It is our pleasure to release our latest Distimo Report.
This report covers the Apple App Store for iPad, the Apple App Store for iPhone, BlackBerry App World (worldwide), Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile for July 2010 in the United States. The major findings are:
The average price of the 100 most popular applications in Google Android Market and Palm App Catalog is higher than the average price of the entire catalogue of applications.
While the average price of all applications is only 16% higher in the Apple App Store for iPad than in the Apple App Store for iPhone, the average price of the 100 most popular applications is nearly three times as high in the Apple App Store for iPad.
More than 60% of applications are priced below or equal to $2.00 in the Apple App Store for iPhone, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Palm App Catalog.The proportion of applications priced below or equal to $2.00 is much lower in the Apple App Store for iPad and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
Paid applications are priced lowest in Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Palm App Catalog.
Google Android Market has the largest share of free applications available; 60%, representing an increase of 3% since May 2010 when it was 57%.The share of free applications is smallest on Windows Marketplace for Mobile (22%), followed by the Apple App Store for iPad (26%) and BlackBerry App World (26%).
The top three cross-store publishers that publish applications in multiple stores are Gameloft, Electronic Arts and Handmark, Inc.
In the Apple App Store for iPad, BlackBerry App World and Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the respective companies that run each application store, (Apple, Research In Motion and Microsoft) are the top publishers in their own store with only a limited number of applications. Clickgamer.com and Offscreen publish many popular games in the Apple App Store for iPhone and Nokia Ovi Store making them the top publishers in these stores.
The top grossing publisher in the Apple App Store for iPhone is Electronic Arts, which publishes free and paid applications as well as applications with in-app purchases.
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Since August 16, Nokia offers Ovi Publishers the ability to sign their Symbian apps for free. Besides lower expenses for developers, this brings the time necessary for obtaining a publisher ID and paying a third party to have their apps Symbian signed down from four to two weeks. Apps written using Qt, Symbian C++, and Flash Lite are supported.
By removing the “public beta” from Symbian Signing, “Nokia is demonstrating to Ovi Publishers its commitment to review the initial investment costs associated with getting a publisher ID and getting their apps signed”. Nokia notes however that they only cover the costs of Symbian signing of SIS files that would normally be express signed. Apps (SIS files) that require certified signing will not be signed by Nokia, which means that a third party signing solution will be required.
It is our pleasure to release our latest Distimo Report.
This report covers the Apple App Store for iPad and iPhone (with specific focus on in-app purchases), as well as BlackBerry App World (Worldwide), Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile for June 2010 in the United States. The major findings are:
The percentage of applications with in-app purchases is significantly higher in the Apple App Store for iPad (10%) than in the Apple App Store for iPhone (2%). The Games and Social Networking categories in both stores have the highest proportion of applications with in-app purchases available.
The most successful free applications that monetized using in-app purchases this month in the Apple App Store for iPhone are MobiTV (MobiTV), ESPN 2010 FIFA World Cup (ESPN) and Tap Fish (BayView Labs).
The most successful paid applications that monetized using in-app purchases this month in the Apple App Store for iPhone are Guitar Hero (Activision Publishing, Inc.), TomTom U.S.A. (TomTom International BV) and Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II (Activision Publishing, Inc.).
Mirroring the Distimo report covering May 2010, Pages and iBooks, published by Apple Inc, are again the number one paid and free applications on the Apple App Store for iPad, respectively.
Three out of the ten most popular applications in the Apple App Store for iPhone were published by Electronic Arts.
Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad entered the top 10 highest ranked paid applications chart in the 6th position. It was the
top grossing application in the Apple App Store for iPad after Pages by Apple Inc.
Nine out of the ten most popular paid applications on the Apple App Store for iPhone are Games, however only two out of the ten most popular free applications are Games. In the Nokia Ovi Store, seven out of ten of the most popular paid applications are Games, while only three out of ten of the most popular free applications are Games.
It is our pleasure to release our latest Distimo Report.
This report covers the Apple App Store for iPad, the Apple App Store for iPhone, BlackBerry App World (Worldwide), Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile for May 2010 in the United States. The major findings are:
More than 50% of applications are priced below or equal to $2.00 in all stores, with the exception of BlackBerry App World and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
The average price of all paid applications and the 100 most popular paid applications in the Apple App Store for iPad ($4.65) is higher than in the Apple App Store for iPhone ($4.01). However, the average price of the 100 top grossing applications is higher on the Apple App Store for iPhone.
Google Android Market has the largest share of free applications (57%) and Windows Marketplace for Mobile has the smallest (22%).
Twitter, Inc. published their native application in the Apple App Store and Google Android Market, becoming the monthly number 10 free application in the Apple App Store for iPhone, and the number 6 free application in Google Android Market.
