Store Comparison
As of December 15, 2025 (updates weekly),
Data below is worldwide.
iOS App Store
5,138,263 Apps
| Apps | 82.2% | Games | 17.8% | ||
| Free | 89.3% | Free | 86.2% |
Total Submissions
| 175 +90.2% Last Week | 25.0 Avg. per Day |
Submission Comparison (Games vs. Non-Games)
| Sep | Oct | Nov | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Games | Apps | Games | Apps | Games |
90.8% | 9.2% | 91.8% | 8.2% | 89.9% | 10.1% |
Top Categories (Last Week)
| Most Downloaded | $ Highest Grossing | Most New Apps/Week | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shopping | 74M | 1 | Entertainment | $130M | 1 | Lifestyle | 35 |
| 2 | Utilities | 73M | 2 | Medical | $93M | 2 | Business | 20 |
| 3 | Productivity | 66M | 3 | Photo & Video | $72M | 3 | Education | 17 |
| 4 | Finance | 62M | 4 | Action | $56M | 4 | Utilities | 13 |
| 5 | Entertainment | 60M | 5 | Puzzle | $51M | 5 | Productivity | 9 |
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2,447,158 Publishers
Avg. # of Apps per Publisher: 2.1
New Publishers Added
| 122 -7.6% Last Week | 17.4 Avg. per Day |
Google Play
10,977,035 Apps
| Apps | 84.0% | Games | 16.0% | ||
| Free | 96.4% | Free | 95.8% |
Total Submissions
| 1,317 +0.9% Last Week | 188.1 Avg. per Day |
Submission Comparison (Games vs. Non-Games)
| Sep | Oct | Nov | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Games | Apps | Games | Apps | Games |
80.3% | 19.7% | 79.5% | 20.5% | 18.5% | 81.5% |
Top Categories (Last Week)
| Most Downloaded | $ Highest Grossing | Most New Apps/Week | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entertainment | 190M | 1 | Strategy | $51M | 1 | Puzzle | 250 |
| 2 | Tools | 180M | 2 | Productivity | $41M | 2 | Casual | 210 |
| 3 | Social | 150M | 3 | Casual | $39M | 3 | Arcade | 79 |
| 4 | Finance | 150M | 4 | Role Playing | $35M | 4 | Action | 64 |
| 5 | Productivity | 140M | 5 | Entertainment | $33M | 5 | Casino | 58 |
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4,265,160 Publishers
Avg. # of Apps per Publisher: 2.57
New Publishers Added
| 678 +9.0% Last Week | 96.9 Avg. per Day |