The number of free applications in the Android Market has exceeded the number of the same in the AppStore

Some time ago a topic was published on Habré according to which the percentage of free applications in the Android Market exceeds the percentage of such applications in the AppStore. Now Google has achieved an absolute result for this parameter. According to a report by Distimo , an analytic company published on April 27, the number of free apps in the Android Market application store has exceeded the number of the same in the AppStore, and a significant amount. Google’s store contains 134,342 free apps, while the AppStore has 121,845. On the other hand, the number of paid apps available on the Android Market is about one third of the number of paid apps that can be downloaded from the AppStore. Unfortunately, the report does not contain statistics on countries-publishers of free applications, and such statistics would be more than interesting.

The same report predicts that within the next five months, the Android Market will become the largest application store for mobile platforms.