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The Appstore Opportunity

           Gert Jan Spriensma
         gertjan@distimo.com
         @gert_jan / @distimo
WE KNOW APP STORES




1. DISTIMO COLLECTS FACTUAL AND TIMELY MARKET DATA, WORLDWIDE
2. DEDICATED TO MARKETS WHERE APP STORES ARE LEADING DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL
3. INDEPENDENT AND CROSS-STORE ANALYSIS, APPLYING SAME METRICS TO EVERY STORE
DISTIMO MONITOR
      FREE – TRUSTED BY 6,000 DEVELOPERS – TRACKING 10M DAILY DOWNLOADS




1. FREE CROSS-PLATFORM APP STORE MONITORING TOOL FOR DEVELOPERS
2. SUPPORT FOR ALL MAJOR APP STORES
3. TRANSACTIONAL DATA ALLOWS US TO BENCHMARK APPLICATIONS WITH THE MARKET
DISTIMO REPORT



  TOP APPS &                 BENCHMARK                     REVENUE &
  PUBLISHERS                 APP STORES                 BUSINESS MODELS

  WHAT IS THE MOST        HOW DO THE DIFFERENT            WHAT ARE VOLUMES
SUCCESSFUL AND LOCAL       APP STORES COMPARE              IN THE MARKET?
     CONTENT?                   OVER TIME?              HOW DO APPS MONETIZE?


         COVERING EVERY APP - IN EVERY MAJOR APP STORE - IN EVERY COUNTRY
THE APPSTORE OPPORTUNITY
APPS ARE A $10 BILLION MARKET
GROWING AT 100% PER YEAR




 Majority Games, roughly 50% of all free downloads are Games.
 For paid applications this figure is even higher, 60% of all paid downloads are Games.
 But in terms of revenue, more than 75% of revenue derives from Games.
 Angry Birds is downloaded (600M+) over 3 times as much as number of Nintendo DS’s sold

     * Mary Meeker / Distimo, based on 200 most grossing / popular applications in United States – March 2012
RANKING & NETWORK EFFECTS
SPEED UP POPULARITY

      To get To 1 Million Users It Took:


                                                    9 Years             9 Months               9 Days




 Number 1 generates about 1.5 times as much downloads as number 2.
 Ranked around 10 means 3 times as much downloads as being ranked around 50.



                         * Distimo, based on 200 most popular applications in United States – March 2012
BUT POPULARITY IS TEMPORARY AND
CONSUMERS ARE NOT LOYAL
                                                  Number Of Games In Top Games 100   296

                                                   Number Of Games In Top Games 50   157
                                                   Number Of Games In Top Games 10   46


“average worldwide 6-
month retention rate for all
apps was 36%



                    * Flurry / Based on 100 most popular free games in United States – March 2012
MANY OF THE MOST SUCCESSFULL
PUBLISHERS ARE SMALL (≤10 APPS)
100%
                       183                                                                      173
                                                           152
 50%




   0%




 However not small in terms of revenue / downloads, think of publishers like OMGPOP, Rovio and
  Halfbrick Studios



              * Mary Meeker / Distimo, based on 250 most popular publishers in United States – March 2012
DISTIMO MONITOR; TRACK YOUR
(COMPETITORS) PERFORMANCE
MONETIZATION IN APPSTORES
IN-APPS DRIVE GAMES REVENUE
       71% - 90%                                     68% - 92%                                      83% - 91%




          Free applications with in-apps        Paid applications with in-apps       Paid applications without in-apps




 In all stores more than 70% of the revenue derives from in-apps!
 Recently introduced in Amazon App Store, will come to Windows Phone 7 Marketplace as well




                                           * Based on 200 most grossing games in United States – March 2012
50% USE VIRTUAL CURRENCIES

                           51%                                          49%




 Including many of the most popular games in March 2012
                    Draw something – OMGPOP                        Draw something – OMGPOP
                    Temple Run – Imangi                            Plumber Crack – Fluick
                    Word With Friends - Zynga                      Hidden Objects - Disney




                                 * Based on 200 most popular free games in United States – March 2012
DISTIMO MONITOR; COMPARE REVENUE
FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES
IMPACT OF COUNTRIES CHANGING
           RAPIDLY
APAC COUNTRIES LARGEST MARKET
FOR IPHONE DEVELOPERS




         4M                   3.2M                     1.3M                      0.9M                   0.6M


IN FEBRUARY CHINA SURPASSED THE U.S. AS THE LARGEST MARKET IN THE APPLE APP STORE FOR IPAD

                    * Based on 200 most popular free iphone applications in each country – March 2012
BUT WHEN DEVELOPING ABROAD, ACT
LOCALLY
100%
90%                                                                                                            75%
80%                                          75%
               68%
70%
                     58%                           56%         56%
60%                        54%
50%
40%                              36%
                                       42%               45%
                                                                     38%                                       68%
30%                                                                        na
20%


                                                                                                               58%

 In many countries the majority of the downloads originate from applications that have translated
  their content in the country’s language.
 In China, of the 300 most popular free applications, 60% were only popular in China compared to 21%
  in the United Kingdom and 22% in the United States.

