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Their re-distributed apps number ranges from 67 thousands to 320 thousands. The numbers include inactive apps which have been submitted to the Android market once but are being deleted or replaced by a new version afterwards. There are nearly 30 independent app stores which stores and sell Android apps. 12 of them are full-catalog stores, which also provide apps for multiple platforms. All others specialize in Android apps. Other stores concentrate only on Android tablet apps. They are not shown in the graph. FIGURE 2: ANDROID APPS NUMBER IN THE INDEPENDENT APP STORES1
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5,958 5,923 4,906 4,317 4,151 3,450 3,307 2,184 666 616 260 187 140 127 118 37
Independent app stores try to attract developers by offering additional reach for their apps, allow advanced on-platform marketing campaigns and promotion support.
Not all independent app stores are shown in the graph because of missing app number information. 2 The number of apps in Android Pdassi store refers to 14th of June, 2011, whereas apps in other stores were counted on 26th of May 2011.
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As of the end of May it features 216,018 apps, 36.1% of which are paid2. In May 29,000 new applications were submitted to the Android Market, just like a month ago. However net additions were lower. The actual number of active apps in store grew by 15,000 (in April 17,000), however this time the share of paid apps added was 33%, whereas in April the net new adds featured 42% of paid apps.
App numbers have been revised since the last volume of Android Market Monitor. All in-active Android apps have been eliminated.
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Games, Entertainment and Tools apps are the three categories that generated 48% of all downloads so far, however average downloads per app are significantly higher in minor categories, such as Weather or Communication. In addition, the average selling price dropped again by 3% back to US$3.15. Much more significant changes can be evidenced within categories, for example in May Finance apps are 11% cheaper, whereas Health& Fitness cost 22% more than in April. Stay updated on app market with research2guidance Smartphone App Market Monitor Q1 2011, released on 25th of May 2011. Click here for more details
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