Well, I don't trust the numbers they are showing for my app, either. I also have 2 versions, a free and a paid version.
The free version is showing that 1.5 + 1.6 = 7.4% vs. 2.4% for the paid version. While I am no statistician, I believe this cannot be right. I suppose it's possible that the free version of my app is used in poorer countries where paid apps are unavailable, but should that correlate with an older Android version? My guess would be no. On Mar 16, 9:51 pm, Justin Giles <[email protected]> wrote: > > For example, 1.6 is shown as as having a 4.8% share in one, 7.1% in > > the other -- they are not even close. So, my theory to discontinue > > 1.5 and 1.6 support became much murkier as I have no way of knowing > > which number is right and which one is BS. > > It's not a matter of the overall averages in regards to v1.5 and 1.6. I > would focus more on what your actual app percentages are instead of the > average over the whole Market. For instance one of my apps has a total of > about 15-20% at v1.5 and 1.6 (spread evenly between the two). I was > thinking about discontinuing support for 1.5 until I saw this. This is > almost 1/5 of my user base that I would have alienated if I had done so. > Keep in mind that these percentages vary greatly to what the Market average > is. I think the Market average stuff is just to give you an idea of the > Android version trends more than anything else and you should treat it > accordingly. And, since, in theory, the new statistics are updated nightly, > I would think that the market average numbers are more accurate than the > weekly/bi-weekly updated stats on the market share page. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
