Google Play vs Apple App store

I am not familiar with Apple apps. "If" they are only available from the Apple store and Androids are available everywhere, then the 75% number is misleading. I really don't know. I assume you think we all get it when you ask rhetorical questions rather than stating your opinion. Thanks for clarifying some of your points. It might be better to keep it simple for the rest of us rather than asking leading questions.

TomG2 wrote:
I assume by asking five questions that we are supposed to gain some insight into the state of apps for portable devices? Is that a trick question about the 75%? I know that Android apps are available directly from the creator. Is that not true of Apple? What apps make one platform superior to the other? I am not talking hardware. Another four questions.

I understood the thread to be about the number of downloads - Google Play vs Apple App Store.

Here is the original post.

strollin wrote:
Google Play store is seeing 2.5 billion downloads a month vs. the App store at 2 billion a month. It's a mathematical certainty that the Play store will surpass the App store in total downloads within months.

Google Play Store to surpass Apple App Store's 50 billion in downloads within months

Developer's are still developing their apps first for iOS with Android as a second choice. Hopefully, as Android becomes more and more dominant, that trend will reverse itself.

and a later clarification by the original poster

The whole point is that iOS started out with a HUGE lead, Android has been playing catchup over the years and is now poised to finally overtake iOS (at least in number of downloads as well as total number of available apps).

It stikes me that my first two questions are important in understanding the relative number of downloads. If Android has 40% of the installed hardware base, then the download comparison is huge. If, on the other hand, Android has 65% of the installed base, the download comparison looks different.

I though my other questions were of some import relative to downloads from Google Play and Apple App Store. I don't see how you can interpret, "What about revenue?" as a trick question, not do I understand what your question, " I know that Android apps are available directly from the creator. Is that not true of Apple? " has to do with the topic, Google Play vs Apple App store. BTW, the 75% number came from this Fortune article

Tom

I assume by asking five questions that we are supposed to gain some insight into the state of apps for portable devices? Is that a trick question about the 75%? I know that Android apps are available directly from the creator. Is that not true of Apple? What apps make one platform superior to the other? I am not talking hardware. Another four questions.

We've been on the road for three weeks, now; most of the time in the north woods of Wisconsin, with not Internet connection. Tonight we are back in civilization as we head to Montana.

It's nice to run into this thread to find that things are still normal.

A couple of questions to put the data in perspective.

What percent of installed devices run on each OS? How does that compare to the percent of downloads?

Other questions that might be of interest.

What about revenues? I'll answer this one. If we consider only Google Play and Apple App Store, 75% of the revenue is generated on the Apple App Store. How could that be considering the answer to my first question?

What about malware? Is the ratio of downloads to malware the same of both platforms?

Tom

Fizz wrote:
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If you base your tech buying decisions on info found in an RV forum you deserve what you get.

Actually there are some folks on here with some worthwhile information and advice. And then there are others that "Don't care". I don't pay much attention to the latter, they are just typing to see the funny little letters appear on the screen.

TomG2 wrote:
Why care? First because people like to be aware of what is going on in the tech world and second because they don't want to buy an orphan. (Anyone want to buy a TRS-80?) Before someone invests a few hundred dollars in Android equipment, it is nice to know if they will have most if not all of the Apps that they want.

If you base your tech buying decisions on info found in an RV forum you deserve what you get.

Why bother coming in here to post a "who cares" remark, when clearly some people are actually interested in it..

Must be trying to up your post count..

If you compare the ease of use between the two interfaces, google wins hands down.
As usual, apple seems to ignore how to make it easy and intuitive to find apps. For instance why does Apple thinks I want to have 3 columns for Apps when I want to just check out free ones? Then one has to go to the bottom of a long list before I can 'get more'. Then it comes up at the begining instead of where I left off. This type of interface continues on to Itunes.

Why care? First because people like to be aware of what is going on in the tech world and second because they don't want to buy an orphan. (Anyone want to buy a TRS-80?) Before someone invests a few hundred dollars in Android equipment, it is nice to know if they will have most if not all of the Apps that they want.

One more time.. Who cares!
Clearly a case of tablet envy.