10,000 iPhone Apps, Roughly 5.5% Local
iPhone tracking site 148apps.com said over the weekend that the number of apps in the iTunes store has now passed 10,000 (10,134 to be precise). The site breaks them out by price, category and when they were submitted:
Price:
- Free -- 2,431
- $0.99 -- 3,521
- $1.99 -- 1,436
- Above: 2,746
Type/category:
- Games -- 2,340
- Entertainment -- 1,129
- Utilities -- 1,017
- Education -- 739
- Productivity -- 521
- Books -- 513
- Lifestyle -- 509
- Reference -- 449
- Travel -- 438
- Healthcare & Fitness -- 430
- Sports -- 345
- Music -- 330
- Navigation -- 285
- Business -- 270
- Finance -- 253
- Photography -- 194
- Social Networking -- 175
- News -- 145
- Weather -- 52
According to Skyhook Wireless (as of 11/7/08) roughly 530 apps are location-aware (just over 5% of the total):
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Update: after I posted yesterday, Skyhook updated its slides. It appears location aware apps for the iPhone are now closing in on about 600 or 6% of the total number of apps:
