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Only 3 Percent Of Android App Downloads Are Paid Vs iOS' 17 Percent

We have written about Android app statistics - how most apps in the Android platform are downloaded less than 100 times - today we spotted this:

"97% of all Android downloads throughout its search properties were free apps, and that number has increased by 2% .

To put this in perspective, developers with paid apps on iTunes saw downloads increase by 3.8% over March. Price points showing the most growth included the $0.99 group (1.9%), $1.99 group (0.7%) and the $2.99 group (0.6%). Of apps priced over $14.99, the $23.99 price point took 37% of the market share."

Statistics Source: ReadWriteWeb

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