A mixed bag of results for Android apps according to the latest App Annie Index for W2 of 2013 which showed Google Play downloads higher than iOS App store downloads by 10%. The downside is that the top iOS apps are generating 2.3 times the revenue of the top Google Play apps. In terms of downloads, Russia continues to climb the iOS App Store charts and now finds itself joining the United States as the only countries in the top five on both the Google Play and iOS App Store top download lists. Another market to keep an eye on is Brazil, which climbed two spots to take a spot as one of the top countries for downloads from the Google Play store.
In looking at the apps that consumers are downloading, games continue to dominate. This is good news for developers hoping to cash in as games generated 80% of all revenue for Google Play developers and 75% of all revenue for iOS App Store developers. Following behind Games in Google Play were downloads of Communication apps after jumping two spots since the first quarter. Meanwhile, in iOS land the top three download categories remained stable with Entertainment and Photo & Video apps taking the number two and three spots.
On the monetization side, iOS Music apps gained three spots this past quarter while Social Networking apps picked up one spot, though both continue to trail Games. The big loser is the Productivity category which slipped to fourth place. Things were more stable in the Google Play store where developers continued to primarily make money with Games, Communication and Social apps. Interestingly, Travel & Local apps jumped into the top five, knocking Productivity off the list.
source: App Annie
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