The report said that the average price of Android applications is much higher than the iPhone

February 24 news, according to technology website BGR reports, although in most people's impression iPhone users are more inclined to pay for applications, but a survey released by market research firm Canalys on Thursday found that the average price of Android applications Much higher than the iPhone app.

The report pointed out that in the United States, the combined price of the top 100 most-charged Android applications in the Android Market is 374.37 US dollars, an average of 3.74 US dollars per application; and the price of the top 100 most-charged iPhone applications is 147 The dollar, on average, costs $1.47 per app, and the average price for Android apps is about 2.5 times the iPhone app price.

Canalys believes that there are two main reasons for the disagreement on the price of the applications on these two platforms: First, the Apple application retail market is more mature and the checkpoints are tighter. Users can purchase virtual services within the application, and this will make the application The price of the program is more competitive; secondly, very few people are willing to spend on the Android Market to purchase applications, so developers have to raise prices to make up for the deficit in total revenue.