Distimo says the catalogue has grown 32.7 per cent in two weeks.
The research also finds that the largest application category on the iPad is games with 1,577 titles (32 per cent), followed by entertainment and books with 455 and 396 titles, respectively.
Of the 186,414 applications in the Apple App Store for iPhone, 73 per cent are paid, while 80 per cent of the 4,870 applications in the Apple App Store for iPad are paid.
An application in the Apple App Store for iPhone costs $3.82 on average, as opposed to $4.67 in the Apple App Store for iPad.
On the Apple App Store for iPad, Medical and Finance applications are the most expensive at $42.11 and $18.48 on average, respectively. This is more than the average price for applications in these categories on the Apple App Store for iPhone ($10.74 and $5.74).
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