After reports surfaced claiming the Google Play Store was about to reach 15 billion app downloads, Google confirmed to
TechCrunch that it reached the milestone “a few weeks ago.” Apple reached the same number of downloads in July 2011 and
recently surpassed 25 billion downloads in March.
The gap between the two marketplaces seems to be widening slightly,
with Google seeing about 1 billion app downloads per month while Apple
is serving about 1.25 billion app downloads per month. The Google Play
Store currently has
more than 500,000 apps, while
Apple’s App Store has some 600,000.
There have been reports, however, that claim iOS developers are making
more money than their Android counterparts. Analyst Horace Dediu noted
that up until the end of January 2012, Google has paid developers $320
million compared to $4 billion from Apple, but the Cupertino-based
company’s app download rate is reportedly slowing, having fallen by 30%
in March. Google expects to earn $35.9 million from its app store this
year.
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