1. Mobile App Development – 2015
Facts, Statistics & Trends
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2. The mobile app landscape is thriving and continuing to evolve year after year.
Based on a survey conducted this year with 8000+ app developers, here are some facts, statistics
and trends on how it's changing that will help developers stay abreast of the latest in the industry,
and retain their competitive upper hand.
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Mobile App Development 2015 – Facts, Statistics & Trends

3. DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE
The rise in usage of Apple's Swift language for iOS apps is significant. One in five developers
were using Swift just four months after its public launch.
Rapid Adoption of Swift
23% of Swift adopters were not using Objective C, a sign that Swift may succeed in attracting a
much wider range of developers to build native iOS apps.
Apple’s Swift Language Objective C
Mobile App Development 2015 – Facts, Statistics & Trends

4. TOOLS
Increasing Popularity of Cross-platform Tools
The use of third-party tools among
mobile app developers is at an all-time
high. 83% of developers use at least one
cross-platform tool for things like
analytics, crash reporting, and testing.
Use of cross-platform tools has jumped
from 23% to 30% over the past six months.
Mobile App Development 2015 – Facts, Statistics & Trends

5. APP REVENUE
Enterprise Apps Make More Money than Consumer Apps
Businesses are quite willing to pay for
software that helps them be productive and
make money, but many consumers aren’t
eager to shell out real money for mobile
and other digital apps.
43% of enterprise app developers make more
than $10,000 per month, compared to just
19% of consumer app developers reaching
the same revenue level
Enterprise Apps Make More Money than Consumer Apps
Mobile App Development 2015 – Facts, Statistics & Trends

6. INTEREST IN IoT PROJECTS
The Internet of Things is Hot
The Internet of Things (IoT) is something that
many developers are investing energy in, though it
might take a while to deliver a tangible payoff.
53% of mobile developers were already working on
some form of IoT project.
Smart Home was the most popular market with
37% of mobile developers working on IoT projects
targeting it. Wearables were a close second with a
35% mindshare.
The majority of these mobile developers involved
in IoT development are doing it as a hobby (30%
involved at this level) or side project (just under
20%), whilst working on mobile apps in their day
job. This is expected at this stage of the market
where revenue opportunities are still limited.
Mobile App Development 2015 – Facts, Statistics & Trends

7. FIERCE COMPETITION
Growth in Direct Revenues from the App Stores is Slowing
Direct revenues are preferred sources of income for the Hobbyists, Explorers and Hunters that
make up around 60% of the mobile developer population.
17% of developers who are interested in making money generate no revenue related to apps at
all. A further 18% of developers make less than $100 per month and the next 17%, which brings
us to a total of 52%, make less than $1000 per month.
Mobile App Development 2015 – Facts, Statistics & Trends

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