"Top 100 Apps Availability on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, & Windows 8"

[Crono]

http://www.infragistics.com/communi...-ios-android-windows-phone-amp-windows-8.aspx

Interesting chart and article, heard about it on the Windows Weekly podcast. It's a good way to compare the general availability of apps on the 4 mobile OS'. Unsurprisingly, iOS has the all the top apps while Windows Phone and Windows 8 are behind, with Android closer to iOS, but being able to compare side-by-side the apps is an invaluable way for those who cross-shop platforms.

It's not an exhaustive list or a list of the truly "best" apps, just the most popular ones. It's a new way to answer the question, "can I switch?" for those of you who are very app dependent and are looking at another ecosystem, platform, OS, or whatever you want to call it.

The article is well worth the read, as the author explains his methodology and reason for making the chart.

 

[gorcorps]

Seems like the stuff android doesn't have might be related to drm ability. They're all video players: amazon video, nbc player, cbs player

 

[Red Storm]

Their top 100 list is from iOS. I wonder what the chart would look like if you did it with the top 100 from Android and compared, and then also the top 100 from WP8 and compared.

 

[vshah]

that's stupid. of course the top 100 from ios will all be on ios.
the top 100 from wp8 will be on wp8 and ios will barely have any of them.

stupid.

Seems like the stuff android doesn't have might be related to drm ability. They're all video players: amazon video, nbc player, cbs player

doesn't really make sense as netflix and hulu plus both have android apps. news companies are old, slow moving companies that generally seem to have a hard time keeping up with technology. they also have limited dev resources or have to outsource their dev. i'd blame that for the lack of android apps.