App Store Passes a Quarter Million Apps

The US App Store has passed the quarter million milestone, according to 148Apps.biz data. Fortune notes that the store reached this number two years and 49 days after it opened.

A pie chart from 148Apps.biz shows the largest categories to be: Books (17%), Games (14%) and Entertainment (11%).

Royal Pingdom recently used data from 148Apps and AndroLib to determine that 70% of the apps on the App Store are paid; whereas, 64% of the apps on the Android Marketplace are free.


It's likely that we will hear more about these statistics during Apple's 'Special Event' on September 1st.

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