In recent months, the App Store has become a major source of news and not exactly positive precisely for Apple, since most of them are related to the 30% commission charged by Apple for each in-app purchase, download, subscription… Fortunately, it is not all bad news.
During the most intense months of the coronavirus pandemic, in which many of us stayed at home without going out, the demand for games and applications in entertainment has increased very much. In the case of the App Store, it was 31% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Sensor Tower.
The Google Play Store, who has also seen its income increase by 33,8%, almost three points more than the App Store, the total income has been of 10.300 million dollars by the 19.000 million dollars generated by the Google application store.
The most downloaded application on the App Store In recent months it has been TikTok, followed by Zoom, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp taking the top 5 positions, followed by Facebook, Messenger, Gmail, Google Maps and Netflix.
Video streaming services, especially Disney and Netflix, have seen how lgrowth predictions that they had for the first 6 months of the year have been exceeded.
If we talk about applications that have seen reduce your income generated through the applications, we have to talk about Tinder, an application that has gone from being the most popular in 2019 to being ranked fourth.
The App Store has become one of the most important pillars for Apple. We will have to wait a few months to see how the various complaints that Apple has received accusing it of monopoly evolve, since if they prosper, pThey could be a serious blow to the company.
