App Store to reach 10,000 apps soon

I keep chipping away at my wife to let me get an iPhone for Christmas, and one of my selling points is the wealth of applications that are available for the device. “It will just make our lives better,” I tell her. As reported by Mac Rumors, the actual number of applications stands at 9,676 as of this writing, due to various things such as trademark infringement and discontinued apps (pulled and released). Games continue to dominate the App Store with 24% of all apps, followed by entertainment (11.6%) and utilities (10.9%). Games also seem to dominate the top 100 paid and top 100 free apps.

Now let’s look at this from an outside perspective.