Hmm I think if it was "retention rate" though, we need a better definition of what that is.
For example, upon purchase, my app has a 70% retention rate, where the user does not cancel and I get paid (yay!) HOwever, in the Installs vs. active, I am only around 51%. People are probably trying to make room for other apps on their phone. So which retention rate is being counted (active installs?). I would think for paid apps it should be the first, but who knows anymore. -niko On Oct 23, 4:56 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Having studied the market for a while now I think retention rate is > maybe given the highest weighting. > > That would most likely explain why all the top 10 apps are ALWAYS a > mixture of widgets and task managers - i.e. apps that people tend to > keep for a long while and use daily. > > I appreciate retention is a measure of a good app, but I think that > having such a high weighting on this means that the top 10 apps rarely > change. > > The iphone app store has a much more fluid top 10 - I think this is > healthy for a growing market as it encourages new developers and > original concepts. Widgets have their uses but Android needs to > encourage more flash-in-the-pan type apps which are popular for a > couple of weeks at a time just to liven up the market. > > On Oct 23, 10:11 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the link, that was quite useful, especially > > thehttp://www.androidstats.com/site. > > > Perhaps the high rank is from the 59% retention rate. > > > -John Coryat --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
