Weekly international iPhone apps: iTunes 12 Days of Christmas

iTunes 12 Days of Christmas is the most popularly downloaded free iPhone application for the week of December 21.

The top free application by country* for the week, by number of downloads, recorded on December 21:

1. US
Bouncedown (games)
Bouncedown is an addictive arcade iPhone game based on the PC game of the same name. Players have to control a jelly-like blob, making sure it can bounce from one moving platform to the next without getting squished at the top of the screen or falling to its death. The conveyor belt platforms rise up to the top of the screen faster and faster as the game progresses.

2. UK
iTunes 12 Days of Christmas (entertainment)
iTunes 12 Days of Christmas is a free application designed by Apple for the Christmas holidays. The app keeps users informed about the free iTunes giveaway of the day. The app sends a push message to the user telling them that they can download a previously paid movie, song or application for free on that day.

3. France
iTunes 12 jours de cadeaux (entertainment)
See "iTunes 12 Days of Christmas."

4. Canada
Bouncedown (games)
See "Bouncedown."

5. Germany
iTunes 12 Tage Geschenke (entertainment)
See "iTunes 12 Days of Christmas."

6. Australia
Bouncedown (games)
See "Bouncedown".

7. Japan
????? (news)
????? (newspaper cartoon in English) is the first Japanese-only language app to provide breaking news headlines in manga. Designed by the people behind the popular newsmanga.com website, current political, economic, international, social entertainment and sports news articles are transformed into beautiful hand-drawn cartoons. The application also includes satirical cartoon news features. The developers say future versions of the app may include Chinese-, Korean-, English- and French-language versions.

8. Italy
iTunes 12 giorni di regali (entertainment)
See "iTunes 12 Days of Christmas".

9. China
F.A.S.T. - Fleet Air Superiority Tactics (games)
F.A.S.T. is a 3D flight simulator game. Players navigate through a 360 degree landscape using the onscreen flight controls and accelerometer. Selecting one of 15 different aircrafts, players can try and annihilate their enemies using a combination of deadly bombs, radar-guided missiles, heat-seeking missiles and air machine-guns. Players can challenge their friends to a real-time dogfight via WiFi or Bluetooth or battle against people from across the world. The app includes 30 different training exercises, an explanatory tutorial and special escort missions.

10. Netherlands
iTunes 12 dagen cadeaus (entertainment)
See "iTunes 12 Days of Christmas."

(*The countries listed are those markets in which the most iPhones and iPod Touches have been sold worldwide. The list of top ten countries is based on AdMob's November estimate of the worldwide iPhone and iPod touch User Distribution)