Will we see 10,000 iPhone apps this year?

Jonny Evans
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October 13, 2008
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We thought it may be worth a quick look at the data being generated by iPhone application analytics firm, Mobclix, which has been monitoring applications for just over a month.

Mobclix demands developers insert just 15 lines of code into their apps. Once that code is included within the application the software will track and analyse each app. The current statistics from the firm show that even since Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that 3,000 applications were available through the App Store on September 9 an additional 1.093 pieces of software have shipped (974 free, 3119 paid) - and the total is growing fast, with the analysis currently suggesting we'll see around 10,000 such applications appear by the end of the year.

Breaking down the figures, we learn that the split favours games, with around 25 per cent of the applications available being games.

  • Games: 1,027 (31.4%)
  • Utilities: 476 (13.5%)
  • Entertainment: 407 (12.4%)
  • Productivity: 240 (7.3%)
  • Education: 213 (6.5%)
  • Books: 202 (6.2%)
  • Reference: 191 (5.8%)
  • Travel: 184 (5.6%)
  • Healthcare + Fitness: 176 (5.4%)
  • Lifestyle: 158 (4.8%)

With new applications emerging daily, the top five new applications include: Crossword Dictionary Online Edition; Lil' Pinata; Lil' SnowMan; ShakeWise and Zen of Ten.

The leading top five games include: iSlots, Tap Tap Revenge, Dactyl, Labryinth Lite, Blue Skies Lite.

Comments (12)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 6:40am

That chart proves that just because you use a mac you don´t necessarily get usability...

It´s practically impossible to match up the shades of blue on the chart with their respective items in the legend.

Quite unreadable.

Jonny Evans | October 13, 2008 - 6:56am

 Your input matters to us - but why not take it to the people who made the chart?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 6:56am

haha, i just wanted to post the same...

terrible chart!

Goobi (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 7:12am

Great job with using similar colours for the different fields of the chart. It's something Apple would do*

*not really.

Goobi (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 7:14am

Ah. I see it wasn't you who made the chart. In any case, there's no way to say this to the mobiclix guys so we're venting it out on you. :)

Jonny Evans | October 13, 2008 - 7:27am

 Carry on then. 

Voltron (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 7:28am

That is an awful chart. The only thing I could tell was, of all the categories, one was particularly popular, while several had only marginal share. Good to know, I guess?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 7:53am

The people who made the chart can easily be reacehed at http://www.mobclix.com/company/contactus/.

Gee gosh. That easy huh?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 9:33am

Hang on let me get the eyedropper tool out in Photoshop to figure out which color is which. Must be a joke.

Neven (not verified) | October 13, 2008 - 10:41am

If you post a chart without including a link to its page on the website of whoever created it, then expect visitors to assume you made the chart. Did you think everyone would go exploring the entire mobclix website before they concluded the chart was theirs?

P.S. I did just that - it's at http://www.mobclix.com/appstores/

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 17, 2008 - 5:56pm

http://www.mobclix.com/appstore/
that url actually works unlike the one above...

looks like the charts have been updated and your screenshot above is old. its in flash so its easy to idtenify categories - check it out mate!

Vishal Gurbuxani (not verified) | October 17, 2008 - 5:58pm

Thanks for everyone's comments!

We are working on a quick update and will let everyone know ASAP.

Please email me if you have any questions: vishal@mobclix.com

cheers

vishal