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iOS users buy apps 6x as much as Android. The article itself says that. HTML is fast to develop relative to native apps therefore if the app is ideally used i

by j2labs 14y ago

iOS users buy apps 6x as much as Android. The article itself says that. HTML is fast to develop relative to native apps therefore if the app is ideally used infrequently, a native experience isn't worthwhile. There are exceptions, of course. The last option is just a default last option.

mtgx 14y ago
That data is from mid 2011. The difference should be much smaller now, if there is any. Android had like 150-200 million devices back then. Now it has over 500 million. This is why this article is BS, because most of the data used in it is extremely irrelevant for the Android ecosystem right now. This article should've been written in 2011. Not at the end of 2012. The Android ecosystem has grown and improved a lot since then.
- j2labs 14y ago
  Can you share data showing otherwise? Here's an article from a few weeks ago supporting my claim: http://m.guardiannews.com/technology/appsblog/2012/dec/04/ios-android-revenues-downloads-country http://m.guardiannews.com/technology/appsblog/2012/dec/04/io... Edit: to clarify, Android is doing better, but it is still no match for iOS.
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    I want to know how many of those apps replace basic functionality that is just built into Android. There are am absurd number of paid apps and services that have no purpose on android because the functionality is built into the OS or the Google Apps.
    - j2labs 14y ago
      Interesting point. Could you elaborate?
- jacquesm 14y ago
  The difference is still huge, to the point that there are still plenty of companies that ignore android simply because they can't monetize on it.
Ologn 14y ago
"HTML is fast to develop relative to native apps" I know how to write HTML as well as Android XML or Dalvik (Java) code. I do not see where pounding out HTML code is faster than say pounding out Android XML code. The only thing fast about it is theoretically you can use it on both Android and iOS. Most companies go native. Facebook tried doing this before running into massive problems and going native. I also do not see what the frequency of app usage has to do with anything. I might have two app ideas - one used once a month by 60 million people, another used daily by 2 million people. If they are ad based, they will both probably bring in the same amount of money. Why should I go native on the 2 million app but not the 60 million app?
- j2labs 14y ago
  Comparing html and xml is silly. They are basically the same. Platform independence was the point. If people use the app daily, it's worth going native for the better performance. Your example about 60m vs 2m is intentionally engineered to be an exception and I said there are exceptions.

by j2labs 14y ago

mtgx 14y ago

That data is from mid 2011. The difference should be much smaller now, if there is any. Android had like 150-200 million devices back then. Now it has over 500 million. This is why this article is BS, because most of the data used in it is extremely irrelevant for the Android ecosystem right now. This article should've been written in 2011. Not at the end of 2012. The Android ecosystem has grown and improved a lot since then.

j2labs 14y ago
Can you share data showing otherwise? Here's an article from a few weeks ago supporting my claim: http://m.guardiannews.com/technology/appsblog/2012/dec/04/ios-android-revenues-downloads-country http://m.guardiannews.com/technology/appsblog/2012/dec/04/io... Edit: to clarify, Android is doing better, but it is still no match for iOS.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  I want to know how many of those apps replace basic functionality that is just built into Android. There are am absurd number of paid apps and services that have no purpose on android because the functionality is built into the OS or the Google Apps.
  - j2labs 14y ago
    Interesting point. Could you elaborate?
jacquesm 14y ago
The difference is still huge, to the point that there are still plenty of companies that ignore android simply because they can't monetize on it.

Ologn 14y ago

"HTML is fast to develop relative to native apps" I know how to write HTML as well as Android XML or Dalvik (Java) code. I do not see where pounding out HTML code is faster than say pounding out Android XML code. The only thing fast about it is theoretically you can use it on both Android and iOS. Most companies go native. Facebook tried doing this before running into massive problems and going native. I also do not see what the frequency of app usage has to do with anything. I might have two app ideas - one used once a month by 60 million people, another used daily by 2 million people. If they are ad based, they will both probably bring in the same amount of money. Why should I go native on the 2 million app but not the 60 million app?

j2labs 14y ago
Comparing html and xml is silly. They are basically the same. Platform independence was the point. If people use the app daily, it's worth going native for the better performance. Your example about 60m vs 2m is intentionally engineered to be an exception and I said there are exceptions.