Apple claims that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps from its App Store, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. Apple's App Store has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December with over two billion downloads during the month, the Cupertino, California-based company announced today. Apple's developer community has also created over 775,000 apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide, and developers have been paid over seven billion dollars by Apple.