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Distimo Report January 2010 – Games

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
It is our pleasure to release our monthly Distimo Report, based on January 2010 data. Distimo Report Logo
This monthly report focuses on Games in Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Marketplace for Mobile in the United States. The major findings are:

  • Games on Windows Marketplace for Mobile and BlackBerry App World are most expensive at $4.91 and $4.60 (on average) respectively.
  • The Games category on the Apple App Store with the most titles available is Puzzle.
  • Games published in the Role Playing category on the Apple App Store are most expensive, averaging $7.96 per game. Most other game categories average between $1.30 and $2.60.
  • 22% of the most grossing game titles in the Apple App Store were published in the Action category. The Arcade and Adventure categories were second and third with 12% and 9%, respectively. Interestingly enough, although the Puzzle category is the largest games category in the Apple App Store, relatively few of these games generate enough revenue to be ranked among the top grossing game titles.

You can download the report here.

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Our Presentation From Mobile World Congres 2010 – Mobile Application Stores State Of Play

Friday, February 19th, 2010

We just got back from an amazing week at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona. This congress organized by the GSM Association saw that more than 49,000 visitors from 200 countries attending this years four-day conference and exhibition.

During the congress, many major players in the mobile industry announced their newest products and plans for the coming year. See our blog for an overview of the most important application store announcements.

On the first day of the congress, we gave a presentation during the Mobile Applications – Innovation vs. Fragmentation session. Our presentation was titled “Mobile Application Stores – State Of Play” and highlights some of our findings on the six largest device manufacturer stores; Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

Here are the slides from our presentation:

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Distimo Report – December 2009

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
It is our pleasure to release our monthly Distimo Report, based on December 2009 data. Distimo Report Logo
This report covers five application stores: Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

This month’s most important findings are:

  • In Google Android Market, 65% of the publishers are located in the United States, 12% in the United Kingdom, 20% in Europe and 3% in Japan.
  • Publishers located in Europe price their applications highest with an average of $4.42, which is 49% higher than publishers located in the United States.
  • Applications in Apple App Store, Google Android Market and Nokia Ovi Store are priced at around $3.50. Windows Marketplace for Mobile and BlackBerry App World are more expensive, averaging $6.99 and $8.26 respectively.
  • Because of Microsoft’s market validation guidelines and additional fees for distributing applications in more than one country, the number of applications available in some countries is only a small percentage (<5%) of applications available worldwide.

You can download the report here.

This report was covered on TechCrunch here.

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Distimo Reports on Ericsson Labs

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

We are glad to announce Ericsson Labs will, from now on, make our monthly reports available for developers via the Ericsson Labs blog. The latest Distimo Report on Location Based Applications, which was made in cooperation with Skyhook Wireless, is already published there.

Ericsson Labs is a concept for open innovation. The site holds APIs, resources, offerings, and various expert commentaries, produced by Ericsson. This assortment provides technologies and communities for developers and makes it easy to get in touch with a variety of experts from different fields.
The cutting-edge technologies available on Labs help developers create new innovative services. These services can then be made available to end-users via any established application store or to other developers at Ericsson Labs via our applications showroom.

Ericsson Labs wants to help mobile developers in creating new innovative services. Via their website API’s, resources and various expert commentaries are provided to developers.

Ericsson Labs

Ericsson Labs

The site also has an applications showroom, where you can try out applications and games made available by both Ericsson Labs and external developers.

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Distimo And Skyhook Report November 2009: Location Based Applications

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

november_reportEvery month we publish a report highlighting trends in the different mobile app stores. For the November Report, which is now available, Distimo partnered with Skyhook Wireless. The combination of Skyhook’s location based application list with Distimo’s app store metrics gives unique insights in these types of applications.

The report covers the Apple App Store, Google Android Market and RIM’s BlackBerry App World.

New and noteworthy:

1. The Apple App Store has the largest proportion of paid location based applications (57%), with BlackBerry coming second (49%) and Google Android Market third (21%).

2. Prices of Maps & Navigation applications on BlackBerry App World decreased from $16.13 in September to $13.74 (-14.8%) in November, while the average prices on Apple App Store and Google Android Market remained fairly stable despite the announcement and introduction of free Google Maps Navigation.

3. The average price of location based applications on BlackBerry App World is about twice as high as on the Apple App Store ($14.37 compared to $7.34).

4. Besides the Navigation and Travel categories, most location based applications are published in News & Weather and Social, such as AccuWeather, foursquare and Loopt.

The report was covered by GigaOM here.

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Distimo Report October 2009: In-App Purchasing And Cross-Store Developers

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Every month we publish a report highlighting trends in the different mobile app stores. Distimo Report for October 2009 is now available.

