Android's Application Downloads Exceed Apple

The market research shows that although Apple's App Store is currently regarded as the world's most popular downloaded platform for the most popular applications, this year Android applications downloads may for the first time exceed the downloads of Apple's applications.

The report released on Thursday said it is expected that this year's downloads of Android applications are 8.1 billion times, while the downloads of Apple iOS applications are 6 billion times. But this shows that both platforms have achieved substantial growth. Last year, the downloads of Apple and Android applications are 2.7 billion and 1.4 billion respectively. This year the total downloads Applications are expected to grow 144%.

The analyst said the consumer demand for mobile applications seems can never be satisfied and this trend will continue this year. The global application downloads are growing. The long-term prospects of the application download are quite optimistic. Consumers will continue to use the new applications and the services they like of their mobile phones.

Behind the growth of the Android application downloads, consumers and electronics makers of all ages contributed to the development of the Android platform. Android operating system can support for smart phones and tablet PCs. It is free, which has attracted many companies to join. Carriers are also pushing smart phones, attracting many consumers. Therefore, the market share of the Android mobile phone system over the past few months has soared. The growth of Android also benefits from other applications stores. GetJar and Amazon are all working to provide a variety of application options.

Although Apple can not compete with Android in the aspect of application downloads, but it is still leading in the application value. IPhone will continue to dominate the market in the charged applications. The revenue is expected to reach $ 2.86 billion in 2016, while the revenue of Android's applications will be $ 1.5 billion. But the downloads of Android applications in 2016 will reach 21.8 billion times. The downloads of Apple iOS application are 11.6 billion times.

Despite the surge in application downloads, the analyst said that as consumers become more demanding and more applications are introduced to the market, it will become increasingly difficult for developers to launch the application that can hit the market.

Nokia's Ovi Store or Microsoft's Windows Marketplace are the emerging platform. At current the likelihood of success that they catch up with Apple or Andrew is not high, but the quality of the application is what the companies can control.