                                 * Based on 300 most popular free applications in United States – March 2012
DISTIMO MONITOR; SEE HOW YOUR APP
DOWNLOAD COMPARE TO THE MARKET
IMPACT OF STORES CHANGING
GOOGLE PLAY MONETIZATION IS
GETTING BETTER
          May 2011                                                                         March 2012

                                             <100                                                      <100
                                            71.9%                                                     63.85%
                 >50,000                                                   >50,000
                   0.1%                                                     1.15%
                 1,000-49,999
                     7.3%                                                   1,000-49,999
                                                                               9.29%
                                100-999
                                                                                            100-999
                                 20.7%
                                                                                            25.71%




 The number of available applications more than doubled in the same time-frame.
 Daily revenues increased by 80% over the first quarter 2012.




                                          * Based on 200 most grossing applications in United States – March 2012
BUT WATCH AMAZON
            4
 Millions




            3

            2

            1
                       400k
            0



 Already 400k daily downloads of which 10% is paid
 Got to 32k applications in one year, the majority also being available in Google Play
 Of the 110 applications available in both stores that generate more than 200 USD a day in at least
  one of both stores, 42 of those earned more money in the Amazon Appstore.
 After launch of Kindle Fire daily downloads increased fourteen-fold
                         * Based on 100 most popular / grossing applications in United States – March 2012
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS
APP STORES?
         Strong momentum, relative number of applications growth
          highest of all app stores.
         Download figures increased by 114% to over 100k per day
          in the last quarter
              Taptitude making over $1000 a day (ads)

         Port to Android applications to BlackBerry platform seems
          to be successful, increase in number of applications
          submitted to App World (15k – 20k PlayBook applications
          already available).




              * Based on 200 most popular applications in United States – March 2012
DISTIMO APPLINK; THE CROSS STORE
APP SOLUTION
DISTIMO APPLINK; THE CROSS STORE
APP SOLUTION
ANALYZE YOUR (COMPETITORS)
      PERFORMANCE.
ANALYZE YOUR (COMPETITORS)
       PERFORMANCE
 GOTO MONITOR.DISTIMO.COM
   OR ASK ME FOR A DEMO
THANK YOU
                   FOR ANY ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT:

                                    Gert Jan Spriensma
                                   gertjan@distimo.com
                                   @gert_jan / @distimo



                Custom in-depth                                    The free cross-
                app store market                                   platform app store
                reports for carriers                               monitoring tool for
                & manufacturers                                    developers


For more info, visit report.distimo.com            For more info, visit monitor.distimo.com

