80% of Apps Suck, According to Appsfire
Appsfire just released some interesting numbers, to tie in with the recent passing of 100,000 apps in the app store.
- For the vast majority of apps, a whopping 80%, have almost no install base. That’s 80,000 that are found in almost no phones.
- Only the top 5 apps are in 50% of all iPhones
- App at rank 1000 is found in 1.76% of phones. There are another 99,000 apps that are found in fewer than this.
Appsfire raises the very good point that the massive dropoff is partly due to the fact that iTunes really isn’t set up to help you find new programs. It doesn’t help you find new and interesting programs tucked amongst the detritus, but pushes ones that are already high selling.
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thanks for pointing to that data: just a slight correction. it does not mean 80% of apps suck, but that they are just not installed by lack of discovery. they could be great apps. but are not easy to find.
Well, yes, I was being a touch facetious. However, there is a major issue with shovelware in the appstore, as well as dozens of applications replicating identical functionality.
Tim, we published a deeper explanation of the data we released.
http://blog.appsfire.com/developers-dont-panic-not-80-of-iphone-apps-a