over the next few years as Apple began a process to remove old or 32-bit apps. as of 2024, the store features more than 1.9 million apps.

While Apple touts the role of the App Store in creating new jobs in the "app economy" and as of 2023 claims to have paid over $320 billion to developers, the App Store has also attracted criticism from developers and government regulators that it operates a monopoly and that Apple's 30% cut of revenues from the store is excessive. In October 2021, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets