and looks like today Apple ‘s App Store has crossed another major milestone.
App Advice reports that according to App Shopper – a reputable iOS and Mac OS X app directory, there are now more than 400,000 iOS
available for download in the App Store.
It’s an impressive number when you consider that there are 200,000 apps in the Android marketplace and only 50,000 apps in Nokia’s OVI Store.
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Here are some interesting details about the App Store, which we like to take a look at when it crosses a major milestone:
There are 252,227 active
from 50,545 developers.
There are 24,334 apps that have been developed for the
, which was launched in April.
Books is the Top Category of apps on the App Store, accounting for 17.35% of the apps on the App Store followed by Games with 14.53% and Entertainment with 11.40%.
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The number of apps available on the app store is still around the 92,000 mark since a few apps are either held back by the developers or by Apple for various issues. Nevertheless, with the official number soon to reach the six digit mark, there is plenty that Apple needs to be happy about.
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