Comments on: Android app development growing at a faster rate than iOS (chart) http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/ Sat, 25 May 2013 08:43:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pazoozoo http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1160227 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:46:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1160227 Your analysis is missing out on a number of issues:

1) It doesn’t say the type of apps the developers are focusing on. Given then 9:1 piracy ratio (copied vs bought) in a lot of cases there is evidence to suggest that there is more focus on free to play apps than chargeable/AAA titles.

2) It fails to mention that the momentum in most cross platform app development starts with the iOS version then, when the app breaks even and into profit, they then port over to Android if there is a sound business case for it (see point 1). With more and more apps being created on iOS it then leads to…

3) More Android versions of those iOS apps. Hence the growth rate growing faster than iOS.

4) It fails to mention the double digit % reduction for the 2nd year running in Android developers ditching the platform (see point 1, again).

]]> By: AK http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1070903 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:53:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1070903 Well, the guy certainly inherited the light sabre passed on to him by late Ho’nble Jobs so either you accept whatever he says i..e “except iOS+Obj-C everthing else is piece of crap and that includes peanut butter” or just move on. Just look at his comment below. Next time, if you reply to his comment naming successful business, he will start like “but those businesses are not “successful” successful.

John Gruber, MG Siegler and the elk don’t talk sense. They talk iLanguage. iPlatform is all they need to save this planet rest deserve to go down the dinosaur lane.

]]> By: AK http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1070883 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:46:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1070883 >>It’s hard for Java web developers to learn *sophisticated Objective-C* though

Yeah, right! You meant that polished, oiled, greasy smooth and Armani suited Obj-C, no? Or is it Versace?

]]> By: Marvin Nakajima http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1064427 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:37:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1064427 If I had to guess, the major factor this time round is the most stable Android OS to date (4.x) and the increase in the number of target Android tablets. I would not be surprised if most developers are (if they haven’t in the past) giving Android OS a try. 4.x is the OS that ties both the Smartphone and tablet platforms together.

]]> By: aadamgibson http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1050798 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:29:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1050798 All credits goes to Android Application Development Companies, because they provide us Custom android applications according to our requirements. Now most of -applications are available in android market also which are available for iOS.

]]> By: Daniel http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1050715 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:32:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1050715 Interesting.

For more data points, you should check out the Baird Mobile Developer Survey. More developers, better questions. The just did a survey on where developers have been making money and where they are placing future bets. Watch for it to come out soon. Here is an article that talks about an earlier survey. http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/07/12/aapl-goog-dominate-baird-dev-survey/

Most of my developer buddies report that their Android apps produce 10-15% of their iOS apps in terms of revenue. These are indie devs that make a living publishing apps.

]]> By: mike http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1042055 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:35:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1042055 Wow in America the margin is even greater for android. I guess devs are realizing 60 percent of the market is better than 25 percent. Why wouldn’t they develop more for the top platform which is android. Android also is surpassing Apple in the tablet market now too for total market share and its just going to get worse for Apple year after year

]]> By: Roy Appfan http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1041870 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:40:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1041870 Dear Rani, it will be helpful to embed the following table into your article to reflect the trends.

Table 13. IOS and Android development trends across regions

Phone Tablet
Current Planned Current Planned
Asia-Pacific Android 42% 59% 50% 63%
iOS 48% 75% 58% 71%
North America Android 60% 68% 43% 59%
iOS 72% 80% 76% 82%
Western Europe Android 51% 61% 31% 44%
iOS 71% 67% 69% 67%
Source: GigaOM Pro

]]> By: Roy Appfan http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1041853 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:28:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1041853 Michael has a great point, I can’t agree more.

]]> By: Michael Wolf http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/android-app-development-growing-at-a-faster-rate-than-ios-chart/#comment-1041662 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:01:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569635#comment-1041662 It should also be noted that since iOS has been more widely used, there’s less of a market expansion opportunity as many of today’s developers already use it. Anytime a platform is growing from a smaller user base, growth rates are likely to be higher.

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