Distimo is a company that specializes on mobile application market analysis for different platforms. They have recently released interesting statistics on the proportion of free vs. paid applications for the Android Market, AppStore, OVI Store and others. They have also listed top 10 most popular free and paid applications for Android. The results are quite interesting, and in the case of our beloved “Market” entertaining.
First let’s look at the free vs. paid application comparison chart.
It is easy to notice in the above chart that the percentage of free programs on the Android Market is higher than on any other mobile platform – 57%. By the way, not so long ago this value was closer to 50%, so it slightly increased over time. This statistics has its positive and negative aspects. The good news is that free software for Android is thriving. Bad news – the quality of most programs is far from being “good”, many applications just copy each other.
Two interesting tables below are showing us the most popular programs for Android. As you can see, Google Maps and Pandora Radio are the most popular free apps, while Beautiful Widgets is the top paid application.
[via Distimo]
[Android Market image via resnickscity.wordpress.com]
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