The 65 Highest Rated iPad Apps

When searching through the iPad App Store, we’re limited to search categories such as top charts, top grossing and new and noteworthy. One key category the App Store left us without is the ability to search by Top Rated.

After all, the users can ultimately give us the best indication whether an App is worth us spending the green or whether we should pass. By my count, the iPad Apps, not counting books, currently stands at 7231.

The Apps are broken down into multiple categories. Here is the breakdown of number of apps per category;

687 Education, 208 Business, 714 Entertainment, 92 Finance, 1831 Games, 152 Healthcare & Fitness, 358 Lifestyle, 140 Medical, 346 Music, 131 Navigation, 199 News, 205 Photography, 413 Productivity, 425 Reference, 158 Social Networking, 132 Sports, 441 Travel, 534 Utilities, 65 Weather.

I’ve now browsed through each one to find the highest rated Apps as voted by users. The criteria I chose to go with is to include only Apps that were rated 4.5 to 5, which have a minimum of 25 ratings. All iPad Apps below are available for download at the  iTunes App Store.

Let’s jump into the 65 highest rated iPad Apps.

Education

Flashcards Deluxe $3.99, 4.5 Stars, 52 Ratings

Business

PDF Reader Pro $0.99, 4.5 Stars, 34 Ratings

Entertainment

Gem Farmer $1.99, 5 Stars, 106 Ratings
Sketchbook Pro $9.99, 5 Stars, 25 Ratings
Comic Zeal Comic Reader 4 $7.99, 4.5 Stars, 114 Ratings
Art Puzzle HD $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 82 Ratings
Koi Pond HD $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 68 Ratings
Pocket Ants $0.99, 4.5 Stars, 62 Ratings
Drawing Pad $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 33 Ratings
Illusion Illusions Plus HD $2.99, 4.5 Stars, 46 Ratings

Finance

powerOne Financial Calculator $5.99, 4.5 Stars, 65 Ratings

Games

Plants vs. Zombies HD $9.99, 5 Stars, 1064 Ratings
Pinball HD $2.99, 4.5 Stars, 496 Ratings
Mirror’s Edge for iPad $12.99, 4.5 Stars, 311 Ratings
Fireldrunners for iPad $7.99, 4.5 Stars, 150 Ratings
Crosswords $9.99, 4.5 Stars, 148 Ratings
Flight Control HD $4.99, 4.5 Stars, 128 Ratings
Horror HD $1.99, 5 Stars, 36 Ratings
Blokzilla $0.99, 5 Stars, 36 Ratings
FirstWords: Animals $1.99, 5 Stars, 33 Ratings
7 Wonders HD $4.99, 5 Stars, 33 Ratings
Video Poker HD $3.99, 4.5 Stars, 88 Ratings
Zombieville USA HD $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 85 Ratings
Sparkle HD $4.99, 4.5 Stars, 74 Ratings
Mahjong Artifacts: Chapter 2 $4.99, 4.5 Stars, 70 Ratings
Real Racing HD $9.99, 4.5 Stars, 62 Ratings
Eric Snider’s Solitaire $0.99, 4.5 Stars, 48 Ratings
Space Station: Frontier HD $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 43 Ratings
Jumbline 2 for iPad $2.99, 5 Stars, 25 Rating

Health & Fitness

MyNetDiary - Food & Exercise $9.99, 4.5 Stars, 156 Ratings
Health Through Breath $4.99, 4.5 Stars, 73 Ratings

Lifestyle

DreamBook Pro $2.99, 5 Stars, 34 Ratings
Van Gogh HD $0.99, 4.5 Stars, 195 Ratings

Medical

AUDIO – Medical Spanish Guide $6.99, 4.5 Stars, 269 Ratings
Lexi-Comp Institutional FREE, 4.5 Stars, 78 Ratings
BGluMon – Blood Glucose $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 51 Ratings

Music

miniSynth PRO $9.99, 5 Stars, 30 Ratings
iReal Book $7.99, 4.5 Stars, 320 Ratings
Music Personality Test $0.99, 4.5 Stars, 106 Ratings
KORG iELECTRIBE $9.99,  4.5 Stars, 73 Ratings
iSequence for iPad $6.99, 4.5 Stars, 45 Ratings

Navigation

GoSkyWatch Planetarium $5.99, 4.5 Stars, 59 Ratings

News

AppAdvice $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 1530 Ratings

Photography

Photogene for iPad $3.99, 4.5 Stars, 155 Ratings
Photo Transfer App $2.99, 4.5 Stars, 85 Ratings
ComboArt $0.99, 4.5 Stars, 57 Ratings

Productivity

GoodReader for iPad $0.99, 4.5 Stars, 2165 Ratings
Corkulous $2.99, 4.5 Stars, 163 Ratings
iThoughts HD (mindmapping) $7.99, 4.5 Stars, 146 Ratings
iAnnotate PDF $9.99, 4.5 Stars, 136 Ratings
Todo for iPad $4.99, 4.5 Stars, 65 Ratings

Reference

ESV Study Bible for BibleReader $37.99, 4.5 Stars, 239 Ratings
ESV Bible FREE, 4.5 Stars, 166 Ratings
Mantis NASS Bible Study $29.99, 4.5 Stars, 86 Ratings
Mantis NKJV Bible Study $17.99, 4.5 Stars, 63 Ratings
Manual for the United States $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 60 Ratings
MW2 Reference HD $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 48 Ratings
HG/SS Elite Pokedex $1.99, 4.5 Stars, 47 Ratings

Social Networking

Cool Animations Pro For iPad $2.99, 4.5 Stars, 99 Ratings

Sports

ESPN iScore Baseball ScoreKeeper $9.99, 4.5 Stars, 53 Ratings

Utilities

Air Video – Watch Your Video $2.99, 4.5 Stars, 205 Ratings
PDF Reader for iPad $0.99 (Utilities) 4.5 Stars, 117 Ratings
5-0 Radio HD: Police Scanner (Utilities) 4.5 Stars, 109 Ratings
PCalc RPN Calculator $9.99 (Utilities) 4.5 Stars, 79 Ratings
Emerald Observatory for iPad $0.99 (Utilities) 4.5 Stars, 54 Ratings