Good news for Apple and iPhone users as the no. of iPhone applications and games on the Apple App. store has risen to 10,000 and the figure is continuously growing. A site called 148 Apps has been keeping track of all games and applications available on the App store and a summary of the statistics available on this site are given below:

Around 24% of the Games/Apps are free
Around 35% of the Games/Apps cost $.99
Average cost of Games/Apps is $3.12
Ther are around 23% Games, 11% Entertainment Apps, 10% utilities, 7% Educational Apps, 5% Productivity Apps, 5% Books, 5% Lifestyle Apps, 4% Reference Apps, 4% Health Apps, 4% Travel Apps, 3% Sports Apps, 3% Music Apps, 3% Navigation Apps, 3% Business Apps, 2.5% Finance Apps, 2% Photography Apps, 2% Social Networking Apps, 1.5% News Apps and 0.5% Weather Apps.

148 Apps has also compiled a list of top 148 all time iPhone Apps, top 148 free iPhone Apps, top 148 free iPhone Games, top 148 paid iPhone Apps and top 148 paid iPhone Games.

Source: Crunch Gear