We don't know if it would be among your New Year's resolutions, but the fact is that the Android Market has reached the number of400 thousand active applications worldwide A not inconsiderable achievement that shows the strength of this platform within the market of smartphones And it's not alone, as its number of developers is also on the verge of reaching another milestone that we'll discuss below.
This record number for the Google applications market follows a few months of strong and rapid growth. A few months ago, in April 2011, there were more than 200 thousand applications available. But this figure says more in comparison. While the Apple app market, the App Store, only took 22 months to reach this figure, the Android Market used 31However, from then on things changed.
Although the market android has lagged several steps behind that of the apple , its growth has been faster Thus, once the number of 200 thousand applications has been achieved, the Android Market invested four months to reach 300 thousand, compared to the eight needed by the App Store Finally, the difference to reach these 400 thousand active applications worldwide has been fouragainst seven months in favor of the platform of Google
For this progressive and rapid increase it is largely to blame that two thirds of these applications are completely free A business philosophy that has driven this market, and which is still growing. Specifically, in April 2011 the percentage of these applications was 60 percent, while as of today it has increased to 68 percent Something that users appreciate, and that allows increase the number of downloads for developers.
As we mentioned, there is also an upcoming achievement for the Android Market, or rather for its developersAnd it is that these are about to reach 100 thousand, also knowing that they generate 4, 1 applications per head It must be said that these data refer to the number of developers and applications that remain active worldwide, taking into account that Google removes a large number of applications from its marketplace for going Copyright infringing, among other issues.
