Apple announced today that its App Store now features over 100,000 applications in some 20 categories. The news comes on the heels of Apple announcing that over two billion applications had been downloaded since the App Store went live in mid-2008.
“The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers around the world,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The iPhone SDK created the first great platform for mobile applications and our customers are loving all of the amazing apps our developers are creating.”
In contrast, the Android Marketplace which launched in October 2008 (with the T-Mobile G1) now offers about 10,000 applications.