Distimo's report also provides a look at the number of apps in other major mobile application stores. As of February 2011, there were over 300,000 iPhone apps, but only half as many for Android smartphones.

Other competitors such as Blackberry App World, Nokia's Ovi Store, WebOS App Catalog, and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Apps Marketplace all had less than 50,000 apps, according to Distimo. Microsoft is making some gains in terms of app numbers, the company announced on Tuesday that .

Even though Distimo's report discussed the Mac App Store, the report did not consider app stores for Windows such as for netbooks.

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