The App Stores for Apple and Google mobile devices are typically divided into two sections: Free and paid.

The Apple App Store, where users can download software for their iPad 4, iPad mini or iPhone, is 5 years old this week.

Although Apple iOS devices such as the iPad 4 and iPad mini are wildly popular, it has been the case for quite some time that Google's Android operating system has a larger market share due in part to the fact that it is available on so many more tablets and smartphones.

Very few upcoming releases are more intriguing to those who follow the technology industry than iOS 7, which is currently in its beta stage of development and is slated come out in the fall of 2013.