The Apple App Store hit 50 billion downloads Wednesday and the company has come up with a generous way to thank its customers according to CNET.com.
The individual who downloaded the app number 50 billion will receive a $10,000 gift card to the APP store and the first 50 people who downloaded right after that person will each get a $500 gift card.
Apple publicized its plan for the promotion at the beginning of May and added a counter in iTunes. It later added one on its website which showed many variations explaining the immense size of the number 50 billion.
Apple had a similar contest in March 2012 when the App Store download count was nearing 25 billion. Chunli Fu from Qingado, China, won a $10,000 gift card to the App Store.
Apple also released information earlier this month that games are a major reason the App Store reached its recent milestone, according to USA Today.
15 of the 25 top downloaded apps from the store were games.
Apple has made no announcement as to who the winners are from this month’s competition but the company says the announcement is coming.
Here is a list of the top downloaded apps for Apple:
Top 25 paid apps of all time for iPhone
1. Angry Birds
2. Fruit Ninja
3. Doodle Jump
4. Cut the Rope
5. Angry Birds Seasons
6. WhatsApp Messenger
7. Camera+
8. Words With Friends
9. Tiny Wings
10. Angry Birds Space
11. Pocket God
12. Plants vs. Zombies
13. The Game of Life
14. The Moron Test
15. Where's My Water
16. Draw Something
17. Monopoly
18. Angry Birds Star Wars
19. MotionX GPS Drive
20. Skee-Ball
21. Scrabble
22. Uno
23. Minecraft -- Pocket Edition
24. Color Splash
25. The Sims 3
Top 25 free apps of all time for iPhone
1. Facebook
2. Pandora
3. Instagram
4. YouTube
5. Skype
6. Words With Friends Free
7. The Weather Channel
8. Twitter
9. Temple Run
10. Google Search
11. Netflix
12. Shazam
13. Angry Birds Free
14. Draw Something Free
15. Flashlight
16. Facebook Messenger
17. Google Earth
18. Fruit Ninja Free
19. iHeartRadio
20. Movies by Flixster, with Rotten Tomatoes
21. Bump
22. eBay
23. Pac-Man Lite
24. Groupon
25. Google Maps
Top 25 paid apps of all time for iPad
1. Pages
2. Angry Birds HD
3. Angry Birds Seasons HD
4. Where's My Water?
5. Fruit Ninja HD
6. Angry Birds Space HD
7. GarageBand
8. Words With Friends HD
9. Cut the Rope HD
10. Keynote
11. Numbers
12. Angry Birds Star Wars HD
13. GoodReader for iPad
14. Scrabble HD for iPad
15. Minecraft – Pocket Edition
16. Plants vs. Zombies HD
17. Notability
18. Monopoly for iPad
19. Quickoffice Pro HD
20. StarWalk HD
21. Draw Something
22. iMovie
23. iPhoto
24. Where's My Perry?
25. Bad Piggies HD
Top 25 free apps of all time for iPad
1. Skype
2. The Weather Channel
3. Netflix
4. Angry Birds HD Free
5. Kindle
6. Facebook
7. Pandora Radio
8. Calculator for iPad Free
9. Fruit Ninja HD Free
10. Words With Friends HD Free
11. Google Earth
12. ABC Player
13. Calculator Pro for iPad Free
14. Temple Run
15. YouTube
16. eBay
17. CNN
18. Dropbox
19. Adobe Reader
20. Twitter
21. Solitaire
22. New York Times
23. Temple Run 2
24. Hulu Plus
25. Draw Something Free
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