Google has confirmed that there are now 30,000 free and paid applications in the Android Market.
TechCrunch reports that the number of applications has nearly doubled from 16,000 in just three months. Other figures were provided by third-party developer AndroLib, which said it was only six months ago when Google’s Android Market had 10,000 applications.
Google’s Android Market growth has not been as fast or furious as Apple’s App Store. In fact, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) said in January that it had more than 140,000 applications, or almost twice as more as Google (NSDQ: GOOG).
But with major support for the Google Android platform coming from many handset makers and carriers, that number should increase even more. In December, Flurry a mobile-application analytics firm, forecasted that the Android Market could have as many as 150,000 apps by the end of 2010. But in fact, the Market could be close to achieving that as soon as September if it continues doubling in size every three months. Of course, the App Store is unlikely to stay constant, and could have many more apps by the end of the year.
TechCrunch said Google declined to say what percentage of apps in the market are paid versus free, but AndroLib estimated that the ratio is about 39 percent paid vs. 61 percent free.http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/03/16/google-android-market-now-serving-30000-apps/
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