Earlier today I happened upon the following infographic. Everyone loves infographics, right? They have data, they have color, Â the two are merged into an eye-pleasing mashup. My apologies in advance, it’s a long scroll down.
Unfortunately, this graphic was presented without much commentary; we are only left to gather Facebook has about a gazillion more apps than Apple and Android combined. I don’t know about you, but this strikes me as a big DUH. First, across all possible platforms people use Facebook. Secondly, a Facebook app is more than just the flash games. If you’ve ever shared an article or Youtube video to your Facebook page, it’s an app that made that possible. If you were to take out all the applications used by Facebook… well, you would be left with a pretty sparse website. Â It’s okay that Facebook has apps, it just seems the infographic is trying to imply Apple and Android are failing in some manner.
Then there is the matter of the data. As I was looking at the graph, it struck me that something didn’t seem quite right. Â It was odd that the average price of Apple apps was less than Android, and looking at the top 10 most popular apps on Android, I was honestly shocked to see aTrackDog as the number 1 app. Nothing against the app, but REALLY???
To confirm my hunch, I went to a trusted source, Distimo, and had a look at their latest report which details data from July 2010. As I suspected, the story Distimo told was quite different from the graphic above. Android apps are in fact still cheaper on average at $3.23 versus Apple’s iPhone market at $4.31. It’s also worth noting that the average price of Android apps has come down slightly, in May 2010 the average was $3.29.
As for aTrackdog, which is a free app? According to Distimo, these are the top 10 free apps as of July 2010:
- Pandora Radio
- Google Maps
- T-Mobile My Account
- Google Sky Map
- Facebook for Android
- Advanced Task Killer
- The Weather Channel
- Myspace Mobile
- Barcode Scanner
It’s always good to be reminded we shouldn’t always believe what we see, and skepticism can be a good thing. If you want to see more of Distimo’s report, check out the gallery below:
Source: AllFacebook, Distimo
