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Android is best for developers, Blackberry is best for making money
MOBILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google's Android operating system (OS) is the best place for developers in general, while the Blackberry OS is the best place for developers to make money, according to a report by Evans Data.
The Application Distribution report, which surveyed 400 commercial developers, shows that Android is the most used app store amongst commercial developers, with 47 per cent market share. Apple is not far behind at 43 per cent, but the shift from Apple's prior dominance is likely to continue.
Android also came out on top as the best app store for developers over the long term, with many believing that the Android Market will be the pivotal place to develop for within the next two years.
Despite Android's success, developers can still make more money by opting to use Blackberry's App World, which appears to be paying out more than both Android and Apple. This is likely largely due to the enterprise nature of a lot of Blackberry devices and apps, which means a larger price tag for apps, compared with the mostly consumer nature of apps on Android and Apple devices, with more affordable pricing.
"The industry has a conception that developers are going to target either Android or Apple, and those two will define the market," said Janel Garvin, CEO of Evans Data. "However, there's room for more than two. Blackberry developers are not as plentiful but 13 per cent make over $100,000 from the App World apps, which is considerably more than Android or Apple developers, and will help that platform continue to be compelling to developers, especially in the enterprise."
Of course, with Blackberry losing a lot of the market share it once had, it might not be a very attractive operating system to develop for much longer. Larger prices but lower sales might just average out or result in losses, compared to a more competitively priced and better selling app in the Android or Apple app stores.
Other findings in the report include a problem of app visibility, which was cited by 37 per cent of respondents. This would obviously have a large impact on sales. Unfortunately, the more each app store grows the more difficult it will be to find specific apps amidst the clutter. Having the search prowess of Google could answer this problem for Android, however.
The survey found that developers vastly prefer to sell paid apps rather than subsidise free ones with in-app advertising. The second most favoured approach is a subscription-based app.
Games remain the dominant app across most app stores, taking up 27 per cent of the catalogue. Business apps came in at 21 per cent, while productivity apps were not far behind at 20 per cent. So, while the consumer side of apps is clearly the strongest, there is still a call for enterprise apps, which could keep Blackberry alive in the face of the war between Apple and Google. µ
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R U being serious please explore itunes and be say with the app most cant believe this article either the guy wrting this must be serious a dud or its in his race!
If he doesnt knowhow to take a back up than may be he must be a journalist
RIM is the best for developers? That is why there are so many apps there isn't it? RIM had the marketshare and if it was the best place for apps then they would have them. RIM is dying.
quote "Just because people buying Android smartphones do not buy apps, they want everything for free" end quote
Hmm dont know about you and cant speak for other fellow android users but i have spent over a hundred fifty us dollars on android app purchases.
Please dont take it against us if we can get asphalt 5 free (promo) or angry birds free and dont have to pay for them.
quote "most successful apps on iOS iPhone/iPad if and when converted to Android have to rely of in-app advertisement to generate some decent revenue." end quote
That is precisely the point, there are so many android users that in app advertising actually works as you said to generate decent revenue so what is wrong here? a win for consumers and a win for developers.
Isnt it possible on iOS too? Of course.
Quote "The whole Android Linux+Java thing really is a scam. Google keeps paying for fake statistics claiming that they dominate the market worldwide"
Hmmm, cant speak for the entire world like you have Steve J. i mean Jim hehehe.
But in my part of the world i see about 99 percent of the people NOT using an apple device. With another 30 percent using at least some android device.
How can i tell? When ever i go to the mall or the restaurants or hotels etc more than half of the people have their phones out texting or playing games or taking pictures. Apple is pretty much a minor player in my part of the world.
People can get fed up having to use itunes to transfer music when other devices like androids you just drag and drop your music no need to synchronize.
Its really just the convenience and the freedom. FREEDOM
"The Android app store being best for developers it's a kinda silly absolutely untrue statement. "
And you continue along the same lines yet do not provide any proof for any of your statements. If you do have the facts to back up your claims please provide them.
LOL
The Android app store being best for developers it's a kinda silly absolutely untrue statement. Just because people buying Android smartphones do not buy apps, they want everything for free and most successful apps on iOS iPhone/iPad if and when converted to Android have to rely of in-app advertisement to generate some decent revenue.
The whole Android Linux+Java thing really is a scam. Google keeps paying for fake statistics claiming that they dominate the market worldwide and other nonsense but that is not true at all, Apple is the de facto standard and the real market leader. On Apple developers can earn some serious money because its huge customers base is not afraid of paying a few cheap bucks to developers for apps and games.