App Store vs. Google Play: what happens to applications market?

The number of devices on Android is amazing, every day to the army, added the anonymous android recruits and famous manufacturers of smartphones have long chosen the Android operating system for its devices. It would seem that the application store for Android - Google Play - have long had to surpass the App Store from Apple. But the App Store is still the best on the planet app store in terms of profits for developers.

It confirms studyConducted by the Dutch company Distimo.

In November, the total daily revenue of developers in the App Store has surpassed $ 15 million. With Google Play, the November daily profit development was $ 3.5 million.

I must say that Goole Play actively growing - revenues of developers increased by 43% over the past four months, at the time, App Store has grown by 21% over the same period. However, the app store for Android is still a long time to catch up with its rival.

A few interesting details from Ditimo report:

The country where the income is growing fastest: Russia leads in profit growth of applications on the iPad (143%), Japan topped the list of most profitable countries in the application for the iPhone (+ 138%), and Korea increased by 94% in Google Play.

The fastest-growing applications: AOL and Facebook crossed the mark of one million users, the latter took for this 9 months. And the application Draw Something it took only 9 days. Line Pop had grown to a million users in three days, and 12 days received a $ 1 million profit.

The fees become more concentratedIn January of the outgoing year 11 applications made 10% of all App Store charges. By November 2012 they were 7.

The average price of an application varies from platform to platform: The price of applications fell for the year by 8% for the iPad and 16% for the iPhone. Paid applications on Google Play, on average, more expensive than the App Store. The most expensive applications - navigation.

Domestic purchases versus paid apps: Profit from in-app purchase increased by 69% this year, but one-time sale of applications still generate 35% of the profits for the top 10 App Store.