this download takes players through 11 mini-games demonstrating what happens during a routine health check-up at a doctor's office. The sole in-app purchase is for $5.99 to unlock all content.
https://itunes.apple.com/br/app/id772369925
India
Trials Frontier (games)
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/id659283309
