Apple App Store Now Offers More Than 500,000 Apps

 Today Apple announced that the App Store now has more than 500,000 apps, as customers continue to download more than 1 billion apps per month.

Apple revolutionized the app industry with the App Store, which now has more than 500,000 apps and where customers have downloaded more than 18 billion apps and continue to download more than 1 billion apps per month, as stated in Apple's press release touting its announcement.

 The Cupertino company also announced that over 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in less than one year.

With thousands of free and paid apps availble, the iPhone has become a best seller thanks to its content-rich features. So what are some of the best apps to have? We compiled a list of the 10 Must-Have Types of Apps this year for the iPhone, with social networking programs, such as Facebook and Twitter, topping the list. Be sure to check out the full list before you pay for an app that you could have downloaded for free!