The app market is exploding and every year the growth is many times what Google and Apple saw in the previous one.
Category-wise, shopping apps saw major year-over-year growth in the quarter across both stores, while games were the major driver of downloads quarter over quarter across both app stores.iOSdownloads saw a large year-over-year growth in the United States, Russia and Turkey, while Google Play downloads saw a large year-over-year growth in emerging markets like India, Indonesia and Brazil.(Image: App Annie)