Why the apps that I like are on iOS?

Question

Why is this that more good apps are on iOS and less are on Android? Why most of the time they appear on iOS first and then ported into Android? I hate it. According to recent reports, android has a largest smartphone market share. Android 34% and iPhone 25 % but the devs are still preferring iOS, why?

Answer 1

There are a lot of reasons really. The iPhone is more geared towards apps, that's what people buy them for whereas apps are less important on Android.



There are only a few different iPhones compared to hundreds of Android handsets so developers need to create and test them for a lot more phones and some of the old models won't be able to cope with high-end apps very well either.



Also many iPhone users are stuck with iTunes so they're more willing to pay money for really crappy apps whereas Android users won't waste their time and money so there's less incentive for developers to create for Android.



Also the iPhone was big from the moment it launched whereas Android took a little while to get going properly so some developers are still only just jumping on board.

Answer 2

IOS has been around for 4 years and it has had more time to develop and gain fame and more developers want to go to apple first since apple developers get a more money with them I understand your anger but just wait a while devs will start going to Google remember Android is still young compared to all the other mobile OS

Answer 3

In the user's perspective: It takes a bit more effort to properly pirate apps on iOS.



In the developer's perspective: Android fragmentation (several different custom versions of the software platform) makes it a pain in the *** to make your application compatible with as many Android devices as possible. For example, having devices with several different resolutions makes it harder to properly design a graphical interface for your application. With iOS, there's only 480x320 (iPhone/iPod), 960x640 (iPhone/iPod 4), and 1024x768 (iPad/2). Then there's the touchscreen behavior oddities, such as some Android devices' touchscreens being capacitive and some resistive.

Answer 4

May be it is because some features of iOS are superior to Android. I also prefer to Androd.