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Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobile App Downloads

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Re: Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobile App Downloads

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Post by Kylekramer »

bgentry wrote: post #2

I'm willing to bet that the Android Market's percentage of paid app downloads is still negligible.

Considering many of the top grossing apps on Android (and iOS as well) are free with in app purchasing, I am starting to believe paid app downloads are going to increasingly become a niche market for apps.

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Post by danudey »

bgentry wrote: post #2

I'm willing to bet that the Android Market's percentage of paid app downloads is still negligible.

I also wonder how ad-supported apps affect these numbers. If apps are free but ad-supported, there's more incentive to download and try them out, even if you only ever use them once and then delete them.

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Post by cryptoz »

As an Android developer, I love this trend. It's amazing to be able to reach such a large and growing audience in the mobile world without having to live inside Apple's ecosystem. It's also exciting that the high-end Android phones out now are increasingly awesome. I hope this translates into an increase in paid apps' success, given that more users with more money seem to be using Android.

Re: Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobile App Downloads

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Post by nextparadigms »

Kylekramer wrote: post #4
bgentry wrote: post #2

I'm willing to bet that the Android Market's percentage of paid app downloads is still negligible.

Considering many of the top grossing apps on Android (and iOS as well) are free with in app purchasing, I am starting to believe paid app downloads are going to increasingly become a niche market for apps.

You're right. Last I checked free apps were like 2/3 of the total number of apps in the Apple Appstore. Now it could be higher.

Re: Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobile App Downloads

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Post by ryanhuff »

cryptoz wrote: post #6

As an Android developer, I love this trend. It's amazing to be able to reach such a large and growing audience in the mobile world without having to live inside Apple's ecosystem. It's also exciting that the high-end Android phones out now are increasingly awesome. I hope this translates into an increase in paid apps' success, given that more users with more money seem to be using Android.

Are you selling Android apps in the Market? If you are, have you experienced any changes in peoples propensity to purchase Android apps in the Market?
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