Last year, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore made the bold proclamation that the
"app gap" between Windows Phone and other platforms would be closed in 2014.
We're only one and a half months from the end of the year, and although
the app gap still exists, Microsoft has announced new numbers that show
promise. The Windows and Windows Phone Stores now combine for well over
500,000 apps.
Microsoft says that as of September
30th, the Windows Phone Store contains about 340,000 apps, while the
Windows Store has around 187,000 apps. Of course, Microsoft has plans to
merge the two stores into one with the release of Windows 10 next year,
so the total of 527,000 apps is subject to change. That's not too bad a
number for Windows Phone, which had 300,000 apps
just a couple months before; so, it seems like the WP Store is gaining a
bit of steam. The total number will fluctuate both because of more apps
coming, but also because of apps from the two stores will also merge
with the push for universal Windows apps.
Given
that Android and iOS stopped bothering to count total apps after they
each surpassed one billion, Windows is still lagging well behind in
terms of pure numbers. But, as we looked through before, the app gap
isn't as wide as the numbers would suggest. Windows does have viable
options for most needs, and only really lags behind other mobile
platforms in terms of things like banking apps and games.
source: Microsoft via Windows Central
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