The market intelligence and insights outfit estimates that consumers worldwide spent $21.9 billion on apps across the App Store and Google Play in the third quarter. That’s an increase of 22.9 percent compared to the $17.9 billion spent on mobile apps during the same period a year ago.
Apple’s App Store brought in an estimated $14.2 billion in gross app revenue during the three-month period, up from $11.6 billion a year earlier. Google Play, meanwhile, was responsible for an estimated $7.7 billion in revenue, a 24 percent increase over the $6.2 billion generated during the same period in 2018.
