RTS games are a pretty/very niche genre. I love them to death, but to say the least, they're not for everyone. Voted for Slingshot Racing. It's the perfect iOS game in many ways, especially on the iPad. Can't wait for online multiplayer.
Well, it has more ratings than most games in the list, not to mention it's five star rating, so I think it's fairly popular. I mean, compared to some games on this list... kinda baffling.
Having fun with slingshot, tiny plane and I voted bee leader. Super polished game and the most original which should automatically grant you 2O points.
Yeah, it's a shame. Autumn Dynasty looks like the best RTS on the iOS thus far. Really reminds me of the Total War series on the PC. Haven't grabbed it yet since I do most my iOS gaming mainly on my 4th gen. iPod. It's almost in the top 10 on the US paid iPad charts and has a high feature from Apple. It even has online mp, damn..
It's a bit hard to compare since Defender Chronicles has both iPad and iPhone versions, but according to Appannie, the highest rank Defender Chronicles got in the past few days in US were 46th in overall apps, 30th in games, 1 in Role playing, and 3th in strategy. Autumn got 15th overall, 12th in games, 5th in action (action?!), 1st in strategy. I have to emphasise though, there are two set of stats for Defender Chronicles (iPad and iPhone), and I'm not sure how the ranks are determined.
Looks like Slingshot Racing got edged out by a few votes! Awesome lineup of games either way last week.