And total, it has hit 300 million downloads. In fact, total sales across all platforms lapped 20 million at this time last year. That makes it tough to suss out the actual hard numbers, but this Aussie import's popularity - and ubiquity - across the platforms makes its estimated 3 million dollar figure look pretty conservative. The fruit-slicing game has even hit the XBOX Kinect now too.
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It first landed on the iPhone, but now HalfBrick Studios' Fruit Ninja is on iOS, Android and WinPho devices everywhere. (Fingers-crossed that it remains that way under Facebook.) It launched in October 2010, and has gained an enormous fanbase since then, for reasons that are absolutely obvious: It's super simple to use, and has awesome filters and robust sharing capabilities. What most people don't know is that it was created by a 28-year-old - Google and Twitter veteran Kevin Systrom - who began this project under the name Burbn. Instagram looks at the millionaires list, and just laughs at it, as the photo editing and sharing app was famously picked up for $1 billion dollars by Facebook. (Apparently, even George Clooney admits to fake farting with it.) It's a simple app with one primary function, and basically no updates since its release, and yet, it technically qualifies for this list. Much imitated, but quite never duplicated, iFart's popularity only grew from there. At $0.99, it hit almost 114,000 downloads in its first two weeks, yielding about $79,000 in profit.
(Never underestimate the people's need to mimic the sounds of bodily functions with tech.) Maybe it was because Joel Comm got in the gross apps game early on, in December 2008, but whatever the reason, iFart seemed to enchant the gas-enthralled masses. Just six weeks later, the acquisition was finalized, clinching the fact that Draw Something basically saved the company's butt. That's amazing considering that OMGPOP was going down the tubes fast when the app was released, on February 1. When Zynga bought OMGPOP, it plunked down $180 million dollars for it, all for the pleasure of having the enormously popular Pictionaryesque app Draw Something on its roster.