Apple's iMessage App Store already has over 1,650 apps, majority are sticker packs
In just over a week, Apple's iMessage App Store has grown to over 1,650 applications and sticker packs – more than the original iPhone had at launch as well as the 1,000 total that were ready for iPad at the time of its debut, but far less than the 3,500+ the Watch App Store arrived with last year.According to a new report from Sensor Tower, the most popular type of mini mobile application is the "sticker pack" – the store includes 1,251 of these, the firm says, alongside 402 other, non-sticker iMessage apps.The iMessage App Store is Apple's latest attempt at building a platform that allows third-party developers to market their software to the sizable iPhone user base.
The App Store is broken, long live apps
App stores are in desperate need of an innovative makeover.They're broken – especially from a developer's point of view.The App Store and Google Play currently host more than 4m apps between them, making it incredibly hard for developers to get their apps discovered in this saturated ecosystem – this is without mentioning the 1,600 new submissions coming through on a daily basis.
Messages App Store Has Grown to Over 1,650 Apps, 75% of Them Stickers
The Messages App Store has grown to more than 1,650 applications and sticker packs in the nine days since iOS 10 launched to the public, according to new data gathered by Sensor Tower (via TechCrunch ).Unsurprisingly, the most popular type of Messages app is the sticker pack, which accounts for 1,251 of the total apps on the storefront.The other 402 include entertainment, news, and gaming-related apps.Although stickers remain the dominant app category in Messages, due to a handful of fun and free packs users can download, the store is largely outweighed by paid sticker packs.
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