Summary: App Reviews This week’s featured wallpaper: Bubbles Live Wallpaper * Free * 1,000 - 5,000 downloads News Coming up on the end of the year, so I want to get nerdy and talk statistics. What is the most meaningful metric to use when counting Android and iOS users? More Android than iOS daily users on Facebook apps. * source (http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/12/19/android-facebook-app-overtakes-iphone-for-daily-users/) * 58.8m Android vs 57.6m iOS * Last week Android received the new Timeline feature update before iOS, by my record the first time a Facebook app update hit Android first. Browser Share * source (http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/20/millennial-kindle-fire-outpaces-ipad-adoption-but-android-sees-huge-share-drop-in-november/) * 50% Android vs 30% iOS Tablet Share * source (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/IDC-third-quarter-2011-tablet-study/) * IDC projects Android tablet share will hit 40% of the market due to the Kindle Fire and B&N Nook * Pretty much the rest of the market are iPads. App pay gap * source (http://gigaom.com/2011/12/20/androids-app-revenue-gap-and-how-developers-cope/) * 24 cents on Android vs $1 for the same app on iOS. Lane’s Conclusion: * Apple is a “pay” culture * Many people who have Android phones simply down seek out and buy apps * I honestly don’t know anymore who will come out on top, but maybe nobody needs to.
