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coob
The ASP of iOS apps is ~$0.24 (asymco). What is the ASP of Android apps?
kinofcain
I look at those charts and think "Buy AAPL". Seriously: if the horrible, dreaded, Android "winning", second-place future for Apple is continued exponential growth then they're tremendously undervalued.
nhangen
I'd like to see a separate chart of paid download comparisons. My bet is iOS dwarfs Android where it counts.
maykelange
for how long ?
nhangen
I don't see Android overtaking iOS paid downloads anytime soon. The customer core is much different (I'm talking average Joe) and the Android market is a cluster... for many reasons.

This might change with the Kindle Fire though, and I actually expect that market to grow very quickly. Question is, does that count?

buster
Probably because there are more free or ad-supported apps on Android then on iOS ;)

It's like 2/3 of Android apps are free, where as only 1/3 of iOS apps are free: https://www.mylookout.com/appgenome/

nhangen
Because the app economy on the Android market doesn't support it.
buster
What do you mean by that?
mcantelon
I think nhangen means the Apple community is more "first world".
diminish
iphone lost against android in every conceivable category, and you suggest one more and you will see ios or iwhatever will lose again.