Monitoring Application Stores
- Distimo collects data from 14 mobile app stores and analyzes over 100 million apps to provide analytics and market reports to developers.
- The Apple App Store has the most apps at over 50,000, followed by Android with over 15,000, while the BlackBerry App World has between 5,000-10,000 apps.
- Free apps dominate app stores, making up 75% of Apple's store, 63% of Android's, and 68% of BlackBerry's. The report found $0.99 may be the best price point for apps across stores.
- Games are the most popular category, grossing the most revenue across stores, especially through in