Apple posted new record sales of apps around the turn of the year: In the days between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, iOS users spent 1.8 billion US dollars (the equivalent of 1.4 billion euros) for “digital goods and services” issued, as the company announced on Wednesday; the money was mainly used for games.

On January 1st 2021 there was also a new daily record with total sales in apps of 540 million US dollars.

Apple earns with Since digital content in apps must be sold via Apple’s payment interface, the group automatically earns with it – up to 30 Percentage commission will be retained by Apple. Many small developers have joined the new App Store Small Business Program, emphasized Apple, and thereby pay a commission reduced on 15 percent to the group. Apple did not give any new figures for sales and user numbers for its own subscription services Music, TV +, Arcade and iCloud.

Google Play vs. App Store According to an estimate, for the full year 2020 Apple’s App Store 72, $ 3 billion turnover. This is an increase of good 15 percent compared to the previous year, explained the sensor tower, a market research service specializing in mobile apps. In Apple’s App Store, almost twice as much sales are achieved as in Google Play (38, 6 billion US dollars in app sales ), according to the market researchers. Sales with and in apps on Google Play have also increased by 15 percent, but the gap to the App Store has not narrowed .

Google Play, however, lacks the app sales of the huge Chinese market, in which the App Store is present. The best-selling iOS app (games excluded) was 2020 according to the market researchers, TikTok followed by YouTube and the dating app Tinder. The top-selling iOS apps also include several Chinese streaming services and the Japanese comics app Line Manga.

(lbe)