The iOS App Store seems to remain the most profitable application market for developers, without a doubt, and the fact is that the iOS user is "more used" to paying for applications than the Android user cannot be questioned. and Windows Mobile. However, in-app purchases are proliferating as well as freemium models. Meanwhile, the iOS App Store continues to be successful when it comes to remuneration, and we must remember that not only developers make money from it, but so does the Cupertino company.
With Apple also making money in the iOS App Store, we mean that as you well know, Apple automatically takes between 15% and 30% of what developers earn from the sales of their applications. Hence, we wrote that controversial article in which we explained that Apple was making more money with Pokémon Go than Nintendo itself.
In total, during 2016, developers have earned no less than $ 20.000.000.000 million, nothing more and nothing less. And the year begins with a record, and it is that in the press release, Apple reports that earnings on the App Store during the first day of 2017 were $ 240 million. In general, in 2016 they have grown by 40% compared to last year in markets such as the United Kingdom, China or Japan.
Currently the iOS App Store offers a total of 2,2 million applications, 20% more than last year, something that undoubtedly pleases Phil Schiller, the Apple executive in charge of looking after the iOS App Store. And this is how they continue to generate money in services, betting on bubble apps software.