Windows Store for Windows 8 is getting dozens of new apps every day and its pretty difficult to keep track of new apps and there is no detailed statistics available for Store. We decided to make statistics of apps available in Store and sorted them category wise as well as in paid and free ones. This statistics will give you a glimpse of overall app inclusion in Store and also, how frequently the apps are being added in Store.
According to our latest count there are 1043 apps available in Store (counted on September 9, 2012) out of which 175 are paid ones and 868 are free which makes 83.22% apps free.
The most popular category is Games with total 203 apps out of which 157 are free and 46 are paid ones making 77.34% apps free.
The second most popular category is the News & Weather with 98.23% free apps. There are total 113 apps in this category including 111 free and 2 paid apps.
The category with the smallest number of apps is the Security with 4 total apps and 1 paid and 3 free apps making 75% apps free.
Interestingly, Tools category in Store is the second in paid one with 30% paid apps but, it ranks fourth in total app ranking.
Government category in Store is the only one which doesnt have any paid app and Security, Shopping, Travel & Social have only one paid app.
You can see all the data in the graph below.
enlarged size 1581x1044Note: The app count and app type in Store can differ from location to location.
