Number of apps from the Apple App Store 2022

In July 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 July 2022

Characteristic	Apps	Games
2022-07	3,800,187	1,014,128
2021-07	3,596,054	984,198
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