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April 8, 2013 07:30 pm GMT

App Stores In Q1 2013 Hauled In $2.2B In Sales On 13.4B Downloads, GoogleApple Duopoly Leading The Way: Canalys

Image1 for post Just How Much Money Can Free iPhone Apps Make?  Quite A BitApple's App Store and Goole Play on Android continue to set the pace for the overall performance and fortunes of mobile apps worldwide, while BlackBerry and Microsoft's Windows Phone remain "distant challengers." Figures out today from Canalys note that in Q1 2013, the four top app stores worldwide collectively accounted for 13.4 billion downloads, with $2.2 billion in paid app sales, in-app purchases and subscriptions. But while Google has long passed Apple as the biggest smartphone platform worldwide, Apple is still killing it when it comes to monetizing: Google Play accounted for 51% of all downloads (6.8 billion), but Apple's App Store for 74% of all revenues ($1.6 billion).

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