Apple® today announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion
apps*, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store℠ has over 500
million active accounts and had a record-breaking December with over two
billion downloads during the month. Apple’s incredible developer
community has created over 775,000 apps for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod
touch® users worldwide, and developers have been paid over seven billion
dollars by Apple.
“It has been an incredible year for the iOS developer community,” said
Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and
Services. “Developers have made over seven billion dollars on the App
Store, and we continue to invest in providing them with the best
ecosystem so they can create the most innovative apps in the world.”
In 2012, the husband and wife team at Imangi Studios saw their game
Temple Run downloaded more than 75 million times; Backflip Studios and
Supercell, two emerging game development studios, brought in over $100
million combined for their leading freemium titles DragonVale and Clash
of Clans; and emerging services including Uber, Flipboard, HotelTonight,
and AirBnB attracted millions of users on iOS. Companies including
Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Autodesk, Marvel and Major League Baseball
continued to expand their iOS offerings, while developers like JJ
Abrams’ Bad Robot Interactive and Bottle Rocket Apps continued to push
the boundaries of what iOS apps can do.
“The success of our game Temple Run in 2012 was nothing short of
astonishing,” said Keith Shepherd, co-founder of Imangi Studios. “We
were simply looking to create a game that was fun and easy to play, but
once it hit the App Store, the game took off. This past year, we saw
more than 75 million downloads of Temple Run on iOS.”
“Our success on iOS has been incredible,” said Samir Hanna, vice
president of Consumer Products for Autodesk. “We set off with the modest
goal of bringing SketchBook to iPhone users as a way of introducing them
to Autodesk. Fast forward three years, we now offer 20 apps to iOS users
that have achieved more than 50 million downloads, and we continue to
roll out new creativity and design tools that appeal to both
professionals and consumers.”
“The App Store provided us with opportunities beyond our wildest
dreams,” said Bad Robot Interactive’s JJ Abrams. “Our app Action Movie
FX was designed to bring Hollywood special effects to anyone’s self-made
video, whether that be on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and we’re just
thrilled that millions of fans around the world were as excited as we
were about the possibilities that this app brings.”
“Bottle Rocket Apps now employs over 100 full-time employees, dedicated
to nothing but building great apps,” said Calvin Carter, president of
Bottle Rocket Apps. “In my 20 plus years in technology, I have never
seen such a vibrant marketplace for software like the App Store.”
Apple offers developers a wealth of resources and tools to help them
make great apps, plus a robust ecosystem and marketplace which provide
customers a safe and easy way to discover them. Apple also provides
developers great ways to monetize apps including in-app purchase,
subscriptions and advertising, and helps market and support developer
efforts in the App Store and beyond.
The revolutionary App Store offers more than 775,000 apps to iPhone,
iPad and iPod touch users in 155 countries around the world, with more
than 300,000 native iPad apps available. App Store customers can choose
from an incredible range of apps in 23 categories, including newspapers
and magazines offered in Newsstand, games, business, news, sports,
health & fitness and travel.
*40 billion unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with
OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital
music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has
reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store,
and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with
iPad.
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