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

Re:Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobil... by bgentry on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @01:18PM (#3154878)

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

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Re:Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobil... by Kylekramer on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @01:34PM (#3154965)

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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Re:Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobil... by nextparadigms on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @01:40PM (#3154994)

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.

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Re:Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobil... by danudey on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @01:35PM (#3154971)

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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Re:Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobil... by mezeek on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @01:29PM (#3154932)

Ya, they'll get that just by the volume of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc. downloads

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