When we talk about the mobile ecosystem, full competition Google and Apple between the two technology giants have become a duo rivalry, not just income, but also for developers, "draw" and consumers " to compete. " Google and Apple, respectively, with Android and Google Play, iOS and the App Store (iTunes) engaged in a fierce competition.
Google Play and the App Store are available for
download applications, games, music, books, movies and other TV content, but about who is better, there has been no definitive conclusions, but now technology website androidauthority brought us two direct comparison between stores, we can take a look.
The most basic comparison of the primary means of both the number of applications in the App Store and downloads, especially apples often use this data as a propaganda comes from. Apple's App Store officially unveiled in 2008, and along with the iPhone 3G, this model is familiar to everyone. When the App Store was first established, the number of applications, only about 500 models, but after three months, the number of applications soared to 3,000 models, and downloads have exceeded 100 million times. To 2009, App Store downloads has reached 2 billion, in 2010 broke the 3 billion, and by 2011 is to reach 10 billion, the number of applications are up to 35 million.As of March 2012, App Store application has exceeded the total number of 550,000 (of which 170,000 applications for the iPad), downloads and more is up to 250 million times. And another year, until the end of 2013, App Store the number of applications exceeded 100 million, the amount of 50 billion downloads. 2014, respectively, these two figures is up 1.4 million and 85 billion.Although this data set has been controversial, but some analysts believe the number of applications in the App Store at least have exceeded 1.2 million models.
The same Google launched the Android application market in 2008, although the number of applications is also beginning small, but very quickly became popular. To 2009 and 2010, Google Play number of applications were up to 2300 species and 80,000 kinds, and application downloads have exceeded 1 billion. However, on the whole, Google Play has been fully behind Apple's App Store. In 2011, Google Play implements three breakthrough, annual downloads reached 30 million total downloads exceeded 6 billion and 12 billion, and this trend has continued into 2012, Google Play for the first time the number of applications exceeds 500,000 downloads reached 25 billion.
In fact, Google Play has been called before the Android Market, until March 6, 2012 Google to merge with Google Music, the establishment of a new Google Play store, to the end of 2014, the number of applications exceeds the official Google Play Apple. The latest statistics, "Wall Street Journal" reported from Annie Index shows that the first quarter of 2015, Google Play application has been downloaded more than 70% App Store, but Apple's revenue is higher than 70% of Google.Where the report noted a significant increase in the number of applications Google Play mainly from Turkey, Brazil and Indonesia and other emerging markets, compared to last year's level of just 60% now.
Developers
Apple App Store revenue for developers to bring better than Google Play has been a lot higher, and the reason behind this is very interesting. Mainly because of the iPhone users typically have higher incomes, not only mobile phones are more expensive, while these users are more willing to spend more money to buy App, Android users at this point seems to be worse.
Of course, Android ecosystem is also expensive flagship models, such as the latest Galaxy S6 Edge. But most of the Android phones are usually priced between 100-300 US dollars. In many parts of the world, most of the Android contracts machines without having to pay the first payment, so this make Android more popular in low-end crowd.
And this situation led directly to the Android platform applications need to be more advertising to get extra income. Android development because in fact not directly make money through the sale of Android applications, one will focus on the App built-in ad impressions.
According to statistics from AppBrain of view, Android platform applications so far in 2015 is 1.4 billion times, the number of which only 196,000 paid applications, the rest are free applications.Although some of the free application provides a way to pay within the application, but the number is not a lot. Also AppBrain also said the number of paid Android applications within a maximum of no more than 110,000.
In addition to developers who want to develop an iOS application, you only need a Mac on the line. And to develop an Android application, you need Windows, OS X, and a variety of different devices Linux.
App Store interface
For Apple App Store, the most tangled point is the need to enter into the App Store via iTunes before. Although the user interface can also view a description of an application in the browser, but want to make the next step we must have open through the iTunes App Store Tools, and then download the application. However, there is little advantage to do so is that all operations are completed through iTunes, so backup and recovery time becomes very easy.
And Google Play is completely different at this point, although there are pure Android device application store, but users still only completed applications through the Web page to download and install. From this point of view, Google Play than Apple's iTunes App Store and more flexible.
Multimedia Products
Whether you are using the Google Play or App Store, there is one thing for sure is that in this ecosystem, you can spend money on movies, music and books, rather than the application.Whether it is Google or Apple, provides pay movies eBook DRM encryption, and some DRM encryption you can get free music.
Users who purchased the movie on iTunes, you can only run on the Apple device or PC iTunes to watch, and this movie can not be transferred to the Android platform. And Google Play is completely different, in addition to Android, Google also provides iOS version of Google Play Movies & TV applications. Even just the Chrome browser can view the Web. This means that as long as the user to purchase a multimedia items from Google Play, then you can watch in all other platforms.
Google Play and App Store Who better, your heart has the answer yet?
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