Which is more profitable for IOS and Android? _ios

There has always been a saying that almost all the friends agree: Android is the most populous operating system in the world, and the market share is staggering. Whether you're asking your cousins or your younger siblings, even if they're not very focused on mobile or don't know much about mobile phones, they'll give you the same answer, and most of them will even give you a number that tells you that Android has about 80% of the world's market share.

Their answer is not wrong, even if Android's market share is significantly less than 80%, but from a global point of view, Android still unrivaled the entire mobile operating system martial arts, no matter in which country or region. But there is another side to the story, and developers are less satisfied with Android platforms because it's not just hard to juggle IOS and Android platforms to develop an app, it's hard enough to deal with an Android platform alone.

As developers, most of them have initially chosen only one, which is to identify which platform or specific version can help make money. For example, Android's global market share is already over 70%, but not all users are running the latest version, some are still on Android 2.3, some are already using 5.0 or 5.1, they don't know the number of users per version, However, through the coverage of each version can be targeted development of application programs, really make money.

Today we're going to do a simple calculation to see how much the IOS and Android users actually use the system version of the market, and then talk a little bit. From the market share, which platform can really help developers from the beginning to choose the right to make money from the target.

To be honest, it is difficult to find very accurate statistical data, so we have to pass several different statistical reports to draw the preliminary conclusions. This approach has been considered a more reliable reference, that is, to look at each statistic report and then determine a better platform choice. Although many analysis reports cannot be 100% accurate, most of the results are certainly quite close and worth a reference.

We have to take a look at the official statistics first, the official Android platform data:

As you can see in the picture above, currently only 23.5% of the world's users are running Android 5.0 or higher system versions, which means that 23.5% of users will likely be upgraded to the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system, downloading and using applications is not going to change too much.

and then there's the official IOS statistics for Apple:

Obviously, the iOS platform has a higher upgrade rate, with up to 91% of devices already running iOS 8 or iOS 9. This means that fewer system users than IOS 8 system versions will use your application, and developers should consider compatibility with 91% users.

Google and Apple's two statistics are based on Google Play and app Store respectively, the former deadline for October 5 announced, the official announcement of the time is October 19. IOS 8 was first launched on September 17, 2014, and Android 5.0 was November 12, 2014, so the system was released at a very close point, with only about two months of delay.

StatCounter's statistical report: android–66.77%,ios–18.14%

Android holds about 66.77% per cent of global market share, according to data released by StatCounter, the first comprehensive agency, and the second most popular is the IOS operating system, which has a market share of 18.14%.

Although this data allows us to determine which two platforms have the largest number of users, it is interesting to note that the "80%" is largely different from what we know. StatCounter does not provide detailed statistics for each system version, but it counts the market share of the latest version of each system, roughly as follows:

From the chart, 16.55 of the users of IOS already run the latest version of the system, while the number of users upgrading the new Android operating system is 15.6%. In this case, the IOS platform obviously still occupies an advantage.

netmarketshare:android–53.54%,ios–38.58%

Netmarkshare provides statistics showing that Android's global market share is again higher than iOS, to 53.54%, while iOS's share is 38.58%. However, when it comes to the latest version of IOS and Android's share of the system, Android is clearly still far behind rivals, with a gap of more than three times times the data below:

IDC (forecast): android–81.1%,ios-15.6%

IDC, the most authoritative data-analysis agency in the current research market, reports that Android's top market share in 2015 was as high as 81.8%, while IOS still came second in 15.6% of its market share. In this case, Android is certainly the best choice for developers, but another data may disappoint them. Despite the huge gap in market share between iOS and Android, most iOS users are already running the latest version of the system, and the ratio is quite high. The results are as follows:

Summary

Overall, as a new developer, iOS is really the best choice to take into account the statistical data from these different agencies, because the proportion of iOS users running the latest version of the system is far greater than Android, meaning that a program compatible with multiple users ' devices is easy, The chance to make money in this direction is much greater.

IOS 9 is not officially pushed for more than 1 months, more than 61% users have opted to quickly upgrade to the latest version, while Android users have been upgraded to a newer version for a longer period, even a year, indicating that users of IOS devices are more enthusiastic about the new version than Android users High. However, the bigger factor is that Android devices have less access to system upgrades, and once Apple pushes IOS updates, all or supporting devices can be upgraded in the first time.

According to Statista, another market research firm, the number of mobile users around the world is already over 4.88 billion, but if you are confident that the number of "IOS 8 + 9" is better than "Android 5.0 + 5.1" in proportion. For example, if we apply StatCounter statistics, the number of "IOS 8 + 9" Users reaches 792 million, while "Android 5.0 + 5.1" is 748 million.

Perhaps developers are angry at seeing so many statistical reports, because none of the data provided is accurate and similar, but the results are almost the same, although Android has the largest market share in the world, the number of users who can actually use the latest platform is less than that of IOS, Developing applications for old system versions is obviously not a worthwhile thing to do.

In fact, most developers or developers are very similar to the decision, that is, from the outset more focused on the development of IOS. For example, Porsche, a well-known German carmaker, offers users access to cars with "Porsche car Connect", an app that gives users quick access to and deals with important information about their own rides, which has IOS and Android versions, but Android The version has not received any updates since 2014, and the IOS version has been updated three times in the last 12 months and has added the ability to let Apple Watch to control the car.

The same examples abound, even Google's own apps, such as the "Waze" application of the day-to-day navigation software, which is based on the community, providing traffic information and navigation services, have been upgraded to the V4 version on the IOS version, but Android users are less fortunate. , Google's explanation is that "the version varies by device" and the system requirements are the same.

Android and iOS two platforms have been developed for many years, so believe that as developers according to the experience of the old developers, in fact, have their own plans, and according to the current market share of each platform, IOS environment is undoubtedly more suitable for making money.