It's official: The average mobile user downloads 0 apps per month

[Xenocity]

http://www.recode.net/2016/6/8/11883518/app-boom-over-snapchat-uber

It's official the App boom is over... the average person in North America downloads 0 apps each month now.

The numbers are similar in SE Asia and EU.

The app makers are seeing practically no growth in downloads and revenue (though most apps are indeed crap)...

It's plaguing iOS and Android!

Is the market stagnating or realigning (based on Apple and Google's new policies)?

 

[Southern Discomfort]

I think most of the ideas for apps have been explored now.

 

[Xenocity]

I think most of the ideas for apps have been explored now.

I beg to differ on that one.

It's more the fact that people don't want to spend money on apps and wait for them to become free before downloading them.
If you sell an app above the ¢99 mark, you will normally fail to get sales.

People are also tiring on IAPs and Microtransactions

Same thing has happened on Windows... People grew tired of paying for software.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

You're probably right.

 

[Judge]

An over-saturated market of mediocrity driven by the lowest price. Then factor in macroeconomic considerations. That the global economy is at a precipice. A negative convergence of developers, advertisers and consumers.

There's no upside in this equation at the present time. But also no guarantee that future prosperity improves an already saturated market of mediocre products. The monetization of freeware may have simply run its course. Accelerated by a precarious global economy.