Report: Android Market Hits 400,000 Apps

·     Google's Android Market reportedly skated past the 400,000 app mark last weekend.

·        According to app store tracker Distimo, the growth in the Android Market was driven chiefly by free apps, which comprised 68 percent of the available applications in the store by the end of 2011, up from 60% from last April. 

·        He numbers have not been confirmed by Google. However, last month Google announced that customers have downloaded more than 10 billion apps from the Android Market, an increase from 1 billion in July 2010.

·        Apple's App Store reached 400,000 apps in June 2011. However, the caveat here is that iOS apps must pass a strict approval process before they're allowed in, while developers are free to upload their apps to the Android Market directly. 

·        Launched in October 2008, the Android Market also now boasts more than 100,000 active publishers, Distimo added.