D. JonesGot Games? Games Comprise Over One-Third of iPad Apps!
April 9th 2010 10:01
According to the Distimo Report, which focuses on the Apple App Store for iPad and also includes data from the Apple App Store for iPhone, for comparison purposes. The major findings are:
* In total, there are 2,385 applications that are available exclusively for the iPad (Wow!) The largest category on the iPad is Games (So it IS a big toy!) with 833 titles (35%), followed by Entertainment and Education with 260 and 205 titles, respectively.
* Games and Entertainment applications are more popular on the iPhone than on the iPad (For now! The iPad will catch up...soon!) 70% of the most popular applications on the iPhone are published in either one of those categories, compared to 40% on the iPad.
* 83% of applications on the iPad are paid, while only 73% of all applications are paid on the iPhone. The average price of all paid applications that are solely compatible with iPad is $3.61 compared to $3.55 for applications compatible with iPhone (Very small difference!)
* Medical applications are most expensive on both the iPad ($9.39) and iPhone ($10.73) (Maybe the new healthcare bill will help with that!) On the contrary, Education ($9.10), Healthcare & Fitness ($4.41), Music ($6.86) and Sports ($4.95) applications are significantly more expensive on the iPad. Books are currently cheaper on the iPad than on the iPhone which may be influenced by the iBookstore availability on the iPad (Who would want to read a book on their iPhone anyway?)
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