The App Store Turns One + Three Days

Apple celebrated the one year anniversary of the App Store by announcing an amazing milestone: 1.5 billion files have been downloaded from the store since it went live last year.

If you remember, back in April we were waiting on the App Store’s one billionth download. Less than three months later, another half billion applications have already been downloaded, an amazing amount of growth. The App Store currently offers more than 65,000 applications, with over 100,000 registered developers.

“The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both scale and quality,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With 1.5 billion apps downloaded, it is going to be very hard for others to catch up.”

Apple delivered the App Store one year anniversary announcement today, July 14, although the App Store actually opened on July 11, 2008. Maybe Apple needs a new calendar app?