Number of apps available in leading app stores Q2 2022

During the second quarter of 2022, Android users were able to choose between 3.5 million apps, making Google Play the app store with the biggest number of available apps. The Apple App Store was the second-largest app store with roughly 2.2 million available apps for iOS. Whereas the exact number of apps may fluctuate as Apple and Google regularly remove low-quality content from their app stores, the number of apps has been steadily increasing over the years.Average app price Applications generate revenue in several different ways, such as charging users a price for the download of an app, charging for access to premium features of an otherwise free app or simply selling ad space. As of November 2021, the average price of an app in the App Store amounts to 0.88 U.S. dollars per app. Google Play may have the bigger number of apps available for download, but the Apple App Store is doing a better job at monetizing its mobile content. In the third quarter of 2021, global consumer spending on mobile apps via the Apple App Store amounted to 21.5 billion U.S. dollars, absolutely crushing the still impressive 12.1 billion U.S. dollars of the Google Play platform. Other app stores Whereas Apple and Google dominate the conversation regarding downloads and spending, there as a few other players with various degrees of market success and relevance. The Amazon Appstore offers approximately 476,00 Android apps to worldwide audiences. The most popular app categories in the Amazon Appstore are gaming, education, and utilities apps. There are also several third-party Android app stores in China, including the Tencent Appstore with over 43,840 available apps as of February 2021.

在2022年第二季度，Android用户可在350万款应用中选择，使Google Play成为拥有最多可下载应用的移动应用商店。Apple App Store位居第二，提供约220万款iOS应用。尽管由于苹果和谷歌定期从应用商店中移除低质量内容，应用的准确数量可能会有所波动，但应用数量在近年来一直稳步增长。平均应用价格应用通过多种方式产生收入，例如向用户收取应用下载费用、对免费应用的高级功能收费或直接出售广告空间。截至2021年11月，App Store中应用的平均价格为每款0.88美元。尽管Google Play拥有更多的应用可供下载，但Apple App Store在移动内容的货币化方面表现更为出色。在2021年第三季度，全球消费者通过Apple App Store在移动应用上的消费总额达到215亿美元，远超Google Play平台的121亿美元。其他应用商店在苹果和谷歌在下载和消费方面占据主导地位的同时，还有一些其他玩家在市场上拥有不同程度的成功和相关性。Amazon Appstore向全球用户提供约47.6万款Android应用。在Amazon Appstore中，最受欢迎的应用类别为游戏、教育和实用工具应用。此外，中国还有几家第三方Android应用商店，包括截至2021年2月拥有超过43,840款可用应用的腾讯应用商店。