Android Apps Market May Overtake Apple Market by 2012

                                 


Google’s most appreciatable gift to whole world Android is going to boom the entire Smartphone market very soon. Even thou, its fences are already in a move to touch the sky. Today almost every leading mobile manufacturing company has adopted Android as a base model of for their Smartphones. Nokia was the last one who too joined this emerging bandwagon. Android has been gaining substantially since last year and filling the gap too quickly. Such enormous growth has fledged the biggest arms of Smartphone industry. Apple is being considered as a soft cum hard target for leading Google’s product.

                                   

According to the IHS Screen Digest data, Apple app store grew 131 percent as compared to 861 percent year on year growth by Android App Market.  Although, Android growth is on much smaller footprint, but it is still quite praiseworthy given it is the youngest of all. As per as report released by Lookout Media, with this growing trends Android Market will have more apps than the Apple App Store by mid-2012!

“Apple Vs Google”

Highlights of both these tech giants recent developments: Genome Report

• The number of apps accessible on the Android Market amplified by approx 127% since August 2010, while the Apple App Store grew at a relative rate of 44%.
• Both these markets continue to grow at the same rate; the Android Market will have more apps than the Apple App Store by mid-2012.
• Android Market developers on average release more apps than Apple App Store developers. On average the Android Market has 6.2 apps per developer and the Apple App Store has 4.8 apps per developer.
• The Android Market’s frequency of paid apps increased from 22% in August 2010 to 34% in February 2011, whereas the percentage of paid apps in the Apple App Store decreased slightly during the same period, going from 71% to 66%.
• Android Market price points have been dominating: the proportion of paid Android Market apps estimate $0.99 or less decreased from 61% in August 2010 to 37% in Feb 2011.

• The largest areas of growth in the Android Market are in apps priced at $1-$9.99. It is about $1-$2.99 and $3-$9.99, estimating as a significant growth.

• AdMob is the main player on the Android Market, being incorporated into over 40% of free apps.