The report covers the Apple App Store, Google Android Market and RIM’s BlackBerry App World.

You can download the free report here.

New and noteworthy:

  1. Developers publishing applications in multiple application stores price their applications lowest on Apple’s App Store.
  2. The same application titles are priced significantly higher on BlackBerry App World and Google Android Market than on the Apple App Store.
  3. On the Apple App Store, Games and Social Networking applications have benefited most from in-app purchasing for free applications.
  4. BlackBerry App World prices have been increasing since mid-October, from $5.11 to $5.60 (+9.6%), while pricing on the Apple App Store and Google Android Market have remained fairly stable.
Developpublishing applications in multiple application stores price their applications lowest on Apple’s App Store.
The same application titles are priced significantly higher on BlackBerry App World and Google Android Market than on the Apple
App Store.
On the Apple App Store, Games and Social Networking applications have benefited most from in-app purchasing for free applications.
BlackBerry App World prices have been increasing since mid-October, from $5.11 to $5.60 (+9.6%), while pricing on the Apple App
Store and Google Android Market have remained fairly stable

The report was covered by TechCrunch here.

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Distimo Report September 2009

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

We publish a monthly report to highlight trends in the different mobile app stores. The Distimo Report for September 2009 is now available.

The report covers the Apple App Store, Google Android Market and RIM’s Blackberry App World which is new this month.

You can download the free report here.

New and noteworthy:

  1. The average price for apps on BlackBerry App World is more than three times higher than apps on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market.
  2. On the Apple App Store, apps priced at $0.99 are still most popular, however, most revenue is generated by apps priced at around $50.
  3. Most expensive categories are Navigation on BlackBerry’s App World and Apple’s App Store, and Reference on Google’s Android Market.

The report was covered by TechCrunch.

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Recap of this week’s app store news

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
  • The Palm App Catalog gets support for paid applications, with 70% developer revenue share and billing via credit card.
  • The Distimo Report August 2009 is available, covering the Apple App Store and Android Market in the US and UK.
  • After four months, the Nokia Ovi Store now has over 3,000 available content items, of which applications are growing fastest.
  • Intel is launching an app store for Atom-based devices, bringing the app store model to netbooks.
  • Vodafone announced its new suite of internet services, called Vodafone 360 with an app store that will have a strong focus on widgets.

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Distimo Report August 2009 – US and UK

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

We publish a monthly report to highlight trends in the different mobile app stores. The Distimo Report August 2009 is now available.

The report covers the Apple App Store and Google Android Market. Two versions of the report are available: one covering the United States, and one covering the United Kingdom.
You can download your free copy of the report here.
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The report covers the Apple App Store and Google Android Market. Two versions of the report are available: one covering the United States, and one covering the United Kingdom.

You can download the free report here.

New and noteworthy:

  1. On the Apple App Store, Navigation & Travel and Social Networking apps were more popular than on Android Market, while on Android Entertainment and News & Weather applications were more popular.
  2. The overlap between countries is higher for Android Market than for Apple App Store: in the Apple App Store the available content varies more per individual country.
  3. The higher total price of Apple’s Top 100 Reference category was mainly caused by the higher amount of apps priced higher than $20. Android Market had relatively many applications priced between $4 and $10 in this category.
  4. The average price of an app in Apple’s Overall Top 100 was $2.92, compared to $4.16 in Apple’s Reference category.

The UK report was covered by TechCrunch Europe.

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Distimo Report July 2009 – Apple App Store & Android Market

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

We publish monthly reports to highlight trends in the different mobile app stores. The Distimo Report – July 2009 is now available and covers the Apple App Store and Google Android Market. Starting this month, we will report on cross store trends.

You can download this report free of charge.

The new findings in this report are:

  • A negative trend can be identified in the total price of the Overall Top 100 for the Apple App Store. This however was influenced by the turn-by-turn navigation apps MobileNavigator Europe and MobileNavigator America, which were both published by NAVIGON AG. Turn-by-turn navigation apps are still popular.
  • Pricing of applications in the Apple App Store and Android Market is quite similar, except for the Reference category which has a much higher average price on Google Android Market.
  • The most popular games on Android Market cost between $0.99 and $5.95, with most going for $2.99, while for the Apple App store, most are priced very low ($0.99), and a few higher at $6.99- $9.99
  • Games are still the most popular applications in the Apple App Store, with slightly more apps in the monthly paid Top 15 than in the free Top 15.
  • Classic games on Android Market are more popular than in the Apple App Store, with even 3 out of the 15 most popular games for Android being emulators. These types of emulators are not allowed in the Apple App Store.
  • Tools are very popular paid apps for Android, with 7 apps from the application category bvery different, there are no productivity/utilities apps for Apple in the overall Top 15.

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