| Rank | Jan | Price | December | Price | iPad W4 2013 | Price |
| 1 | Drift mania | $2.99 | Angry birds star wars | $4.99 | Minecraft – Pocket Edition | $6.99 |
| 2 | Angry birds space | $4.99 | Draw stickman:epic | $2.99 | Angry Birds Star Wars HD | $2.99 |
| 3 | Plex | $2.99 | Plex | $2.99 | Pages | $9.99 |
| 4 | Angry birds star wars | $4.99 | Angry birds space | $4.99 | Joe Danger | $2.99 |
| 5 | Where is my Perry | $4.99 | Pin stream | $1.49 | Scribblenauts Remix | $0.99 |
| 6 | im+ pro | $4.99 | Touch file | $1.99 | Bad Piggies HD | $0.99 |
| 7 | Libraries file explorer app | $1.49 | Fruit ninja | $4.99 | Notability | $1.99 |
| 8 | Doodle god | $2.99 | Tweetro | $4.99 | Toca Hair Salon 2 | $1.99 |
| 9 | Rat on a skateboard | $1.49 | Youtube + | $2.99 | Temple Run: Brave | $0.99 |
| 10 | 4 elements II special edition | $2.99 | Shark dash | $1.99 | Sofia the First: Story Theater | $3.99 |
| Avg Price | $3.49 | $3.44 | $3.39 | |||
| Games | 7 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Other | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Neowin has had a look at the top 10 paid apps on Windows 8, and inspired us to look a bit further at the store.
The list from December 2012 and January 2013 shows significant volatility, with only 3 apps being same same in both December and January (Angry Birds Space and Star Wars and Plex), showing there is still a lot of opportunities for developers to get in front of buyers.
Those developers should probably be coding games however, with 70% of the top 10 list being games, a 20% increase over December, when more utilities appeared on the list.
The composition appears to be drifting towards what is typical for the iPad, where 80% of the top apps are games.
Interestingly the average price of the apps are also drifting up, from $3.44 to $3.49, which is higher than the $3.39 on the iPad.
9 out of the 10 apps arrived on iOS before Windows 8, suggesting developers are currently extending their reach to Windows 8 rather than developing primarily for the platform.
Windows 8 currently 2.66% of the worldwide Internet-using PC installed base, according to StatCounter. Given that there are more than 1.25 billion PCs in the world, we can estimate around 30 million Windows 8 PCs are in use, vs around 100 million iPads. This number is of course rapidly rising and should surpass the iPad installed base in less than 2 quarters, suggesting developers may want to start porting those games to Windows 8 ASAP, and maybe start thinking of it as a primary platform by the end of the year.
What do our readers think of the way the Windows 8 store is developing? Let us know below.