Nine out of the ten most popular free applications and eight out of ten most popular paid applications in the Apple App Store for iPhone are games.
In the competitive e-reader market, both the iBooks application by Apple, Inc., and the Kindle application by Amazon.com are ranked among the 10 most popular free applications in the Apple App Store for iPad. Apple’s application is ranked number one however, and Amazon’s application is ranked number ten.
Five out of the ten most popular free applications in Windows Marketplace for Mobile are published by Microsoft Corporation.
It is our pleasure to release our latest Distimo Report.
This report covers the Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile for April 2010, with additional focus on iPhone applications in the Apple App Store during the period November 2009 – April 2010. The major findings are:
In the Apple App Store, paid applications in the Top Overall, Games, Business and Entertainment categories stay in these categories for 27, 39, 59 and 38 days on average, respectively. Free applications stay in the Top 100 for a significantly shorter time in the Top Overall, Games and Business categories, with 19, 21 and 39 days on average, respectively. In contrast to these categories, free applications in the Entertainment category stay in the Top 100 for a slightly longer period of time than paid applications; 43 days compared to 38 days.
In the Apple App Store, the majority of paid applications that have been in the Top 100 Overall during the entire period of November 2009 – April 2010 fall into the Games and Entertainment categories. The paid applications that have been in the Top 5 for the longest period of time are Doodle Jump (140 days), RedLaser (73 days) and Skee-Ball (68 days). The paid application that has been number one for the longest period of time is Skee-Ball (24 days). The free applications that have been in the Top 5 for the longest period of time are Facebook (12 days) and Paper Toss (7 days).
The majority of the 10 highest ranked paid applications were published in the following categories in April 2010: Productivity (Apple App Store for iPad), Games (Apple App Store for iPhone), Themes (BlackBerry App World), News & Weather (Google Android Market), Games (Nokia Ovi Store), Productivity & Utilities (Palm App Catalog) and in Games (Windows Marketplace for Mobile).
The majority of the 10 highest ranked free applications were published in the following categories in April 2010: Games and Entertainment (Apple App Store for iPad), Games (Apple App Store for iPhone), Music & Audio/IM & Social Networking/Themes (BlackBerry App World), Tools and Social (Google Android Market), Games and Entertainment (Nokia Ovi Store), Games (Palm App Catalog) and Social Networks/News & Weather (Windows Marketplace for Mobile).
In April 2010, the highest ranked paid iPad application in the Apple App Store was Pages, followed by GoodReader for iPad, and Pinball HD. The highest ranked free iPad application in the Apple App Store was iBooks, followed by The Solitaire and Break HD Free.
It is our pleasure to release our monthly Distimo Report, based on December 2009 data.
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.
Nokia is holding a high-profile press event this Thursday in London. Nokia said the announcement relates to Ovi and there is a lot of noise that they will release the new Nokia Ovi Store. Last December, Nokia’s George Linardos (VP Product & Media) already said Nokia would be launching a complete rehaul of the Ovi Store within months.
Nokia is definitely putting a lot of attention to the press event. So will we see the brand new Ovi Store? Count down with Nokia:
Nokia has started to send out weekly newsletters to all users that have an Ovi Store account. This account is mandatory if you want to download free or paid content from the Ovi Store. In the newsletter Nokia provides application recommendations, based on the following devices: N97, N95, 5800 Xpress Music, E71 and E63.
In this week’s newsletter, 4 applications are promoted, of which 3 paid:
Ovi Store weekly newsletter
It is not completely clear how these applications are selected and if developers have any influence on this. We’ll keep track of the promoted apps in this newsletter to learn more and see the impact on popularity from this app promotion.
December 31st, we wrote about Nokia Ovi Store showing the first Maemo apps for the N900, which is the first phone running this operating system. Just today Nokia announced that they released Ovi in beta for the N900, offering a collection of hand-picked content.
You can find the store on your N900 in the main menu of your device. Alternatively, you can visit the Ovi Store from your computer and select the N900 from the Nokia Mobile Selector (under All mobiles).
Currently, there are 30 applications available for the device, which are all free. Although Nokia says that there are already paid applications available (among which Documents To Go), we have not been able to find them in the store.
In November, Nokia launched the N900 phone, the first model running Maemo, a Linux based operating system. Nokia plans to launch more phones with Maemo in 2010. It was already expected, but now the signs are very clear: Maemo Applications are coming to the Ovi Store.
The Nokia Ovi Store currently shows the first Maemo apps:
Maemo apps in Nokia Ovi Store
The N900 is not included in the list of supported devices of Ovi Store, but several applications for Nokia’s new platform are already visible. Thanks to Allaboutphones.nl for spotting this.
The Ovi Store now contains 29 Maemo applications, which are all free. It is expected that Nokia will announce full support for Maemo in Ovi Store early January. We updated Appstores.info with these details.
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