The Distimo Report, July 2009 is now available and
for download and covers the Apple App Store and Google Android Market. Starting this
month, they reported on cross app store trends.
- Pricing of applications in the Apple App Store and Android Market
is quite similar, except for the Reference category which has a much
higher average price on Google Android Market. - The most popular games on Android Market cost between $0.99 and
$5.95, with most going for $2.99, while for the Apple App store, most
are priced very low ($0.99), and a few higher at $6.99- $9.99.
- Games are still the most popular applications in the Apple App
Store, with slightly more apps in the monthly paid Top 15 than in the
free Top 15. - Classic games on Android Market are more popular than in the Apple
App Store, with even 3 out of the 15 most popular games for Android
being emulators. These types of emulators are not allowed in the Apple
App Store. - Tools are very popular paid apps for Android, with 7 apps from the
application category very different, there are no
productivity/utilities apps for Apple in the overall Top 15. - A negative trend can be identified in the total price of the
Overall Top 100 for the Apple App Store. This however was influenced by
the turn-by-turn navigation apps MobileNavigator Europe and
MobileNavigator America, which were both published by NAVIGON AG.
Turn-by-turn navigation apps are still popular.
Monthly most popular paid apps - Apple App Store
Rank App Category Price
1 The Moron Test Entertainment $0.99
2 Camera Zoom v1.1 Photography $0.99
3 Flight Control Games $0.99
4 iFitness Healthcare & Fitness $1.99
5 StoneLoops! of Jurassica Games $0.99
6 Bejeweled 2 Games $2.99
7 Pocket God Entertainment $0.99
8 Sally's Spa Games $0.99
9 ColorSplash Photography $1.99
10 F.A.S.T. -- Fleet Air Superiority
Training!
Games $0.99
11 Fast & Furious The Game Games $1.99
12 emoji iEmoji icons - get smiley,
emoticon keyboard
Social Networking $0.99
13 Flick Fishing Games $0.99
14 Bloons Games $0.99
15 StickWars Games $0.99
Monthly most popular paid apps - Google Android Market
Rank App Category Price
1 Power Manager Full Tools $0.99
2 MyBackup Pro Tools $2.99
3 Open Home - Full Entertainment $3.99
4 Advanced Task Manager Tools $0.99
5 Bloo - Native Facebook App Social $1.49
6 PicSay Pro - Photo Editor Multimedia $1.99
7 Hello IM! Communication $9.99
8 aHome Tools $4.99
9 Snap Photo Pro Multimedia $0.99
10 dxTop : Home Alternative Tools $2.99
11 Weather Widget - Donate News & Weather $1.49
12 Close Everything 2 Tools $1.43
13 PhotoVault Tools $0.99
14 RepliGo Reader Productivity $7.95
15 Lock 2.0 - Donate Entertainment $1.99