Mobile App Development

MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT In the UK around six out of ten adults use a smartphone on a daily basis. WHAT DO PEOPLE USE MOBILE APPS FOR? 55% 33% 22% Social Media Online Shopping Watching TV Programmes HOW MANY APPS GET DOWNLOADED BY SMARTPHONE USERS? 127.7 B PAD11.11 B O FREE free app downloads paid app downloads in 2014 in revenue from app £22 B downloads around the world WHAT ARE THE TOP APP PLATFORMS? 1.3M apps (Google Play) iOS iOS 1.2 M . apps (Apple App Store) apps (BlackBerry and Amazon app B: 300,700 З00 stores combined) 300.000 apps (Windows Phone Store) The mobile app sector is worth over £40 billion globally. In the UK alone, the sector is worth £4 billion. Olexel Sources: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/research-publications/adults/adults-media-lit-14/ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/26/uk-apps-economy-worth-four-billion-pounds http://www.statista.com/topics/1002/mobile-app-usage/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/276623/number-of-apps-available-in-leading-app-stores/ http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/windows-phone-store-hits-more-than-300000-apps/ http://www.ibtimes.com/blackberry-announces-amazon-appstore-partnership-triples-available-apps-instant-1604936 CH