App Store vs. Android Market and the rest

Written by Zaki Usman on March 19, 2015.

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App Store

Launched July 2008
20,000 aps by Feb 2009 (8 months)
1 billion downloads by June 2009 (11 months)
400,000 apps by Feb 2011 (32 months)
+500,000 aps and +10 billion downoads by June 2011 (35 months)
Current stats of App store here.

Android Market

Launched Oct 2008
20,000 apps by Dec 2009 (14 months)
1 billion downloads by Aug 2010 (22 months)
400,000 apps by June 2011 (31 months)
Droid market has most percentage of free apps at 57%

BlackBerry AppWorld

Launched April 2009
Flashlight is most popular app in Oct 2010
+30,000 aps by June 2011 (27 months)
Latest AppWorld stats here.

Windows Phone Marketplace

Launched Oct 2010
50% Apps are free
+20,000 apps by June 2011 (9 months)
Real-time stats here.

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Zaki Usman

Hello, I'm the founder and CEO at ShoutEx. I like to blog about marketing, mobile and web topics. Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.

Comments (2)

Andy

June 13, 2011 at 5:20 am | #

Looks like App store and Windows Phone Marketplace are leading the packs. Nice stats!!

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- Zaki Usman
  
  July 4, 2011 at 10:01 am | #
  
  i think its the Appstore and Android market that are doing well. Windows phone may do well eventually, but its a bit early to tell.
  
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