Apple App Store witnessed record $300 million sales on January 1

Since the App Store launched in July 2008, iOS developers have earned over $86 billion.

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Apple users around the world spent a record $300 million on purchasing or downloading apps and games from App Store on New Year's Day 2018.

 
Apple App Store witnessed record $300 million sales on January 1

"We are thrilled with the reaction to the new App Store and to see so many customers discovering and enjoying new apps and games," said Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. What's more, during the week starting on Christmas Eve, a record number of customers made purchases or downloaded apps from the App Store, spending over $890 million in that seven-day period.

 

"We want to thank all of the creative app developers who have made these great apps and helped to change people's lives. In 2017 alone, iOS developers earned $26.5 billion - more than a 30 percent increase over 2016," Schiller added further.

The Pokémon GO went back to the top of the App Store charts on December 21 with the introduction of new augmented reality features, built on Apple's ARKit framework for more detailed and realistic gameplay.

Apple users can now download nearly 2,000 ARKit-enabled apps spanning every category on the App Store. Among the most popular AR titles are games such as CSR Racing 2, Stack AR and Kings of Pool; shopping apps like Amazon and Wayfair; education apps including Night Sky and Thomas & Friends Minis; and social media apps including Pitu and Snapchat.

The newly redesigned App Store, introduced with iOS 11 in September, has also been making app and game discovery fun and easy for the over half a billion customers that visit the App Store every week.

The App Store's new Today, Games and Apps tabs showcased breakout hits in 2017, including Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Monument Valley 2, King of Glory, Calm and Affinity Photo. Fan favorites Clash of Clans, Candy Crush Saga, Enlight Videoleap, 1Password and Hulu also remained popular throughout the year.

Since the App Store launched in July 2008, iOS developers have earned over $86 billion. As compared to Google's Play Store, App Store is considered to be more volatile. For instance, an app that was in the top ten apps previous week will not be seen in the top ten this week.

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