Comments on: Freemium app revenue growth leaves premium in the dust http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/ Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brad Kaellner http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1136948 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:18:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1136948 I wonder what share of the market freemium has for productivity apps. Freemium is the predominant model with many of the top grossing game apps, but I wonder how relevant that is for non-game apps, such as health and fitness where you see very few freemium apps in the top grossing charts.

]]> By: DiamondDNice http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1127024 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:13:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1127024 google play has lots of room to grow. apple is already grown.

]]> By: App Annie http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1126862 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:18:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1126862 Google Play has been experiencing tremendous growth in markets like Japan and Korea. Revenues in the USA are fairly stagnant so a large part of the revenue growth is coming from overseas regions. If you click through the blog post in the first paragraph you’ll see more data.

Google Play revenues in Japan have grown 7x this year alone:
http://appannie.com/blog/freemium-apps-ios-google-play-japan-china-leaders

Also, Google Play Korea revenues have grown by 6x:
http://appannie.com/blog/korea-google-play-revenues-growth-2012

]]> By: App Annie http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1126858 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:15:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1126858 Yes, freemium includes subscription-based apps. Subscriptions are counted as in-app purchases.

The growth of Apple Newsstand has been impressive, check out our deep dive on the revenue impact of Newsstand here:
http://appannie.com/blog/commercial-opportunities-on-apples-newsstand

]]> By: Dan Lagani http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1123815 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:51:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1123815 Reblogged this on Media_Biz and commented:
Freemium apps continue to take the lionshare of revenue, but the real driver to whether an app should be paid or freemium is usage driven and how unique the content truly is

]]> By: Joseph Ratliff http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1119968 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:50:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1119968 Seems as though Chris Anderson’s book “Free” was correct.

]]> By: Ashim http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1117416 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:52:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1117416 Does freemium include subscription-based apps like magazines? This could explain in part, the revenue bump?

]]> By: Mindbendingpuzzles http://gigaom.com/2012/10/26/freemium-app-revenue-growth-leaves-premium-in-the-dust/#comment-1116091 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:54:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=577455#comment-1116091 What is going on with Google Play? That chart suggests that Google play revenues have tripled in just 9 months while IOS sales have stagnated over the same period. I know Google Play is newer and therefore probably has a higher growth rate but that seems too big a difference to believe.

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