Android Market’s Top Apps chart is less profitable for developers
The Top Apps chart on Android Market makes less money than most other app stores
The Top Apps section on Android Market isn’t as profitable as other app stores according to Distimo research.
During April, the top 10 free and top 10 paid applications only showcased 26 applications in the Google Android Market, while there were 94 applications in the top 10 free and paid in the Apple App Store for iPhone.
This means fewer downloads and less money for developers whose apps make it into the Android Market in comparison to the developers whose apps make it into the top 10 chart on the Apple App Store.
‘There are five games in Google Android Market with over 250,000 downloads worldwide. In the Apple App Store for iPhone ten games generated more than 250,000 downloads in the United States alone in two months,’ the research explained.
The top games in the Android Market over April were Robo Defense, Fruit Ninja and Doodle Jump.
A reason for fewer downloads from the Top Apps section, the Distimo report said, is that the Android Market top apps chart doesn’t update as frequently as rival stores, ‘The refresh rate of top application charts is significantly higher in the Apple App Store for iPhone than in the Google Andoid Market.
‘During the month of April, there were 94 distinct applications with a top 10 (free or paid) position in the Apple App Store for iPhone in the US; there were only 26 distinct applications that reached a top 10 position in the Google Android Market.’
Distimo also justified why Android Market may be less profitable than the big stores such as the Apple App Store: ‘It is more challenging for developers in the Google Android Market than in the Apple App Store to monetize using a one-off fee monetization model.
‘We found that only two paid applications have been downloaded more than half a million times in the Google Android Market worldwide to date, while six paid applications in the Apple App Store for iPhone generate the same number of downloads within a two month timeframe in the United States alone.’
Google Maps was the most downloaded application on the Android Market with more than 50 million downloads to date.
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