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Distimo presentation

  • 1. The Appstore Opportunity Gert Jan Spriensma gertjan@distimo.com @gert_jan / @distimo
  • 2. WE KNOW APP STORES 1. DISTIMO COLLECTS FACTUAL AND TIMELY MARKET DATA, WORLDWIDE 2. DEDICATED TO MARKETS WHERE APP STORES ARE LEADING DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL 3. INDEPENDENT AND CROSS-STORE ANALYSIS, APPLYING SAME METRICS TO EVERY STORE
  • 3. DISTIMO MONITOR FREE – TRUSTED BY 6,000 DEVELOPERS – TRACKING 10M DAILY DOWNLOADS 1. FREE CROSS-PLATFORM APP STORE MONITORING TOOL FOR DEVELOPERS 2. SUPPORT FOR ALL MAJOR APP STORES 3. TRANSACTIONAL DATA ALLOWS US TO BENCHMARK APPLICATIONS WITH THE MARKET
  • 4. DISTIMO REPORT TOP APPS & BENCHMARK REVENUE & PUBLISHERS APP STORES BUSINESS MODELS WHAT IS THE MOST HOW DO THE DIFFERENT WHAT ARE VOLUMES SUCCESSFUL AND LOCAL APP STORES COMPARE IN THE MARKET? CONTENT? OVER TIME? HOW DO APPS MONETIZE? COVERING EVERY APP - IN EVERY MAJOR APP STORE - IN EVERY COUNTRY
  • 6. APPS ARE A $10 BILLION MARKET GROWING AT 100% PER YEAR  Majority Games, roughly 50% of all free downloads are Games.  For paid applications this figure is even higher, 60% of all paid downloads are Games.  But in terms of revenue, more than 75% of revenue derives from Games.  Angry Birds is downloaded (600M+) over 3 times as much as number of Nintendo DS’s sold * Mary Meeker / Distimo, based on 200 most grossing / popular applications in United States – March 2012
  • 7. RANKING & NETWORK EFFECTS SPEED UP POPULARITY To get To 1 Million Users It Took: 9 Years 9 Months 9 Days  Number 1 generates about 1.5 times as much downloads as number 2.  Ranked around 10 means 3 times as much downloads as being ranked around 50. * Distimo, based on 200 most popular applications in United States – March 2012
  • 8. BUT POPULARITY IS TEMPORARY AND CONSUMERS ARE NOT LOYAL Number Of Games In Top Games 100 296 Number Of Games In Top Games 50 157 Number Of Games In Top Games 10 46 “average worldwide 6- month retention rate for all apps was 36% * Flurry / Based on 100 most popular free games in United States – March 2012
  • 9. MANY OF THE MOST SUCCESSFULL PUBLISHERS ARE SMALL (≤10 APPS) 100% 183 173 152 50% 0%  However not small in terms of revenue / downloads, think of publishers like OMGPOP, Rovio and Halfbrick Studios * Mary Meeker / Distimo, based on 250 most popular publishers in United States – March 2012
  • 10. DISTIMO MONITOR; TRACK YOUR (COMPETITORS) PERFORMANCE
  • 12. IN-APPS DRIVE GAMES REVENUE 71% - 90% 68% - 92% 83% - 91% Free applications with in-apps Paid applications with in-apps Paid applications without in-apps  In all stores more than 70% of the revenue derives from in-apps!  Recently introduced in Amazon App Store, will come to Windows Phone 7 Marketplace as well * Based on 200 most grossing games in United States – March 2012
  • 13. 50% USE VIRTUAL CURRENCIES 51% 49%  Including many of the most popular games in March 2012 Draw something – OMGPOP Draw something – OMGPOP Temple Run – Imangi Plumber Crack – Fluick Word With Friends - Zynga Hidden Objects - Disney * Based on 200 most popular free games in United States – March 2012
  • 14. DISTIMO MONITOR; COMPARE REVENUE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES
  • 15. IMPACT OF COUNTRIES CHANGING RAPIDLY
  • 16. APAC COUNTRIES LARGEST MARKET FOR IPHONE DEVELOPERS 4M 3.2M 1.3M 0.9M 0.6M IN FEBRUARY CHINA SURPASSED THE U.S. AS THE LARGEST MARKET IN THE APPLE APP STORE FOR IPAD * Based on 200 most popular free iphone applications in each country – March 2012
  • 17. BUT WHEN DEVELOPING ABROAD, ACT LOCALLY 100% 90% 75% 80% 75% 68% 70% 58% 56% 56% 60% 54% 50% 40% 36% 42% 45% 38% 68% 30% na 20% 58%  In many countries the majority of the downloads originate from applications that have translated their content in the country’s language.  In China, of the 300 most popular free applications, 60% were only popular in China compared to 21% in the United Kingdom and 22% in the United States. * Based on 300 most popular free applications in United States – March 2012
  • 18. DISTIMO MONITOR; SEE HOW YOUR APP DOWNLOAD COMPARE TO THE MARKET
  • 19. IMPACT OF STORES CHANGING
  • 20. GOOGLE PLAY MONETIZATION IS GETTING BETTER May 2011 March 2012 <100 <100 71.9% 63.85% >50,000 >50,000 0.1% 1.15% 1,000-49,999 7.3% 1,000-49,999 9.29% 100-999 100-999 20.7% 25.71%  The number of available applications more than doubled in the same time-frame.  Daily revenues increased by 80% over the first quarter 2012. * Based on 200 most grossing applications in United States – March 2012
  • 21. BUT WATCH AMAZON 4 Millions 3 2 1 400k 0  Already 400k daily downloads of which 10% is paid  Got to 32k applications in one year, the majority also being available in Google Play  Of the 110 applications available in both stores that generate more than 200 USD a day in at least one of both stores, 42 of those earned more money in the Amazon Appstore.  After launch of Kindle Fire daily downloads increased fourteen-fold * Based on 100 most popular / grossing applications in United States – March 2012
  • 22. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS APP STORES?  Strong momentum, relative number of applications growth highest of all app stores.  Download figures increased by 114% to over 100k per day in the last quarter  Taptitude making over $1000 a day (ads)  Port to Android applications to BlackBerry platform seems to be successful, increase in number of applications submitted to App World (15k – 20k PlayBook applications already available). * Based on 200 most popular applications in United States – March 2012
  • 23. DISTIMO APPLINK; THE CROSS STORE APP SOLUTION
  • 24. DISTIMO APPLINK; THE CROSS STORE APP SOLUTION
  • 26. ANALYZE YOUR (COMPETITORS) PERFORMANCE GOTO MONITOR.DISTIMO.COM OR ASK ME FOR A DEMO
  • 27. THANK YOU FOR ANY ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: Gert Jan Spriensma gertjan@distimo.com @gert_jan / @distimo Custom in-depth The free cross- app store market platform app store reports for carriers monitoring tool for & manufacturers developers For more info, visit report.distimo.com For more info, visit monitor.distimo.com