An Arm and a Windows

So I'm going to get out in front of the March Madness curve by a bit and do my own homage to college basketball by starting a new tradition here at An Arm and a Windows. In college basketball, both the AP and USA Today poll broadcaster, sportswriters, and coaches to determine who everyone believes the best 25 teams in the country are.

In that same vein, I'm going to be publishing a list of the Top 25 Free apps, as decided by the Windows Store itself, here at An Arm and a Windows on a (hopefully) weekly basis. Personally I'm interested to see which apps hold their places, and which apps rise and fall from week to week. Also, since there are a few absolute strongholds (Xbox Smartglass, I'm looking at you) that I doubt will ever lose their top spots, I'm also going to post apps 26 through 50.

Before I post the list, though, one quick note: is it just me, or is the Windows App Store getting significantly better? I've been noticing that a lot of the old top free games are getting bumped by new, better games, and there seem to be a few solid new productivity and news apps coming out every few weeks. Still a far cry from the Android Play Store and Apple's App Store, but the change is noticeable, at least to me.

Okay, without further ado:

The Windows RT Top 25:

1	Xbox Smartglass
2	Skype
3	Google Search
4	Facebook Touch
5	Netflix
6	Youtube Player
7	Microsoft Solitaire Collection (Game)
8	Amazon
9	Jetpack Joyride (Game)
10	Cut the Rope (Game)
11	Youtube Downloader [MP3/Video]
12	The ESPN App
13	BubbleBreaker (Game)
14	Hulu Plus
15	Dropbox
16	Backgrounds Wallpapers HD
17	iHeartRadio
18	Kindle
19	Solitaire HD (Game)
20	Flow Free (Game)
21	Instagram Live
22	to-dos
23	Microsoft Mahjong (Game)
24	Adobe Reader Touch
25	Pinball FX2 (Game)

The Rest:
26 Shazam
27 TuneIn Radio
28 Dodo GoGo (Game)
29 Doodle God Free (Game)
30 Calculator Free
31 DealOrNoDeal (Game)
32 Adera (Game)
33 Guns 4 Hire (Game)
34 OneNote
35 Blocked In (Game)
36 Wordament (Game)
37 Cnn App for Windows
38 3D Boat Race (Game)
39 Word Twist (Game)
40 Unit Conversion
41 Rat on a Snowboard (Game)
42 Piano8
43 Wikipedia
44 Jewel Fever (Game)
45 Fotor
46 Windows 8 Cheat Keys
47 PhotoFunia
48 Bible
49 Parking Mania (Game)
50 Facebook Friends