By: Aseem Gaurav on December 22, 2011
2011 was a year for mobile apps and as per an estimate there are over one million apps across seven major app stores (in order, in the US: App Store for iPhone, Android Market, App Store for iPad, BlackBerry App World, Nokia Ovi Store, Windows Phone Marketplace and Amazon Appstore).
The pace of addition of apps on a daily basis is extremely fast and no doubt the market is getting matured with each passing day. No doubt the competition is growing in this segment which is now more focused towards freemium model (free applications).
A report by Distimo suggests that half of the revenue associated with the 200 top-grossing apps in the App Store for iPhone is now based on a freemium model. This is even higher for the Android marketplace (65 per cent).
It reports that the Android Market is home to over 220,000 free apps, as compared to 190,000 apps available for free for the App Store for iPhone.
Distimo further compiled a list of most downloaded apps of the year around the globe, and across all app store.
2011 was a year for mobile apps and as per an estimate there are over one million apps across seven major app stores (in order, in the US: App Store for iPhone, Android Market, App Store for iPad, BlackBerry App World, Nokia Ovi Store, Windows Phone Marketplace and Amazon Appstore).
The pace of addition of apps on a daily basis is extremely fast and no doubt the market is getting matured with each passing day. No doubt the competition is growing in this segment which is now more focused towards freemium model (free applications).
A report by Distimo suggests that half of the revenue associated with the 200 top-grossing apps in the App Store for iPhone is now based on a freemium model. This is even higher for the Android marketplace (65 per cent).
It reports that the Android Market is home to over 220,000 free apps, as compared to 190,000 apps available for free for the App Store for iPhone.
Distimo further compiled a list of most downloaded apps of the year around the globe, and across all app store.
