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iOS app store hits 300,000 apps

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 17 Oct 2010 2:16 User comments (4)

iOS app store hits 300,000 apps

Apple's iOS App Store has quietly surpassed 300,000 apps available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch this week, says new data from Mobclix.
The site has total apps available tallied at 300,975 while 148apps has the tally at 334,498 including apps that have been removed by Apple or by developers.

Apple has not confirmed the number, but they do have an event coming up next week. The company tends to open their events with a status update on iOS device sales and app counts.

The App Store has seen explosive growth in the last year, moving from 100,000 to 300,000 in the time frame.

There are 100,000 apps available in the Android Market and BlackBerry users have 10,000 apps available to them.

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4 user comments

117.10.2010 09:28

Thats helluva lot of apps!!
but I still wont by the i!

218.10.2010 09:21

whats the chance of 98% of them being $1 wallpaper "apps"

321.10.2010 01:19

Originally posted by xtago:
whats the chance of 98% of them being $1 wallpaper "apps"
98% of apple apps are apps that makes fart noise.

421.10.2010 04:36

Originally posted by 0951751:
98% of apple apps are apps that makes fart noise.
I wonder if Steve Jobs has anything to do with that...

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