Google Android Market Crosses the 30,000 apps Milestone

 

Android Market has made it way past 30,000 apps within a very short span of time. While Google doesn’t publicly show how many applications there are in Android Market, a Google representative confirmed that Android Market has crossed 30,000 applications. The application store for Android devices supposedly hit the 10,000 apps milestone in September 2009 according to third-party developer AndroLib, who later also claimed that number doubled in just over 3 months.  Google says the number grew from 16k to 30k apps in exactly three months.

The company declines to detail what percentage of apps in Android Market are paid versus free, but for what it’s worth, AndroLib says the ratio is about 39% paid vs. 61% free of charge. Apple crossed over 140,000 apps in the App Store in January 2010, so it’s safe to assume there should be about 5 times as many apps for the iPhone and iPod touch as there are for Android devices right about now. Research agency research2guidance recently released a report forecasting that the total app download market could grow to a whopping $15 billion by 2013.

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