Google’s online Play shop of applications for Android-powered smartphones or tablets is growing fast, a report released by market tracker Distimo said.
The aggregate daily revenue at Google Play shops across the 20 largest countries where they are available climbed 43 per cent during the past four months, while sales at Apple’s online App Store increased 21 per cent.
“Google Play is just starting to rival the Apple App Store in a few countries on a worldwide scale, even though it is still losing in terms of daily revenues,” Distimo said in the report.
Apple’s App Store catering to its iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices took in more than US$15 million dollars a day in November, while daily revenue at Google Play was just shy of US$3.5 million, according to Distimo.
“There were many success stories in 2012 about applications that became very successful in a matter of a few days and gathered millions of downloads and revenues,” the analytics firm said in the report.
“Looking at the worldwide daily download and revenue volumes, the opportunity is really huge.”