Apple App Store Hits 140,000 Apps

Written by: Gundeep Hora on 2/01/10  |  Filed Under Apple  |  Share    

Last week, Apple revealed that its App Store has officially hit 140,000 apps. It only had 100,000 apps a few months ago in November 2009. In other words, the company grew its store by 40% in a matter of three months. Naturally, Apple is excited about the number, and this puts Android even further than it already is in terms of the number of apps available for download.

How did Apple approve so many apps so quickly? After the bru-ha-ha about Apple’s strict approval guidelines, the company stepped back a little and relaxed its approval process, allowing developers to submit their apps and on average seeing a quicker turnaround from Apple’s App Store review team.

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  • Quantity does not equal quality. I'd rather have 5 GREAT apps than 50 ok/sucky ones. There was a poll recently that said that most people only have 8-10 apps that they actually use on their phone. This makes it extremely hard for developers to get noticed.

    I think it's good to have a selection, but I'd rather have a more fine tuned selection based on my interests/needs. Palm was on the right Path with the Pre, but may have caved in to the numbers game, thus allowing garbage in. Android, as much as I love the OS, allows whatever in, but with their smaller numbers, at least I can search for what I want easier. How can I find the real gems in 140K+ apps?
  • People who support the Android platform come up with this argument way too many times. And it doesn't work. 1% of 140K quality apps is a lot better than 1% of 22K apps. Why do people assume that just because the iPhone has 140K apps, majority of them are crappy? The amount of innovation that's going on with the iPhone/iPod touch devices is unbelievable, and Android platform just plain sucks as far as innovation is concerned. People are just happy because it's open. Guess what - open means nothing if no one is developing for it. And for people that prefer the openness of it are everyday consumers who can't develop an app to begin with.

    The quality of apps, even the crappy ones, is a lot better on the iPhone as a platform than Android, period.

    Besides, it's all about having options and choices. And at 140K apps, there are a lot more of them.

    How do you search for relevant apps? How do you search for the best DVD player, phone etc.? You search for it based on your criteria and needs, right. So, if you want to create spreadsheets on your iPhone, you will do a search for the best app that will let you do that, and boom, there's your app right there.
  • Well you certainly didn't win any points with this blog from me by outright saying a platform "sucks" just because it doesn't fit your needs. I've never said Apple sucks; their model simply doesn't work for me. And Android does NOT suck; there are innovative programs on there, and there are some that are not; same on all platforms. You may want to be more objective on an open tech blog; it's turned me off big time.
  • Our stories are objective, but again, this is an opinion-based news brand. What makes our stories interesting is to have conflicting opinions on certain things with our readers. And comments are where we can discuss personal opinions that we can't in our stories. ;)
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