Apple App Store said to hit 500,000 apps by ben patterson | May 24, 2011 | news That’s an unofficial number, mind you (Apple is only saying “over 350,000” for now), but still—impressive. Nipping at the Apple’s heels: Google’s Android Market, which in March had an estimated 250,000 apps and (rapidly) climbing. Source: The Loop Related posts: Apple’s “iCloud”: Which features will be free, and which won’t? Number of iPad apps in App Store: 100,000 and counting Apple’s Back to School deal: Buy a Mac, get $100 worth of apps iOS tip: If you can’t delete ’em, hide ’em (Apple apps, I mean)