Number of apps from the Apple App Store 2022

In October 2022, the App Store offered more than one million gaming apps. In contrast, the store had 3.80 million non-gaming apps available in the same period. During the third quarter of 2022, the number of mobile apps in the Apple App Store decreased by almost 25 percent compared to the previous quarter.

Apple App Store

The Apple App Store opened on July 10, 2008 via an update to iTunes. This coincided with Apple’s launch of the second-generation iPhone 3G which supported mobile apps. Applications in the App Store are only available for iOS devices - the tech industry frequently refers to Apple's ecosystem of devices and operating systems as a "walled garden."

Leading iOS categories

As of 2022, the most popular Apple App Store category was gaming with over 13.66 percent of apps being games. The second most popular app category was business, followed by education, and lifestyle apps. Mobile gaming apps usually generate the majority of their revenue through advertising and in-app purchases with only little more than a third of games being paid downloads. Popular gaming apps in the App Store include Clash Royale, Candy Crush Saga, casino games and Clash of Clans, the currently top grossing iOS game.

Number of available apps in the Apple App Store from 2008 to October 2022

Characteristic	Apps	Games
2022-10	3,806,426	1,015,477
2022-09	3,805,600	1,015,285
2022-08	3,803,035	1,014,787
2022-07	3,800,187	1,014,128
2022-06	3,797,691	1,013,591
2022-05	3,795,463	1,013,089
2022-04	3,792,935	1,012,580
2022-03	3,790,647	1,012,065
2022-02	3,788,028	1,011,448
2022-01	3,785,860	1,010,914
2021-12	3,783,382	1,010,321
2021-11	3,781,138	1,009,761
2021-10	3,778,923	1,009,228
2021-09	3,760,693	1,006,741
2021-08	3,749,270	1,005,051
2021-07	3,596,054	984,198
2021-06	3,593,828	983,755
2021-05	3,590,825	983,203
2021-04	3,579,307	981,579
2021-03	3,575,624	980,838
2021-02	3,573,356	980,376
2021-01	3,571,461	980,002
2020-12	3,562,611	978,531
2020-11	3,538,057	974,686
2020-10	3,514,211	971,188
2020-09	3,428,656	959,140
2020-08	3,424,494	958,297
2020-07	3,420,161	957,390
2019-07	3,062,241	903,489
2018-07	2,450,223	811,911
2017-07	2,338,835	783,269
2016-07	1,975,112	631,091
2015-07	1,404,576	396,094
2014-07	958,048	223,988
2013-07	715,364	162,548
2012-07	452,974	118,993
2011-07	281,298	89,499
2010-07	153,573	65,729
2009-07	71,707	50,410
2008-07	49,538	44,678