Distimo is out with its new report, covering all of the major app stores. Most notably this release compares the app prospects in two leading services, Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market. Here are the highlights:
- 96 applications have been downloaded more than 5 million times in the Android Market with Google Maps being the only application with more than 50 million downloads.
- 20% of all free applications and 80% of all paid applications have been downloaded less than 100 times in the Android Market worldwide to date.
- It is more challenging for developers in the Android Market than in the Apple App Store to monetize their apps — only two paid applications have been downloaded more than half a million times in the Android Market worldwide to date, while six paid apps in the App Store for iPhone generate the same number of downloads within a two month timeframe in the United States alone.
- Looking at just games, there are five paid games in Google Android Market with over 250,000 downloads worldwide. In comparison, ten paid games for iPhone generated more than 250,000 downloads in the United States alone in two months.
- The refresh rate of top application charts is significantly higher in the App Store for iPhone than in the Android Market. During the month of April, there were 94 distinct applications with a top 10 (free or paid) position in the App Store for iPhone in the US; and only 26 distinct apps that reached a top 10 position in the Google Android Market.
In a nutshell, Google has a lot of catching up to do, but considering the increasing number of Android devices hitting the market, they’re well on their way to reach Apple’s figures in a year or two…