Google Play leads the Apple App Store in app downloads – But this is not the case when the discussion comes to revenue… The Google Play Store shows 85% more app downloads than the Apple App Store in the quarter that ended in June.
If, however, we talk about revenue then the Apple Store leads. For the second quarter of 2015 which we are discussing, the revenue of the Apple App Store was recorded as about 70% higher compared to that of the Google Play Store.
The data is provided by App Annie and attempts to explain the abovedifference: The success of Android phones is greater in developing markets. This is the reason why developers write apps for iOS first and then for Android.
Google Play Store vs Apple App Store, downloads and revenue
The games were the most popular category in both stores and it was the one that generated the most revenue both in the GοοgΙe Play Store and in the Apple App Store.
The most popular categories in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store
source: gr.pcmag.com
