The number of Android apps in the Android Market is still less than the number of applications in the Apple App Store. But the gap between them narrowing.
Based on report form application analysis Distimo , which quoted by VentureBeat, the number of applications in the Android Market has reached 400,000 applications.
While in the same period, the number of applications in the Apple App Store, according to data from 148Apps.biz, reaching 540,000 applications.
Distimo noted, the rate of growth of applications in the Android Market is still slightly slower than the Apple App Store. To reach 400,000 Android Market took two months longer.
Currently, two-thirds of the number of applications in the Android Market is a free application. The number of free applications and "Freemium" as growth factors
Until now, the number of Android application developers already reached 100,000 developers. That is, each developer makes an average of 4 applications.
On the other side, Windows Phone has reached 50,000 applications until the end of 2011. The platform is relatively much younger is indeed not have much time to grow.