Comments on: Apple App Store sees 6x revenue versus Android in top apps

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:12:00 +0000

I don’t really care what statistics indicate. My Android market sales destroy my app store sales everyday.

By: Steven Noyes

Steven Noyes — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Google has revenue of $35.76 billion (at current earnings) per year and Apple has revenue of $108 billion per year.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=google+revenue+vs+apple

Google’s gross margin is substantially higher than Apple’s (meaning Google is much more over priced than Apple) so they make $9.5 billion/year profit to Apple’s $25.9 billion/year.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=google+profit+vs+apple

By: Steven Noyes

Steven Noyes — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Google takes 30% of App purchases just like Apple.

http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/index.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:24:00 +0000

No most people would not, and if I had a billion I and all around me would be set for life. All Im saying is For Google that sells nothing tangible in comparison to Apple they are doing just as well as Apple In there own domain.

By: Stephan Le

Stephan Le — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:10:00 +0000

i don’t think most people would consider $300 billion only slightly higher than $200 billion.

By: Liam Neville

Liam Neville — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:52:00 +0000

It’s only because Apple has way more paid apps than free ones, while Android has tons and tons of free apps, and paid apps usually aren’t worth getting because there’s probably already a free version.

By: Dl Betty

Dl Betty — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:55:00 +0000

Android is behind because when they copied the Iphone etc it took them awhile to product them. There is no current standard for Android, too many versions, that is the problem.

By: David Austin

David Austin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:42:00 +0000

No it isn’t … in fact the apple device is inferior in a number of ways, but the software is superior and it’s the software that makes the difference. Sadly for Apple, the latest development tools target both apple and android platform meaning that within another 2 years or more the Android software will be on par. That’s nothing to be upset about though … unless your self-importance is somehow tied to some kind of absurd superiority complex associated with your electronics.

By: David Austin

David Austin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:36:00 +0000

As more developer tools become OS agnostic (and the all are) all differences between the two will soon disappear and then all iOS will give you is an emptier pocket at the outset. That will take some time though … Apple will ride this wave for at least a few years more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:50:00 +0000

Considering Android has more free, ad-supported, apps than Apple it is comparing apples and oranges by giving that statistic.

By: umeed.ashtiani

umeed.ashtiani — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:04:00 +0000

quantity has its own quality, and ios will realise it soon….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:33:00 +0000

You should read your own post and then laugh at yourself. You seem to want to say that getting something free is good but you are actually saying the opposite.

Is it typical for Android fans to contradict their own point within two sentences? Android fans in general seem to suffer from extremely poor literacy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:29:00 +0000

except for customizability and ability to side load apps.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:51:00 +0000

We call it ADS, iOS 1 time purchase Android ADS everytime you open a “free” app thats where developers get money on android

By: John Smith

John Smith — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:34:00 +0000

There an app in the android marketplace call adfree, guess what it does on a rooted device.

By: Stephan Le

Stephan Le — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:53:00 +0000

i don’t believe in a free lunch. someone is getting paid for many those free android apps.

people who make apps full-time have bills to pay, buy food, rent etc.sure some make apps as a hobby and are happy give them away for free. but the other free apps must be making money through either ads, in-app purchases, sponsorship/ promotion deals or worst case scenario malicious data mining that sends private data to organisations such russian crime syndicates.
i don’t think it’s foolish for apple users to pay for apps that are free on android. the apps are cheap, you give devs money so they can make a living and enough funds to make more apps and not have to be tempted to put crappy ads or malware in their apps.

By: Kees

Kees — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:11:00 +0000

@someinternetdude. “your platform of choice is life is flashing before its eyes”
Lol, dude, you make Apple fanbois sound rational, respect.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:14:00 +0000

@charlitoss:disqus –Can’t tell if trolling or just very stupid…
You do realize that all but some of the small regional carriers require you to have a data plan if you’re using a smartphone, right? Therefore, by definition, most Android users are paying for a data plan. Unless, of course, you’re referring to the very few (and low-selling) Android PMP’s on the market, in which case there are many, many more people using iOS devices (iPod Touch) w/o data plans than there are people using Android.

For app purchases, the difference lies in the usefulness of the apps available. I’ve only purchased a few apps, but they were very useful and vital to my needs (Titanium Backup, ROM manager, QuickClock, etc.). The other apps I don’t pay for because the dev’s either a) don’t charge up front because they made it as a pet project and gave it away for free, as us nerds often do, or b) make money via ads. I’m willing to pay for apps just as much as the other guy, but ads at least make recurring money.

By: Toto

Toto — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0000

Agree.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:47:00 +0000

I have an Android mobile device and an Apple mobile device. Apple’s store blows Android away. Apple is just a better product in about 50 different ways.

By: Franklin Stone

Franklin Stone — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:13:00 +0000

I agree on the piracy, not the security risks. Apply sympathizers talk a lot about the amount of malware in the Android Market, and it’s true that there is some in there, and none in the iTunes Appstore, but it’s not as big a risk as people seem to think. There are anti-malware apps that can scan your phone to find risks, and as long as you look at what permissions an app requests when you install it, and don’t install an app that asks for anything weird, you’re pretty safe.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:49:00 +0000

@ charlitos: That is a statement born of what can only be absolutely willful ignorance. Have you forgotten that in the US alone the first, third and fourth largest contract carriers were making the bulk of their smartphone money selling only Android, Blackberry and (shudder!) Windows Mobile devices, with Android phones leading that charge with several high-end models, for the last 2 years? It is so funny how people will ignore reality and just plain make up facts in order to promote their point of view. Please show all of us any evidence that the majority of HTC, Samsung Galaxy Series, or Motorola Droid series users do not have service contracts…:-) We’re waiting…

