6. iOS controls most of the high-end device market
Android almost every other area
Windows Phone gains developer interest, but not users
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12. Programming languages,
Mobile app developers
HTML5
42
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Other
27
C#
23
Objective-C
24
C/C++
26
Java (Android)
38
13. 47% of iOS developers, 42% of Android developers
use something other than the native language
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15. Android iOS Windows Phone BlackBerry 10 Others
Platform priority
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13%
3%
10%
32%
42%
16. No of platform targets
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2,9
2,175
1,45
0,725
0
July 2013 July 2014
17. App revenue
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Haves
12%
Strugglers
19%
Poverty stricken
22%
Have nothings
47%
18. Majority of app businesses not sustainable with current revenue
50% of iOS developers, 64% of Android developers
below the ‘app poverty line” of $500 per app per month
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19. Games dominate app store revenues,
yet most games developers struggle
33% of developers make games
57% of those games make less than $500 per month
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20. Target users
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70
52,5
35
17,5
0
Targets consumers Targets professionals Targets enterprise
21. Developers who target enterprises:
Twice as likely to be earning over $5k per app per month
Almost 3 times as likely to earn more than $25k per app per month.
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34. Vibration API (W3C)
Screen Orientation
Geolocation API
Mouse Lock API (W3C)
Open WebApps
Network Information API (W3C)
Battery Status API (W3C)
Alarm API
Web Activities
Push Notifications API
WebFM API
WebPayment
IndexedDB (W3C)
Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor
Notification
Regular APIs