Every week, someone else pops up with a survey trying to put numbers on the application usage of iPhone users. This week it's AppsFire, which has commissioned a survey of 1,200 iPhone owners, and finds that the average user has downloaded 65 apps for their device, spending around $80 in total.
65% of the apps installed by those users were free, so the average price paid for premium apps was $1.56. Those 1,200 users had installed 15,000 unique apps on their devices, meaning there's a long no-sale tail of 50,000 or so apps - at least according to this sample size.
Meanwhile, AppsFire estimates that the total paid iPhone market so far is around $3.3 billion - $2.3 billion for developers and a cool $1 billion for Apple.
This was originally published in the iPhone Games Bulletin, a daily news/analysis email for the iPhone games industry. For signup details, click here.
That sounds about right. I've got tons of apps that I bought that I no longer use or play (if they're games) either because I've lost interest or more likely, because I've found something better.
The next "jewel" down the road always glitters a little brighter than the one in your hand...
Hiram
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Posted by: Hiram | 29 December 2010 at 03:43 PM
That's a lot of money, no wonder some companies are set up to create apps for cell phones only.
Posted by: Cell phone locator | 04 January 2011 at 12:09 PM
$80 on apps it's really huge amount as per my knowledge these shows apps now become an important in an daily life...
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I'd have to say that $80 is too much!
I always try to get the free stuff, only pay if is necessary.
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