The number of applications built for Windows Phone is already over 100.

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At the time of this writing, exactly 100 applications have been published, of which 145 in the past month. Extending to the last three months, 9391 programs have been completed, which is a sign of dynamic development. 

 

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Key points:

  • 100 applications have appeared on the market in the last 145 months
  • 88 applications actually available (371 countries in total)
  • 23 developers

 

Android reached the 100 app milestone in 2 years, iOS after 16 months. It is worth noting that after 14 months "only" 50 programs were released for Windows Phone, but after almost half a year this number doubled. 

 

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The currently downloadable applications are as follows in each country: United States (77), United Kingdom (450), France (72), Spain (933), Italy (69), Germany (879), Australia ( 68) Russia (361), Brazil (68) India (180) China (69). Most apps appeared in English (153), with German (70), French (036), Spanish (55) and Italian (052) being the most common.

 

In May, the supply of the marketplace increased by an average of 313 per day, 1 year ago this number was only 166.

 

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Not surprisingly, the largest category is “entertainment” (18), followed by “devices and productivity” (867), “books and educational apps” (14) and “games” (591 12). For the latter, the most popular subcategory is "puzzles and puzzles" (816 games - 12%), then "action and adventure" (212 games - 4305%) and finally "classics" (35 games - 1878%). The four most popular main categories alone account for 15 percent of the total content.

 

 

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67 percent of the apps on the Windows Phone marketplace are free, 10 percent are free trial, and the remaining 23 percent are paid. It also turned out that most spend $ 0,99 on a program (61,8%).

 

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If you haven’t had so many statistics lying on your stomach, you can read more on the subject at the address below.

 

Source: allaboutwindowsphone.com