The latest app download data from App Annie shows that although Google apps are getting more downloads, Apple apps are making more money.
The app intelligence firm App Annie has released their latest data from app downloads over the first quarter of 2016. Both Google and Apple saw downloads and revenue rise over the quarter, but the Play Store still leads in downloads by 100 percent while the App Store gets 90 percent more revenue – interesting.
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The best best annual download improvement for Google came via India and on the Apple side it was China. Combines with the download uplift in China, iOS revenue went up by 120 percent year-over-year with gaming revenue itself up closer to 150 percent “” both figures good enough to grab Japan‘s overall second place spot, just behind the US, and best revenue growth on the App Store. The US showed best revenue growth for the Play Store.
Excluding gaming applications, the most downloads by category on the Play Store were for Tools and Communication apps. iOS saw Photo and Video and Entertainment as tops in downloads, but Social Networking and Music were best for the pocketbook. Communication and Social apps generated the best revenue for Google.
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Lenovo has recently stated that they would like to be the company that brings the Play Store back to China as iOS dominates the market. We will have to see whether Lenovo can come up with the goods.
Source: PocketNow (graphs via App Annie)
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