An "App" is an application for a mobile phone, especially a smartphone. Apps range from games to study guides and everywhere in between and on the sides. I had a hard time tracking down exact numbers for apps since there are plenty of new apps every day. In 2010, ZDnet had Android apps hitting 50,000 so we know that there are more than 50k apps today, unless some have been deleted. I forget where I read this and was not able to pull up the webpage again, but the person in charge of app development at Google was disappointed in the speed of development of droid apps. As far as Apple goes, there are over 350k apps available (you have to look at the heading of the page to see the reference to the 350k apps). An apptivity is an activity using an App. It's a great idea and I think it might be something that could eventually be used educationally.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/50000-android-apps-just-in-time-for-the-droid-incredible/2019
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/app-store.html
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