Android continues to lead: Play Store installs twice as much for the App Store

According to a survey conducted by the research firm Sensor Tower, Apple performed well in 2017 and performed well in the Google camp. The report shows that subscribers and subscriptions for games and software in Google Plays and Apple's App Store have exceeded $ 586 billion , An increase of 35% over 2016.

Although there are many different types of apps in the App Store, Google Apps has far surpassed Apple in one area, and that is the first installment of applications, according to a survey by Sensor Tower, worldwide installations this year have risen 13% to 91.5 billion .

Google Apps store downloads rose 16.7% to 64 billion, while the App Store downloads only increased by 6.7% to 28 billion. The main reason for this result is the high market share of Android products. In addition, Google also Push Android One project, to provide users with cheap and durable smart phone.

If you're an app developer, you'll be more inclined to first release apps in the App Store because IOS users spent $ 38.5 billion on the App Store in 2017, whereas Android users only spent $ 20.1 billion. Forgot, Google Play Store is not available in China, however, App Store made a lot of money in the Chinese market.

In terms of game revenue, both have a 30% increase, but the App Store has increased by 30 billion while Google has only 18 billion.

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