That should be "iOS version share".
iOS usage share, at least in the iOS App Store, is always 100%.
Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
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Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#12As measured by the App store. I would be surprised if the general population is the same distribution. People who go often to the app store probably update more often. Still for developers it is a relevant number.
Everyone I've seen has very similar numbers:
https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_frag
http://david-smith.org/iosversionstats/
http://stats.unity3d.com/mobile/index-ios.html
David Smith's numbers throw a few more percentage points to iOS 5, but he's a smaller sample size and his stats are two weeks old. Unity is similar, but it looks from the UI that their data is generated monthly.
Mixpanel's are the most up-to-date and their numbers mirror Apple's.
Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#13This is clearly a follow up to the marketing push to developers that began at WWDC. An unsurprising addition given the fact that there's really no solution to the iOS 7 UI revamp without making Apps iOS 7 only.
It was my impression from the sessions that applications which use mostly system UI can be done in a way that works (and looks nice) on both OSes by relying on AutoLayout. And if you made a completely custom UI, it'll look as foreign to iOS7 as it looks to iOS6 now.
Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#14This is clearly a follow up to the marketing push to developers that began at WWDC. An unsurprising addition given the fact that there's really no solution to the iOS 7 UI revamp without making Apps iOS 7 only.
CityMapper have recently launched a new UI which is very ios7. Looks great on ios6
Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#15As measured by the App store. I would be surprised if the general population is the same distribution. People who go often to the app store probably update more often. Still for developers it is a relevant number.
It's not clear what that actually means though. Consider this: every iPhone that has an active data connection regularly contacts the App Store to see if there are updates(i) to apps, regardless of whether or not the user actively visits the store. Are these update checks counted by the graph? What about system updates? Are those counted as going through the App Store?
Regardless, we can be relatively sure that that graph is there to help developers when deciding which versions of iOS they should support. It would not be surprising if Apple decided simply to include only active App Store shoppers, because this is the number that actually interests developers.
(i) I'm not actually sure if this is true if you have never installed an app from the App Store - there is maybe an exception where these phones don't check for updates in this case.
Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#16When you have a million users, 70,000 of them is a pretty big number to neglect.
edit: numbers
Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#17Did anyone else notice? Header: iOS 6.1 and Xcode 4.6.2 Text : Make sure your devices are running iOS 6.1 and your Mac has Xcode 4.6.1 And I'm currently on Xcode 4.6.3 nitpicking, just kinda amusing.
Xcode 4 also requires Lion or Mountain Lion. I wonder what percentage of apple computers are still running Snow Leopard (or earlier).
Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#18When you have a million users, 70,000 of them is a pretty big number to neglect. edit: numbers
Or other way around, cost to support 7% of your users may be to high to neglect. Sometimes it makes sense to spend that time and effort on the rest 93%.
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#19Did anyone else notice? Header: iOS 6.1 and Xcode 4.6.2 Text : Make sure your devices are running iOS 6.1 and your Mac has Xcode 4.6.1 And I'm currently on Xcode 4.6.3 nitpicking, just kinda amusing.
Xcode 4 also requires Lion or Mountain Lion. I wonder what percentage of apple computers are still running Snow Leopard (or earlier).
I can't update to 4.6.3 because I'm running Mavericks, I get the 'your OS is too new' dialogue.
Xcode 5 DP is nice, if a bit crashy.
Re: Apple now shows iOS usage share on App Store
#20Is this the US app store or regional app stores, all over the planet, averaged?