It is an open secret that most developers prefer to create their software to deliver it to the App Store than to Google Play, despite the fact that the iOS market share does not exceed 15% worldwide and Android is used by more 80% of users around the world. There are several reasons, such as that Apple offers better tools to develop software or the benefits that a App Store that has already paid developers more than 50.000 million dollars.
Best of all for developers, and for users who enjoy their favorite app store, is that the trend seems to keep going up, since last July it broke the payment record, which seems to be irrelevant if we take into account another data: Apple paid 40.000 million dollars to developers about six months ago, which means that in the last six months those in Cupertino have paid a quarter of everything they paid in about eight years.
Developers prefer the App Store
.@appstore developers have now earned over $ 50 billion! Congratulations on your success and such inspired creativity.
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) August 3
App Store developers have already raised $ 50.000bn! Congratulations on your success and inspiring creativity.
Without more information than Tim Cook's tweet above, the reasons for this rising revenue trend for developers creating software for the App Store are not entirely clear. Some media assure that this can only mean that more and more of us use iOS devices, but the latest reports assure that Android is stronger than ever and that iOS only manages to hold on. If you were to ask me what I think the reason is, I would say that we are getting used to pay for the apps we like And, well, many users like games, those that are now usually freemium like Pokémon GO and that make us spend more money than we would if we had to pay for them when downloading them.
In any case, the above could also be applied to Google Play, but it seems that it does not happen for some other reason. What we do know is that the App Store is a hit, and it seems to be getting more and more popular.