Verizon didn’t even have the iPhone until well after the 4 launched. Sprint only just got the 4s and T-Mobile doesn’t even have it–they live and breathe Android for their contract phones (along with Blackberry) as does Sprint and did Verizon (the largest US carrier) before they recently got the iPhone. I also would like for you to show us all evidence that midrange to high end Android smartphones do not sell well on contract with carriers outside the US. EVIDENCE please… Not BS, unsupported statements…

It’s funny… I own both Apple and iOS devices along with my Android phones, yet I have to say that I mainly read such foolish and regurgitated statements from the Apple lover camp. I’m still scratching my head as to why that is when so many demographic studies keep claiming that they are supposed to be, on average, smarter people… ;-)

By: charlitos

charlitos — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:01:00 +0000

iOS developers got 3Billion last year, Google only payed like under 300M to developers. The only way for any developer to make a decent amount of money selling apps in the Android market is by making them ad supported.

By: charlitos

charlitos — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Android has a big market share but a small percentage of these people are willing to pay for Apps, actually a small percentage of Android users are even paying for a data plan.

By: charlitos

charlitos — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:57:00 +0000

ask a developer what they think about your little statement over there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:52:00 +0000

Your analysis is at least partially wrong. Why would devs go to the trouble of such porting to a platform that actually has just as many users or more worldwide as iOS does (or at least should be at parity and beyond by the spring) and then give the exact same app away for free. Does that really make any sense to you? Do you think that these developers work for free or that they are somehow advertising an app on Android that is there completely free in order to somehow get users on the “paying” platform of iOS to buy the apps? What are you saying exactly?

What I see as reality in the current market is that many developers of the top grossing and top selling iOS apps have not or will not yet port their paid or more expensive apps to the Android ecosystem. These numbers will start to move in the other direction when more developers start to acknowledge that Android users, who are indeed willing to pay anywhere from $50 to $300 for their handsets (as recent history has obviously shown), are also more than willing to pay good money for quality and feature rich apps like Elements, The History of Jazz, Infinity Blade and others–IF ONLY THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO… Currently they can’t even pay for these apps for Android because they are iOS exclusive. If you think anyone is paying them to develope for iOS then give those apps away for free on Android where–again–they are not even available for purchase, I’ll gladly tell you to put down that crack pipe you’re clearly smoking…

I suspect that, just as with Microsoft and Sony in the console wars, there are some devs who have exclusive deals with Apple to only publish and develope their apps for iOS–at least in the near term. Others just like the iOS ecosystem better and some are just set in their ways and it seems to much trouble to bother to adapt to a new set of development tools. That’s where it’s really up to Google to do more and better developement outreach (somewhat like Nvidia has been doing to promote gaming with their Tegra line of processors) to convince the skeptical that there is a viable alternative to selling their wares only through one vendor or on a single platform.

Apple obviously had a head start in this game over Google and Google is still playing catchup. The hope is that now that Google is streamlining their OS versions on all devices, is refining their market experience, better educating devs on their APIs and seeing incredibly explosive growth in their worlwide installed base of users that devs will finally see that there is without a doubt a market worth tapping into that can make them some serious money–if only they are willing to try…

By: squidlr

squidlr — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:45:00 +0000

Google are going to lock down the Android Market at some point in the future. Too much piracy and security risks with the current implementation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:39:00 +0000

When apps are made literally we apple users are paying for u to get that shit for free, the developers port them but make all the money on ios and android benefits. You guys are the ones allways torrenting shit and getting app updates because we paid the developers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:37:00 +0000

When apps are made literally we apple users are paying for u to get that shit for free, the developers port them but make all the money on ios and android benefits. You guys are the ones allways tormenting shit and getting app updates because we paid the developers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:37:00 +0000

By: Maria Fe Camaya O'Neill

Maria Fe Camaya O'Neill — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:28:00 +0000

Only an arrogant fool would think paying for something you can get for free is a bad thing. Typical dumbass comment from a ignorant ifan.

By: milton sanchez

milton sanchez — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:17:00 +0000

Kappadon get a life!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000

With 700,000 android handsets activated every dayit looks like Apple has peaked its looking bleak for Apple. iOS has dropped to 15% as of dec, while Android has a 56% market lead. Also Google voice search “you know the feature that apple stole” is being upgraded known as “Magel”. So Googles future is assured. I’m really sorry that your platform of choice is life is flashing before its eyes. If i where you Id be defensive too. Happy Holidays.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:53:00 +0000

Siri = goodbye Goggle ad revenue

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:51:00 +0000

And still iOS developers are making more money.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Apple gets the cream of the crop on all their products, when you sale your products dirt cheap or buy 1 get 3 free you will get the bottom drellers who either can’t afford or do not think anything is worth paying for, Remember Android Rules in the # of activations but they will never rule on Profits, Good Luck on making any money on the Android Free Loaders.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:39:00 +0000

Google has made ads there business. For a company that sells nothing they do ok for them selves 200 billion in 2011. Where as apple scrambles to make overpriced gadgets and make only a slightly higher gain of 300 billion in 2011. Just imagine when Google goes full tilt with there manufacturing with the purchase of Moto. Its been real Apple.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:28:00 +0000

Agreed.

By: Airleonard06

Airleonard06 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:40:00 +0000

Ads suck.

By: Franklin Stone

Franklin Stone — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:12:00 +0000

What about the fact that more apps in the Android Market are free? Most apps in the Appstore are paid apps but you can get the same app for free on Android