Earlier promotions occurred at the one billion song and app marks and at the 100 million song milestone. The contest winner will be the individual who either downloads the 25 billionth app as determined by Apple or who submits the alternate entry form immediately after the 24,999,999,999th app download, whichever comes first.Īpple has run similar promotions in the past, with a nearly identical one for ten billion App Store downloads taking place just over a year ago and another one for ten billion iTunes Music Store downloads coming in February 2010. Users can enter the promotion either by purchasing/downloading an app from the App Store or by filling out an entry form. Within a year of both being available, tens of thousands of developers were building apps and games. Both mobile OSes originally came with a few pre-installed apps, but quickly launched app stores, which allowed third-party developers to publish apps and games. Just visit the App Store and download your best app yet. Outside of China, Apple and Google control more than 95 percent of the app store market share through iOS and Android, respectively. Download the 25 billionth app, and you could win a US$10,000 App Store Gift Card. Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves.
Apple has posted a new feature on its site promoting a countdown to 25 billion downloads for the App Store.Īs of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide.
