Apple owns only 18 percent of the app universe, but it banks almost 500 percent more than Google, pulling in a sweet $5.1 million in revenue each and every day. Meanwhile, Google owns 75 percent of all app downloads, but it only takes in $1.1 million per day.
These are just two of the highlights in a new “unconventional comparison” between the two largest software distribution outlets on the planet today: Apple’s App Store and Google Play.
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One thing both Apple and Google have in common: They both lead their own app store in number of downloaded apps.
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Interestingly, while Google has a top price of $200 for an app and Apple has a highest price of $999, the top 100 apps on the app store group into only seven different price points, while the top 100 apps on Google Play group into 29 different price points. Which, I suppose, is due to the fact that you see prices like $2.73 on Google Play, but pretty much only prices ending in 99 on the app store.
Here’s all the data, in visual form, created by mobile cloud services company Kinvey.
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