As shocking as it might seem, it is the hard truth about the mobile market: 6 out of 10 apps in Apple’s App Store has never been downloaded. That must be especially frustrating when you spend hundreds of hours to prepare, develop, and polish your app. For that reason, Spanish Bank, BBVA made a great infographic about things to remember while developing mobile apps.
The difference between Apple and Google couldn’t be bigger. But, although there are differences between user types, marketing, and ideology, there are also big differences from a developer’s point of view. Let’s take a look at an Infographic made by Cleveroad, to spot most crucial things.
How big is the mobile market? It’s huge! If you are still not sure whether you should enter the mobile world take a look at this infographic, made by Crittercism, to see where it’s going.
First of all, consider those few facts:
This data shows that your mobile absence may cost you half of your business.
But that was for last year, so is it going to be like that in next few years?
Well, data about generation Y shows that mobile is only going to be bigger!
Generation Y (a.k.a. Millennials) are people born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. This is the generation that follows Generation X – baby boomers. In a few years, they are going to have the biggest purchasing power, so let’s take a look at how they use mobile devices.
Data shows that 68% of Millennials shop or research on their mobile devices, compared with 59% of baby boomers. Also, at least 20% of them shop more on mobile than in any other way, which is real shopping or shopping on a PC.
But there is more, Millennials are so focused on mobile that they are likely to recommend a nice app if they were satisfied with how it works. Nearly 70% of them would recommend it to a friend, compared with only 57% of people from Generation X.
If you want more information, check out the infographic below. And keep in mind, mobile is only going to grow!
Top 21 Quotes on Mobile of All Time
Sometimes changes around us happen so fast that we don’t even realize how big they are. We are so caught up in our everyday life and accustomed to the constant improvement in technology, that we no longer see how exciting world around us is.
We made this list of 21 best quotes on mobile, to help you realize that mobile shift is happening right now! Don’t miss it.
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12 ideas for apps that will help you make money
Have you ever wondered what kind of app should you do next? Which is going to be popular or which one will monetize best? We know this feeling really well; each of us needs inspiration from time to time.
For the sake of developers allies, we have prepared a list of the 10 greatest inspirations for apps. All of them are apps that will constantly be in demand, so this list will be valid for a very long time. The list that we have prepared contains both business apps and those for monetization.
Note that all of these apps you can easily create with our templates, but you can also start from scratches.
11 tips to get your app through Apple App Store Review easily
Publishing on iOS is both challenging and rewarding. Even though App Store Review Guidelines are strict and demanding, many developers still want to publish on Apple devices. It is not surprising, particularly because the average iOS app makes 5 times more, per download, than an Android app.
To make things easy and smooth for you, we have gathered together all of our experience and created this 11 step guide. Below you have 11 tips, best practices, and common mistakes that we noticed after publishing thousands of apps in the Apple App Store.
How to dramatically boost your downloads – Ultimate ASO Guide
“Second page of Google, doesn’t exist” SEO people say, and I guess most of us can back that up with personal experience. In the App Market, search works the same. What doesn’t appear within first few results will be quickly forgotten. The good news though, is that you can change your ranking by using ASO techniques. What’s even better news is that 50% of developers don’t do this at all. So take this Ultimate ASO (which stands for App Search Optimization) Guide, and boost your downloads within minutes!
I remember 10 years ago when there were quite a lot businesses that still didn’t have their own website and they started staying behind their cleverer competitors who earlier decided to make their spot in the world wide web. Should we think that it’s happening the same to those business that are not having their own mobile apps these days? My answer is YES.
A lof of people is always asking us if they should have wether a native app or a mobile site for they company.
We always say the same: “It’s not about picking one of them!“. Of course, if you have a website, you should have it ready for working on mobile devices, so you should have a mobile site with the same information. But your next step is having your own native apps, they can bring you or your company a lot of benefits. We’ve put all of those benefits in this presentation.
