The Play Store hit 19 billion downloads in Q4 2017, increasing its lead over Apple's App Store to 145%

People are downloading more apps than ever. According to App Annie, the Google Play Store saw over 19 billion downloads in Q4 2017, with year-over-year growth at 10%. That's around 145% more than the Apple App Store, which garnered around 7.7 billion downloads. That being said, the App Store still blew the Play Store away in terms of revenue. That 19 billion figure is only made more impressive when you realize that it only includes new downloads, not reinstalls or app updates. Read More The Play Store hit 19 billion downloads in Q4 2017, increasing its lead over Apple's App Store to 145% was written by the awesome team at Android Police. Android Match ae http://androidmatch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default