Google Apple App Store: Is Google’s App Store Taking Over the Apple App Store?

Google Apple App Store: The battle of the app stores is heating up, with both Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) vying for top honors.

While most people are familiar with the popularity of Apple’s App Store, there is reason to believe that competition from Google Play will become even more prominent in the near future.

Every year, mobile analytics firm Distimo takes a close look at the industry in its highly anticipated Global App Stores Report. As expected, the Apple App Store and Google Play are the big winners. But which store is making the most noise? Which app store is poised to take over the industry in the future?

According to the report, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Play achieved more sales growth than the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store. That being said, Apple is still out in front in terms of overall revenue.

The question remains: will Google eventually be able to catch up with Apple, should it continue to see faster growth year over year?

For a better idea of an answer, let’s take a closer look at some of the data provided in the report and analyzed by TechCrunch:

Google Play showed tremendous growth during the past four months, with an aggregated growth in daily revenue of 43% across 20 of the largest countries, while the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad grew by 21% in daily revenue in the same period.

Even though the growth in revenues in Google Play in the last four months is close to that of the Apple App Store in 2012, the growth in daily revenues in the Apple App Store was higher than the total daily revenues in Google Play when comparing absolute daily revenue values.

Looking at the worldwide download volumes, the app store opportunity is large. On a typical day in November 2012, the revenues in the Apple App Store exceeded $15M USD, while in Google Play the revenues are just below $3.5M USD in 20 of the largest countries in both app stores.

Seven applications were responsible for 10% of the revenues in November 2012 in the Apple App Store for iPhone, which is significantly lower number of applications than in January 2012. Moreover, in the Apple App Store for iPad, six applications were responsible for 10% of the revenues, while in Google Play this figure was four.

What are your thoughts on these findings? Do you get the feeling that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is closing the gap, or will Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stay out in front in the “app stores war?”

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