The Android Market now has 100,000 apps, Google announced Monday. "One hundred thousand apps in Android Market," according to a tweet posted to the AndroidDev Twitter feed.

The news comes about a week after Apple reportedly hit the 300,000 app mark in its App Store.

The Android Market made its debut in October 2008 with 34 apps and 9 games; the same day the T-Mobile G1 Android phone went on sale. Google started accepting priced applications from developers in the U.S. and the U.K. in February 2009.

By March 2009, the store reportedly had 2,300 apps, which jumped to 20,000 by year's end. This year, the Android Market hit 38,000 apps by April. An AndroLib report from July said the Market was at 100,000 apps, but Google told Engadget that number was closer to 70,000. It appears that it has finally crossed the 100,000 mark.

On Friday, Google confirmed the next version of its Android OS - dubbed Gingerbread. For each of the preceding operating systems ("Eclair" and "Froyo" being the two most recent versions) Google has added statues near the building on campus where the Android software is developed. That statuary now includes a gingerbread man.

Apple's App Store, which launched in July 2008, reached 100,000 apps in November 2009; several months after it achieved 1.5 billion downloads.