Apple wins top score for App Store
Apple’s App Store had the top score among mobile application storefronts ranked by ABI Research, but Microsoft’s Windows Store narrowly beat the field for its degree of innovation.
The rankings point to a central issue with application storefronts: Size, which ABI calls “implementation,” compared to “innovations” in an app storefront. Microsoft looks at more criteria in recommending apps than other stores, ABI said Wednesday.
When both implement and innovation scores are combined, Apple wins with a ranking of 80.8 out of 100, compared to Google’s 72.2 and Microsoft’s 63.9, according to ABI researcher Aapo Markkanen in an email interview.
In terms of implementation, ABI considers revenues earned by an app store, market share and the total inventory of apps maintained with a “reasonably strict quality control,” ABI said.
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