Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Weather category apps most profitable in Android market

GERMANY: Just by choosing the less competitive and more price-intensive category, developer can lift his potential revenue by 900 percent above average.

At the end of August 2011 the average application had generated nearly $2,500 since publishing. The total average cumulated revenue from paid downloads varied from $300 to $21,000 per category.

Although nearly a quarter of all apps downloaded on Android Market are games, the monetization potential of these apps is rather mediocre. Intense competition significantly diminishes the potential revenue. Unsurprisingly, the smallest category of Weather apps has generated by far the highest average revenue per app in the store.

However the use-case of the app is very specific and it is very difficult for developers to make yet-another great weather app. Therefore Business category could be optimal choice for developers. It currently contains 7,000 apps and only 13 percent of them are paid; while users do not mind paying a price for another good tool.

Many categories though have very low average revenue, because users either prefer to download free alternatives, or they just would not pay more than a dollar for another ringtone or wallpaper.

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