Faceover/Faceover Lite Download Stats
May 24, 2011
First of all, I submitted Faceover 1.5 to the App Store. It adds the ability to upload photos to Facebook. Faceover Lite 1.3 will soon follow with the same feature.
Now, on to some interesting download statistics. Faceover has now had over 15,000 total downloads in the nine months since its release. Here's the breakdown by country:
In the seven months since Faceover Lite was released, it has had over 52,000 total downloads. And the breakdown by country:
This comparison shows some useful information about the downloading behavior of different countries. First, the USA and UK are most likely to purchase the app, followed by Canada, Mexico and Australia.
Second, this shows that some countries love free apps but do not buy them. This describes China. If you combine Taiwan and Hong Kong with China, there are 8,894 total Lite downloads! This puts the Chinese still behind the USA but way ahead of everyone else. Another interesting case is Saudi Arabia. Apparently the arabs also like free downloads but don't pay for apps.
Finally, it's worthwhile to note that a little more than half of Faceover users are from the USA and almost 75% are English-speaking. For Faceover Lite, only 25% of the users are from the USA and about 35% are English-speaking. The Chinese users make up 17% of Faceover Lite users. At the rate that Chinese downloads have been increasing lately, it won't be long until I have more Chinese customers than American. Maybe I'll have to localize the app to Chinese!
Now, on to some interesting download statistics. Faceover has now had over 15,000 total downloads in the nine months since its release. Here's the breakdown by country:
In the seven months since Faceover Lite was released, it has had over 52,000 total downloads. And the breakdown by country:
This comparison shows some useful information about the downloading behavior of different countries. First, the USA and UK are most likely to purchase the app, followed by Canada, Mexico and Australia.
Second, this shows that some countries love free apps but do not buy them. This describes China. If you combine Taiwan and Hong Kong with China, there are 8,894 total Lite downloads! This puts the Chinese still behind the USA but way ahead of everyone else. Another interesting case is Saudi Arabia. Apparently the arabs also like free downloads but don't pay for apps.
Finally, it's worthwhile to note that a little more than half of Faceover users are from the USA and almost 75% are English-speaking. For Faceover Lite, only 25% of the users are from the USA and about 35% are English-speaking. The Chinese users make up 17% of Faceover Lite users. At the rate that Chinese downloads have been increasing lately, it won't be long until I have more Chinese customers than American. Maybe I'll have to localize the app to Chinese!
Posted by Joe Swindler. Posted In : iPhone Development
