Apple Apps Store has more than 500,000 Apps

The Apple apps store is well known as the largest application store for mobile devices in the world and so far, there have been no other application stores that have even come close to being as large as the Apple app store. As you will know, there are hundreds of thousands of apps in the app store that you are able to download for both your iPad and iPhone device and now, the amount of apps is said to have topped 500,000.

It is said that Apple reached 500,000 apps in the app store in the recent weeks which has meant a massive growth of apps since April. In January 2011 there were only around 350,000+ apps which has meant that the app store has actually grown by 43% in just a few months. It is said that of all the apps in the app store, about 140,000 of them are iPad apps whilst the rest are for the iPhone and iPod Touch devices. This huge size of the app store obviously has many advantages for the users of the iPhone and iPad devices and the app store is also said to be growing by around 15,000 apps per month, that’s why now it reached 500,000+ apps there.

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Apple Apps Store Milestones

Milestones of Apps in Apps Store:

Date	Available apps	Downloads to date
July 11, 2008	500
July 14, 2008	800	10,000,000
September 9, 2008	3,000	55,000,000
October 22, 2008	7,500	200,000,000
January 16, 2009	15,000	500,000,000
March 17, 2009	25,000	800,000,000
April 23, 2009	35,000	1,000,000,000
June 8, 2009	50,000	1,000,000,000+
July 11, 2009	55,000	1,000,000,000+
July 14, 2009	65,000	1,500,000,000
September 9, 2009	75,000	1,800,000,000
September 28, 2009	85,000	2,000,000,000
November 4, 2009	100,000	2,000,000,000+
January 5, 2010	120,000	3,000,000,000+
March 20, 2010	150,000+	3,000,000,000+
April 8, 2010	185,000+	4,000,000,000+
April 29, 2010	200,000+	4,500,000,000+
June 7, 2010	225,000+	5,000,000,000+
September 1, 2010	250,000+	6,500,000,000+
October 20, 2010	300,000+	7,000,000,000
Jan 22, 2011	350,000+	10,000,000,000+
June 6, 2011	425,000+	14,000,000,000+
July 7, 2011	425,000+	15,000,000,000+
October 4, 2011	500,000+	18,000,000,000+

(Source:Wikipedia)

Among the apps in the app store, the apps for the iPad are a little more expensive that the iPhone and iPod Touch apps as they average around $5. The apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch average just over $2.