Infography : The Apple App Store Economy. Update: Thanks to everyone for weighing in about the infographic. The data used was given to us on an exclusive basis from analytics firm Flurry. Indeed, three-quarters of the apps in the App Store are “paid apps,” which was used to calculate the average app price and the subsequent revenue figures in the previous version. However, only one-quarter of the apps actually downloaded are “paid apps,” so the average price per transaction (paid + free downloads) is actually much lower than the average app price in the store. The graphic has been updated to reflect this price. Also, some of the averages in the Flurry data were calculated using projected user numbers from the first quarter 2010; that has been corrected to reflect only data up to the end of the year.
For clarification purposes, here is the math: According to Flurry, Average listed price of a paid app: $3.63 74% of apps listed in the app store are paid. Only 1/4 of downloaded apps are paid. Best, Om digg. Dossier - Les 30 jeux indispensables de l'iPhone sur JeuxVideo. Apple Reveals The Top Free iPhone Apps Of All Time (PICTURES) Apple's App Store is about to clear a huge milestone: 10 billion apps downloaded. It took iTunes eight years to reach the same milestone, and the App Store is about to reach it in about two and a half years. "[T]hat's an average of over 3 billion app downloads per year," Gigaom writes. To celebrate, Apple is giving away a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card to the person who downloads the 10-billionth app.
Apple has also created a special iTunes page featuring lists of the top paid and free apps available for iPhone and iPad devices. Noting the apps that appear on each of the four lists, TechCrunch writes, "[T]he lists are pretty strong and obvious, except for paid iPad apps, which seems oddly weak (iFart Mobile, seriously?). Interestingly, four of the same free apps appear on the top lists for both the iPhone and iPad, while none of the top paid apps for the iPhone appear in the iPad's top apps list.
Check out our slideshow of the top free iPhone apps (below). Loading... Application iPhone gratuite et payante.