App Store Passes the 7,000 iPad Apps Mark

By Bill | May 21, 2010 | 10 comments

Last night, Apple’s app store surpassed the 7,000 mark for available iPad apps. Apple exceeded adding 7,000 iPad apps in less than 7 weeks, averaging out to 1,000 apps per week which were uploaded by developers and approved by Apple since the iPad’s launch on April 3rd.

When the iPhone app store was first launched on July 11, 2008, it took nearly two months for 3,000 apps to be available. Developers have managed to create more than double this number for the iPad and in half the time. We have been tracking iPad apps via our App Tracker and have seen an average of 150 apps added per day to the app store. This pace has been steady over the past several weeks without any signs of slowing.

The iPad has seen a variety of top apps across a range of categories. Productivity apps and Games have been two of the most popular categories with such hits as Apple’s iWork suite of apps (Pages, Keynote and Numbers), GoodReader for iPad, Real Racing HD, Scrabble for iPad and Pinball HD all placing in the Top 10 for paid apps. On the free side, we’ve seen iBooks, USA Today, Netflix, ABC Player and Pocket Pond HD all rank within the Top 10 for several weeks.

Both the number of apps and pace of growth indicates the high interest by developers and consumers for the iPad. Based on the current rate we’re tracking, we should see the Apps Store hit 10,000 iPad apps sometime this June.

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James katt

It will be very interesting to see when the number of iPad apps exceeds the number of Android apps!

When that happens, jaws will drop!

And we’ll be laughing on the floor!
http://www.sebastianhahn.de Sebastian

My personal iPad countdown says (right now): 5 days 19 hours 49 minutes and about 10 seconds (9, 8, 7…)
http://www.sebastianhahn.de Sebastian

And I agree with James katt – the moment iPad only apps (or universal apps) pass the overall number of Android apps we’ll be celebratin’ like hell.
lrd

I agree that it’s nice to see 7K apps so fast.

More importantly to me is all the good reviews and press it’s getting. The iPAD is actually gaining momentum since its launch here the states.

The bad news: I’ve reserved an iPAD and it’s been 7 days already and no news from Apple.

With the international launch but a week away, Apple’s got some real supply & demand challenges ahead.

I’d like to see Apple have a blowout quarter financially, but if it can meet demand that’s not going to happen.

Ted

Get ready to wait… I reserved a 3G 32GB on May 6th, then just yesterday (May 23rd) did my iPad come in… so it’s a serious issue since demand is so strong… It’s going to be like this all year, Apple is trying to catch up, but the iPad is just too well made, too fast, and well… wonderful.

So 2 weeks is roughly the wait time… Online bight be faster, but not by much…

http://www.cyclelogicpress.com Neil Anderson

“It will be very interesting to see when the number of iPad apps exceeds the number of Android apps!”

Likely to be about the same time we pass that other technology company in market share value.
honkj

7000 iPad apps already surpasses the number of Android apps that work on any single Android device, there are so many different types of Android devices that most crash apps because the apps were not designed for the larger or smaller screen or the different controller types, or the button arrangements… what is even more funny is of the 60 devices, 90% will be history in 1 year, and 80 more devices will take their place, none of which will be able to run current apps well without crashing…

the Android app development is a real mess… most people are going to be very unhappy once they realize how few apps work on their particular device… and the people buying obsolete devices before they get them home is staggering…
James Katt

Of the 416 apps I already have in my collection, 86 are iPad specific Apps!

The iPad is so engrossing, I primarily now shop for iPad apps.

My own iPhone app set is fairly complete.

But the iPad has more possibilities than the iPhone. Thus more, more, more and more is better!

Here we go!
Kathleen in the Woods

I love the ipad. I can play Farmville on it and use it for messaging and email. It’s the perfect solution than dragging my big laptop everywhere. I bought my dad a router so I could hook up to it when I visit him (a few times wk) and instead of having to use his computer, I use this. I bought the external keyboard, yet I don’t know why yet as I haven’t used it. But if I’m sitting at a table or desk then it makes sense. I actually have used the ipad in bed, at the hospital when someone was in surgery, at my ex’s apt. (where I cannot get a signal with AT&T for my iphone-or any cell phone-talk about the sticks).
All in all I’d like to see them allow Adobe so I can do other things, I suppose that will take time to come to an agreement on that one.
Fits in my purse, lightweight, can’t complain. Now get me talking about my iphone 4…….that’s another story!
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