Candy Crush Saga has emerged as the most favorite app among iOS users. The free-to-play app secured the first spot in the list of most downloaded apps released by Apple.

In the category of Top Free iPhone apps, YouTube was at the number 2 spot, followed by Temple Run 2 and Vine.

Games also ruled in the category of top paid apps as seven of the top ten paid apps on iOS were games. Minecraft, a premium game app with a price tag of $6.99 was the most downloaded paid app of the year.

Surprisingly in the top ten list, Twitter could not make it. Instead, other social networking services like Facebook, Vine, Snapchat and Instagram made their entries in the top 10.

On-demand Internet streaming media provider Netflix, and iBooks also made their respective entries in th list of iPad's top 10 apps.

According to a survey from analytics company Distimo, in November around 92 percent of all apps in the App Store were free. In contrast, 98 percent of apps in Google Play store are free.

Top Free iPhone Apps

1. Candy Crush Saga

2. YouTube

3. Temple Run 2

4. Vine

5. Google Maps

6. Snapchat

7. Instagram

8. Facebook

9. Pandora Radio

10. Despicable Me: Minion Rush

Top Free iPad Apps

1. Candy Crush Saga

2. YouTube

3. Temple Run 2

4. Calculator for iPad Free

5. Skype for iPad

6. Netflix

7. Despicable Me: Minion Rush

8. iBooks

9. Facebook

10. The Weather Channel for iPad

Top Paid iPhone Apps

1. Minecraft - Pocket Edition

2. Heads Up!

3. Temple Run: Oz

4. Angry Birds Star Wars

5. Plague Inc.

6. Afterlight

7. Free Music Download Pro - Mp3 Downloader

8. Bloons TD 5

9. Sleep Cycle alarm clock

10. Plants vs. Zombies

Top Paid iPad Apps

1. Minecraft - Pocket Edition

2. Pages

3. Temple Run: Oz

4. Plants vs. Zombies HD

5. Angry Birds Star Wars HD

6. Notability

7. Angry Birds Star Wars II

8. iMovie

9. The Room

10. Bad Piggies HD