After the year is over, there are those who look back to analyze what they have achieved. This is what appFigures has done, publishing a curious report about the new applications and developers that have been seen in Google Play and App Store during 2014 And their results are of the more striking since, for the first time, during this past year, Google has managed to surpass Appleregarding the number of new applications publishedSomething that must be qualified, but that represents a change in the usual trends of these two companies and their application markets.
According to the published report, Google has already managed to outnumber the publications of new applications to Apple A trend that has grown, especially in the last part of the year. Also, for the third year in a row, there are already more developers for Google than for Apple Issues that reflect the importance and choice of Android as a platform, but that do not leave aside in any way iOS and your devices.
And, although the numbers are clear, the App Store continues to be the platform chosen for release the most cutting-edge games and applications, spending some time until they make their jump to Android, gaining acceptance from an audience very spacious.In addition, keep in mind that application development, as an activity, has increased by around 50 percent in both Google Play as in App Store and Amazon Appstore
In this way, Google Play close to 1,500,000 applications available in its store, while Apple is in second place by not exceeding 1,250,000 applications during 2014. The numbers are also clear in terms of to the number of developers who create content for both platforms. While for Android there are already almost 400,000 creators, for iOS the figure is reduced tosomewhat less than 300,000 Although marking the powerful growth previously mentioned in both platforms compared to 2013.
The appFigures report also shows which have been the categoriesof applications that have grown the most. On the one hand, on the platform of Apple, that of Negocios, Food and Drinks, Lifestyles, Social Networks and Catalogs have led the way. On the other hand, in Google, have been the Games tools, Photography,Music, Business and Entertainment which have achieved the most growth.
Of course, this growth is not closely related to the benefits And it is that Apple itself revealed its owna few days ago record in income Thus, both the first day of the year 2015 and the first week of this same month, managed to break its record in income by applications.In addition, it also revealed that its developer community, despite being smaller than that of Android, managed to gather during 2014 no less than 10 billion dollars Of course in the App Store there is always more tendency to acquire paid content or make purchases within applications. A very different trend from that seen in Google Play, perhaps because of its low-cost phones aimed at markets where savings are sought. Figures that continue to struggle but that also translate into improvements for users, by having more alternatives and competitiveness within the platforms.
