At the most new Mobile World Congress, Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggested which the company’s partners have been right away offered over 60,000 Android handsets upon the every day basis. With which kind of growth rate, it’s no consternation which the distance of the Android Market is fast augmenting in the slipstream.
While Google doesn’t publicly uncover how most applications there have been in Android Market, the Google deputy this sunrise sensitive me which the focus store right away serves approximately 30,000 giveaway as well as paid apps in total.
The focus store for Android devices presumably strike the 10,000 apps milestone in Sep 2009 according to third-party developer AndroLib, who after additionally claimed that series doubled in only over 3 months.
Google during the time suited these claimed stats opposite the own count, as well as pronounced there were in being the little 16,000 apps in Android Market in Dec 2009. Yesterday, we asked Google for an refurbish to those inner stats after we beheld AndroLib right away pegs the series of apps during nearly 35,000, as well as this sunrise the association got behind to me observant there have been right away strictly 30,000 apps in the Android Market. In alternative words, Google says the number grew from 16k to 30k apps in just 3 months.
The association declines to item what commission of apps in Android Market have been paid contra free, though for what it’s worth, AndroLib says the comparative measure is about 39% paid vs. 61% giveaway of charge.
Just for comparison’ sake: Apple counted over 140,000 apps in the App Store in Jan 2010, so it’s protected to pretence there should be about 5 times as most apps for the iPhone as well as iPod hold as there have been for Android inclination right about now.
Research group research2guidance not long ago expelled the inform forecasting which the sum app download marketplace could grow to the whopping $15 billion by 2013.
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#1 by Nurbel on March 16, 2010 - 3:49 pm
Why does this article say that Google “claimed” their numbers while Apple “counts” their numbers?
Is credibility an issue? Is there a story that this article is implying?
I find this story to really be lacking in content, it doesn’t really say much but I wish it did? Who is the target audience and how are they served by this? I don’t get much from this that I could not get in a tweet.
Are free apps bad? What is the average price of apps? Do they represent good value? Do the programmers have a better chance of being noticed instead of being mired among 140K fart apps?
Is this article about great growth of Android market or that it is not as good as itunes Market in some way. If there is a reason to compare with Apple then do it fully… compare the growth in sales over the same period of time since the app stores went on sale, compare paid apps vs free apps percentage of both.
I would love to know if the apps are any good… what is the percentage of total nuisance apps versus real applications. How many are games? social networking? Utilities? etc
I have an iPhone 3g and am curious about the merits of the other products. I have over 700 apps now, the percentage paid is probably 15 percent, many of those were keepers. 140K apps doesn’t impress me, I can’t evaluate that many or sift through them. But I do like quality when I can find it.
I just don’t get much out of this piece, too many articles seem to be on the tech sites with little content these days.
#2 by john mith on March 16, 2010 - 4:44 pm
Well. There are different devices. Android Market gives you CHOICE in devices where the iTunes App Store does not.
Just like with regular software not all software will work with different hardware and OS versions. Most of the developers are really good about letting users know which handsets the apps are compatible with.
#3 by Robin Wauters on March 16, 2010 - 5:44 pm
I have an iPhone 3GS and getting a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (Android) later this week.
#4 by john mith on March 16, 2010 - 6:24 pm
So Robin. What kind of phone is in your pocket? So we know what your bias is.
#5 by marc b on March 16, 2010 - 6:55 pm
Keep that snark under wraps buddy. What will prevent any of the iPhone apps from being available to Android, especially after developers and advertisers start realizing how many normal, non-fan-boy people are adopting Android on all carriers, on an open phone OS?
I think nothing!
IPhone has a well-deserved head-start in developing apps, but it will not prevent a fall from grace.
#6 by john mith on March 16, 2010 - 7:24 pm
Oh yes. Those are the one’s Apple would not let into their walled garden. They are really cool.
Voice allows you to place and receive calls from a second virtual number and translates your voicemail to text.
Goggles allows you to search for items using the phone’s camera. And it works quite well.
#7 by Anonymous on March 16, 2010 - 7:47 pm
Try appazaar to find the coolest apps! You can find it on the market.
#8 by john mith on March 16, 2010 - 8:12 pm
Pot, Kettle, black?
The iPhone app store is full of PAID crapware. You have to shell out money for useless apps that are only designed to bilk users out of money.
Most of the Android apps are free. If you download them and discover they are crap you can delete them from your device in seconds and you are not out money.
#9 by Alexpeegs on March 16, 2010 - 8:13 pm
yes the rates in which android grows is way more massive than Apples rate maybe within 2yrs
#10 by Pete on March 16, 2010 - 8:30 pm
What annoy me is not all of that 30,000 apps can be successfully installed.
#11 by Robin Wauters on March 16, 2010 - 8:48 pm
Although things are getting better with the web preview pages – e.g.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype/id304878510?mt=8
#12 by Barcode on March 16, 2010 - 9:31 pm
Can you please enlighten me as to what those iphone apps are?
#13 by michael on March 16, 2010 - 10:11 pm
Android market will grow to be massive in the next few months as “critical mass is now being reached”.
I’ll bet that the Android Market and Apple app store will be tied within the year.
#14 by rob on March 16, 2010 - 10:34 pm
Skins? Got to love when people post on the Internet and have no clue regarding the Android market.
#15 by john mith on March 16, 2010 - 11:06 pm
At least there is a website. People considering an iPhone are out of luck when it comes to looking at what apps are on that platform.
#16 by Matthew on March 16, 2010 - 11:18 pm
Like Google Voice and Google Goggles. Love those iPhones apps.
#17 by Robin Wauters on March 17, 2010 - 12:05 am
Oh yes it is.
#18 by Vasher on March 17, 2010 - 12:12 am
Who cares about android. All the apps are “skins” for your phone which is fun for about three hours.
IPhone has apps that you can use for months or years.
#19 by madhu on March 17, 2010 - 12:18 am
great news for android..
#20 by Ivan on March 17, 2010 - 1:15 am
But the Market website is horrible.