Mobile App Store Wars: The saga continues… to become a leader in the app world. [Infographic]

MOBILE APP STORE WARS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHO LEADS THE MOBILE APP INDUSTRY ROUND 1: REVENUE COMPARISON WHO'S MAKING THE MOST MONEY ACCORDING TO FLURRY ANALYTICS, FOR EVERY 1 DOLLAR APPLE MAKES, AMAZON MAKES .89 CENTS AND GOOGLE MAKES .23 CENTS. YEARLY REVENUE 4.9 B 1.00 1.7 B 0.89 2010 2011 IN 2011, APPLE'S APP STORE'S 188% & GREW 0.23 COMPARED TO 2010. APPLE = LEADER IN REVENUE %3D FORBES MAGAZINE STATES THAT WHILE ANDROID MAY DOMINATE THE SMARTPHONE MARKET SHARE, APPLE STILL LEADS THE PACK IN APP REVENUE PULLING IN AN UNPRECEDENTED 4.9 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. THERE ARE MORE THAN 4 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF APPLE APP DEVELOPERS THAN ANDROID DID YOU KNOW? DEVELOPERS BECAUSE APPLE USERS ARE MORE LIKEY TO PURCHASE APPS THAN ANDROID USERS. Q: HOW MUCH DO APP CREATORS MAKE? SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE IPHONE IN 2007, APP DEVELOPMENT BECAME A NEWLY INTRODUCED INDUSTRY GARNERING INTEREST AND NEED EVERY YEAR. IN 2011, ACCORDING TO INDEED.COM MORE THAN 16,000 JOBS WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS INDUSTRY OFFERING A COMFORTABLE SALARY FOR THOSE CAPABLE. ON AVERAGE, DEVELOPERS EARN (PER DAY) $7.5 MILLION DID YOU KNOW? AFTER ONLY A YEAR OF RELEASE, AMAZON'S APP STORE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED IT'S APP AVAILABILITY FROM 4000 TO A SPECTACULAR 34,000 AND GROWING! ROUND 2: WHO HAS THE MOST DOWNLOADED APPS? IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT THE LEADER OF THE MOST DOWNLOADED APPS AND CONTENT AVAILABLE IS THE APPLE STORE. APPLE TOPS THE MARKET WITH AN AMAZING 30 BILLION APP DOWNLOADS AND 650,000 APPS AVAILABLE. THESE NUMBERS ARE GROWING EACH YEAR. 30,000,000,000+ DOWNLOADED APPS 15,000,000,000+ DOWNLOADED APPS 1,000,000+ DOWNLOADED APPS WINNER WHO HAS THE MOST APPS? 650,000 600 500 500,000 400 300 200 100 50 50,000 25 %23 10 AMAZON GOOGLE APPLE WINNER ALTHOUGH APPLE HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF APPS AND DOWNLOADS, EACH APP MARKET IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY EACH YEAR. GOOGLE PLAY IS EXPERIENCING A 33% GROWTH RATE EACH YEAR WHILE AMAZON HAS A STAGGERING 800% GROWTH RATE AFTER BEING RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC FOR ONLY ONE YEAR! AND THE CLEAR WINNER IS.. DID YOU KNOW? MOBILE GAME AD REVENUE IS ESTIMATED TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY FROM $87 MILLION IN 20 10 TO $894 MILLION IN 20 15. WHERE ARE THE FREE APPS AT? 134,342 FREE APPS AVERAGE APP PRICE: $3.74 DAILY DOWNLOAD: 4.91 MILLION WINNER 121,845 FREE APPS AVERAGE APP PRICE: $1.47 DAILY DOWNLOAD: 4.76 MILLION 1,435 FREE APPS AVERAGE APP PRICE: $2.36 DAILY DOWNLOAD: 2.77 K SOURCES: ELECTRONISTA.COM, TECHIE-BUZZ.COM, BUSINESSINSIDER.COM, 9T05MAC.COM, ANDROIDTAPP.COM, PCMAG.COM, GIGAOM.COM, DISTIMO.COM, TECHSPOT.COM, 148APPS.BIZ, EXTREMETECH.COM, APPLEINSIDER.COM, MACRUMORS.COM, ASYMCO.COM, ANDROIDAUTHORITY.COM, FLURRY.COM, FORBES.COM PRESENTED BY LeadBolt f /LEADBOLTAPPS 3 @LEADBOLT WwW.LEADBOLT.COM %#3 OF APPS (IN THOUSA NDS)