Which company launched the iOS App Store in 2008?

Which company launched the iOS App Store in 2008? Apple.

Apple launched the App Store on July 10, 2008, as a centralized marketplace for third-party software on the iPhone and iPod touch. The service arrived alongside iPhone OS 2.0 and changed the phone from a mostly fixed product into a platform that users could continually expand.

The store opened with about 500 applications, including both free and paid software. Within its first weekend, users downloaded 10 million apps, demonstrating the demand for simple mobile software distributed through a trusted storefront. Apple handled review, hosting, payments, and delivery through its ecosystem.

A common mix-up is treating the App Store as something launched with the original 2007 iPhone. That device did not initially support a native third-party app marketplace; Apple first promoted web applications, then released its software development kit in 2008. Apple later added in-app purchases in 2009, helping establish the mobile-app economy.