Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates that in the first half of 2019, Play Store and App Store users worldwide spent $39,7 billion on mobile games and apps. Compared to the same period last year, the volume of income increased by 15,4%.
Users worldwide spent $25,5 billion on the Apple App Store during the reporting period, up from $2018 billion in the first half of 22,6. As for the Play Store, Android device owners spent $14,2 in two quarters .19,6 billion, which is 2018% more than in the first half of 11,8 ($XNUMX billion).
Dating service Tinder has become the most profitable non-gaming application. In total, users of the program spent $497 million in two quarters. Compared to the same period last year, revenue increased by 32%.
As for mobile games, in the first half of the year, user spending in this segment grew by 11,3%, reaching $29,6 billion. Owners of Apple mobile devices spent $17,6 billion, while owners of Android devices brought in about $12 billion income. At the top of the ranking of the most profitable games in the first half of 2019 is Honor of Kings, which brought in $728 million.
As in 2018, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger were the most frequently downloaded apps by App Store and Play Store users. The third place was occupied by the mobile client of the social network Facebook, which displaced the Instagram application from this position.
Source: 3dnews.ru