Comments on: App Store Sells 1 Billion Apps. With a B.

By: David Graham

David Graham — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:39:01 +0000

All

Gartner and Assoc estimated that only 25 to 30 percent of that 1B are paid apps. No a bad business model, so along as Apple is getting 30% of the take. Remember nothing is free in life.

dmg

By: Omari James

Omari James — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:52:15 +0000

I think if it wasn't for the iPod and iTunes , this wouldn't be possible.

But really , Kudos to Apple for creating a ecosystem for a mobile phone where music and applications are easy to access.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:10:13 +0000

I WON YAYyyyyyyy….

By: michelleyeah

michelleyeah — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:44:11 +0000

They allowed non-purchase or dl entries by filling out a form so did those count as “downloads”? The contest rules stated that if one of these entries was entered after 999,999,999 that they could be the winner… Seems that would skew the numbers, too, and negate the whole hype around the countdown.

By: Chobbs

Chobbs — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:46:29 +0000

random!

By: 3girls

3girls — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:14:45 +0000

ime, that’s because there are other countries who use $ but the value is different. I find it funny how Americans never have a +1 in front of their phone number as if the whole world needs to know the US international code by heart.

By: ime

ime — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:46:56 +0000

I love how foreign scams always say “USD”, like we ever refer to our money as having united states Dollars in my pocket.

By: Earless puppy

Earless puppy — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:39:04 +0000

@ iPhone 3.0 that is a scam @ everyone else, don’t hate yourself later for wasting your money on it now…

By: frog

frog — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:29:02 +0000

Pretty amazing numbers. And I get the impression, it’s all only just beggining – much more to come!

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:01:15 +0000

When do the Billions and Billions served signs go up in front of 1 Infinite Loop?

By: Moe

Moe — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:19:54 +0000

I think is “downloaded” 1 billion apps, not sold. Many (most?) were free downloads.

By: Frazam

Frazam — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:18:40 +0000

See there is a use for all the useless (fart) apps – how else would they have made it to a billion?

By: Sil3ntrid3r11

Sil3ntrid3r11 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:11:34 +0000

@mikesax it’s both free and paid that count for the total.

By: sting7k

sting7k — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:59:10 +0000

@Steve or some 10 year old who just was given an iPod Touch and were downloading games in the app store.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:55:55 +0000

I’m betting that the winner will be someone who bought their iPhone today and had never even heard of iTunes yesterday.

By: Mike Sax

Mike Sax — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:54:52 +0000

Dieter, is it a billion downloads (including free apps) or actual sales?

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:43:52 +0000

So, who won all the schwag?