iPhone apps generally are one night stands
February 21, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Apps
A survey was published showing that with the tens of thousands of iPhone apps on the iTunes store, most of these apps come off as one night stands to people who download them.
The findings might surprise and disappoint developers, many of whom regard the iPhone’s application ecosystem as the first real opportunity to build a business around wireless applications. Prior to the launch of the easy-to-use App Store, few phone users ever downloaded new applications to their phones. That meant that the best way for developers to offer their applications was to convince operators to preload the applications on phones — an expensive, time-consuming and challenging proposition.
The survey notes how paid apps are used 30% more in the suceeding days than freebies. This actually is evident when we see how the top 25 free apps are rapidly changing while the top 25 paid apps stay on top longer.
Imagine the articles you could write if you haven’t switched to Nokia.