Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
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Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
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Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#2Does anyone have suggestions on how to find quality Android apps? I've saturated the primary sources of the Play store, AppBrain, and to an extent, Subreddits about Android. There are only so many times a person can open up the Play store and See Beautiful Widgets HD and Cut the Rope before the person gets disappointed.
This isn't meant to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious what the best ways are to discover Android apps.
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#3Does anyone have suggestions on how to find quality Android apps? I've saturated the primary sources of the Play store, AppBrain, and to an extent, Subreddits about Android. There are only so many times a person can open up the Play store and See Beautiful Widgets HD and Cut the Rope before the person gets disappointed. This isn't meant to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious what the best ways are to discover Android ap…
I find most apps by searching.
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#4Does anyone have suggestions on how to find quality Android apps? I've saturated the primary sources of the Play store, AppBrain, and to an extent, Subreddits about Android. There are only so many times a person can open up the Play store and See Beautiful Widgets HD and Cut the Rope before the person gets disappointed. This isn't meant to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious what the best ways are to discover Android ap…
Yeah, I really wish there was a way to cycle through new apps or recommended apps in a much more frequent fashion. Maybe with some kind of recommendation system from other people?
I love it whenever the have the cheap $0.10 or $0.25 sales, not just because the apps are cheap, but also because they present a dozen or so apps a lot of which I've never seen before...
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#5Does anyone have suggestions on how to find quality Android apps? I've saturated the primary sources of the Play store, AppBrain, and to an extent, Subreddits about Android. There are only so many times a person can open up the Play store and See Beautiful Widgets HD and Cut the Rope before the person gets disappointed. This isn't meant to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious what the best ways are to discover Android ap…
I use Android Police's excellent suggestions that come out once every 2 weeks or so. They always have an interesting app or two. Besides that, suggestions on /r/android.
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#6Reportedly around two thirds of mobile apps are never even downloaded.[1] And of those that are downloaded, a majority are used fewer than 10 times in total.[2] It's not the number of apps that matters, but the number of apps that people will actually use. In this regard, both the Android and iOS app ecosystem are still relatively immature and poised for considerable growth.
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[1] http://gigaom.com/europe/app-store-infested-with-zombie-soft...
[2] http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/localytics_app_us...
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#7Reportedly around two thirds of mobile apps are never even downloaded.[1] And of those that are downloaded, a majority are used fewer than 10 times in total.[2] It's not the number of apps that matters, but the number of apps that people will actually use . In this regard, both the Android and iOS app ecosystem are still relatively immature and poised for considerable growth. -- [1] http://gigaom.com/europe/app-store…
That is the argument microsoft has been using for its windows phone apps. Quality over quantity
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#8As a google shareholder i'd love to see the fee droping to a sane rate (say 10%? That's not enough? Ok, 20%?). Because that would be a __huge__ plus for the android platform IMO.
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#9Reportedly around two thirds of mobile apps are never even downloaded.[1] And of those that are downloaded, a majority are used fewer than 10 times in total.[2] It's not the number of apps that matters, but the number of apps that people will actually use . In this regard, both the Android and iOS app ecosystem are still relatively immature and poised for considerable growth. -- [1] http://gigaom.com/europe/app-store…
I think the unfortunate truth is that everyone who has a big app store will continue to tout that because they're trying to grow their marketplace. "Our market is thriving, come join us!" is the message.
But with the exception of game churn, I think most people find core apps they want and stick to those. Probably the only other market as active as games is productivity apps, where people just love to churn.
Re: Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
#10Does anyone have suggestions on how to find quality Android apps? I've saturated the primary sources of the Play store, AppBrain, and to an extent, Subreddits about Android. There are only so many times a person can open up the Play store and See Beautiful Widgets HD and Cut the Rope before the person gets disappointed. This isn't meant to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious what the best ways are to discover Android ap…
No idea, but whilst I am here... I have fallen in love with this timer app:
http://www.opoloo.com/timer
It's transformed my cooking as now I no longer burn my pizzas.
I half kid. It is beautiful, and I would love to find other incredibly functional, well-thought out, complete and gorgeous apps.
As to the comment above about it being quality over quantity... no, it's both, quality and quantity. The long tail should be served, but I want the quality to exist at the tallest part of that histogram.