December 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Research & Stats | 1 Comment »
Skyhook Wireless, a company specialized in LBS services for both mobile game and application developers, has issues a survey under thirty of their clients to check platform satisfaction on Android.
In total, 57% of their developers said they are not satisfied with their turnovers. 90% of them don’t even manage to pass 10.000 downloads. 52% didn’t even pass 5.000 downloads.
One of the complaints of developers is Google Checkout. 43% of the Android developers thinks a simpler/smarter billing system would increase the revenues as consumers have problems understanding the system.
The biggest issue however remains the design of Android Market. 82% thinks the design should undergo some dramatic changes in order to improve download rates. Now, it’s too hard to get noticed.
As a result of these issues, 68% of the correspondents said there are somewhat or not likely to put further work in their apps.
Download the full survey here.
Oh dear this does not make for good reading… that said I’m not that surprised personally.