(Distimmo) Analysis of US Apple Apps store for Iphone and Ipad

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April - 2010
Source: Distimmo

The major findings are: 
- The number of applications in the Apple App Store for iPad has grown
to 4,870 since the release of the iPad on April 3rd. In the last
two weeks alone, the number of iPad applications has grown by 32.7%.
- The largest application category on the iPad is Games with 1
,577 titles (32%), followed by Entertainment and Books with 455
and 396 titles, respectively.
- Of the 186,414 applications in the Apple App Store for iPhone,
73% are paid, while 80% of the 4,870 applications in the Apple App
Store for iPad are paid.
- An application in the Apple App Store for iPhone costs $3.82 on
average, as opposed to $4.67 in the Apple App Store for iPad.
- On the Apple App Store for iPad, Medical and Finance applications
are the most expensive at $42.11 and $18.48 on average,
respectively. This is significantly more than the average price
for applications in these categories on the Apple App Store for
iPhone ($10.74 and $5.74).