Says Consumers Will Spend $6.2 Billion in Mobile Application Stores in 2010. Egham, UK, January 18, 2010 View All Press Releases Application Stores Will Exceed 4.5 Billion Downloads in 2010 Consumers will spend $6.2 billion in 2010 in mobile application stores while advertising revenue is expected to generate $0.6 billion worldwide, according to Gartner, Inc.
Analysts said mobile application stores will exceed 4.5 billion downloads in 2010, eight out of ten of which will be free to end users. Gartner forecasts worldwide downloads in mobile application stores to surpass 21.6 billion by 2013 (see Table 1). Free downloads will account for 82 per cent of all downloads in 2010, and will account for 87 per cent of downloads in 2013. “As smartphones grow in popularity and application stores become the focus for several players in the value chain, more consumers will experiment with application downloads,” said Stephanie Baghdassarian, research director at Gartner.
Table 1Mobile Application Stores' Number of Downloads and Revenue, Worldwide Source: Gartner (December 2009) Says Worldwide Mobile Application Store Revenue Forecast to Surpass $15 Billion in 2011. Egham, UK, January 26, 2011 View All Press Releases Revenue Between 2010 and 2014 is Forecast to Grow 1,000 Percent to Reach $58 Billion Worldwide mobile application store downloads are forecast to reach 17.7 billion downloads in 2011, a 117 percent increase from an estimated 8.2 billion downloads in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc.
By the end of 2014, Gartner forecast over 185 billion applications will have been downloaded from mobile app stores, since the launch of the first one in July 2008. Worldwide mobile application store revenue is projected to surpass $15.1 billion in 2011, both from end users buying applications and applications themselves generating advertising revenue for their developers. This is a 190 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $5.2 billion. "Many are wondering if the app frenzy we have been witnessing is just a fashion, and, like many others, it shall pass. Free downloads are forecast to account for 81 percent of total mobile application store downloads in 2011. App Economy parte 1: gli App Store e l’evoluzione di Internet.
Tutto cominciò il 10 luglio 2008, quando Apple lanciò l’App Store per l’iPhone.
Da allora sono state scaricate oltre 10 miliardi di Apps sui terminali della mela. Attualmente sono disponibili oltre 300.000 applicazioni tra gratuite e a pagamento. Ormai tutti i principali player del mercato degli smartphone hanno lanciato la propria versione di App Store, da Google a Microsoft, passando per RIM, Nokia e Palm/HP. Anche gli operatori telefonici hanno lanciato i propri App Store, primo per importanza Vodafone 360. Come pioniere del mercato, Apple ha addirittura provato a registrare il marchio App Store, con più di un grattacapo visto che la stessa Microsoft ha rilevato come ‘App Store’ sia ormai un termine comune per indicare gli store online di acquisto software per Smartphone, Tablet e non solo.
La rivoluzione degli App Store ha avuto un impatto enorme sulla fruizione dell’Internet Mobile. Trend e sviluppi futuri degli App Store Pasquale Borriello. Press - Coverage. Distimo Launches iOS® App to Help Developers Track Their Own App Store Analytics and Their Competitors' SAN FRANCISCO– October 22, 2013 – Distimo ( the globally recognized app store analytics leader, announced the launch today of its new Distimo iOS® app, the first mobile app to offer users the ability to check the performance of their own and competing apps across any app store from the palm of their hand.
The Distimo iOS app taps into the full suite of Distimo App Analytics tools, and offers comprehensive analysis and tracking of daily downloads, revenues, in-app purchases, and reviews in all major app stores including the Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Samsung Apps, Apple Mac Store, Windows Phone Marketplace, Windows Store, BlackBerry World, and Nokia Ovi Store. The Distimo iOS app is available now as a free download in the Apple App Store. Press release (PDF) Distimo Introduces New App Trends Data Service Press release (PDF) Press release (PDF) Press release (PDF)