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Apple Selects Best Apps, Games of 2015
Posted On Dec 11 2015
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In other words, Apple has already proven that it’s not above leveraging the App Store app’s reach in order to promote its products when it deems necessary. But if you’re looking through the store on another device, how do you know if the app you’re considering purchasing will work on your shiny new Apple TV? Games and Entertainment apps attract the most developers, while the latter category attracts the most users.
There are over 20 main categories for developers to publish their apps on Apple TV App Store.
Games may contribute as the biggest percentage when it comes to the apps available on Apple TV, but when it comes to what users are actually downloading it is entertainment apps that come out tops.
For the first time ever, Apple is using pop-up ads in its own App Store to encourage users with older iPhone models to upgrade.
According to the report from AppFigures, 39 percent of apps come at a cost. In comparison, Apple TV rival Roku has 2,500 apps (it calls them channels) in its catalog after several years. Cue confirmed the Apple TV has “over 2,000 apps” available in the App Store. Shortly after introduction, Apple added Top Charts and a number of other app categories.
REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornA man plays a video game controlled by the remote that comes with the new Apple TV at an Apple Store in Los Angeles, California, October 30, 2015. A staggering number of apps, 85 percent to be precise, have price points of $2.99 or less.
In an interview with Buzzfeed, Apple senior vice president of Internet software and services Eddy Cue said that the store was receiving significant app developer interest, with games being “pretty hot”. Cue went on to draw parallels between gaming on iOS devices and what the company is learning about gaming on the Apple TV, aligning Apple’s product offerings with casual gamers. “We expanded the market”.
Check out the full results below for Apple’s best apps and games of 2015. If enough users condemn this move, Apple will might execute a quick U turn and you’ll stop seeing these ads.
