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I'm afraid the lede, as it stands now, is not actually accurate according to the rules of the English language. In particular, I have a problem with the following clause:
Mobile apps, also called mobile applications,
"Mobile app" is not, in fact, the primary descriptor of the object in question. "App" is the shortened form of "application", and not a noun in itself. I'm changing the lede to reflect this. If you disagree, feel free to revert and discuss in accordance with WP:BRD. Thanks for reading. Evanh2008, Super Genius Who am I? You can talk to me... 11:05, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
A proposal for a WikiProject Apps has been made at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Apps. If you are interested feel free to join the discussion. Thank you. XapApp (talk) 02:47, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Haking Ranitivari (talk) 17:29, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
The phrase "mobile application" gives the impression that mobile refers to application. However, a 'mobile app' is not any more mobile than any other application. I can, say, take a tower with me that contains the programs cat and grep, and then I could could cat and grep mobile applications because I'm taking them with me. It's just that the tower itself isn't quite as portable as other devices, like smartphones and tablets. The name 'mobile device application' is a lot more reflective. For this reason, I am changing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.173.159.241 (talk) 08:25, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Haking Ranitivari (talk) 17:30, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
What are the most popular apps by number of users? What is the market share of various categories (IM, social networking, shopping, etc.)? -- Beland (talk) 02:22, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
This list is entirely unencyclopaedic, violates WP:GLOBALIZE and in my view should be deleted or at least split off to a separate article. The list itself is not credible because "popularity" can be measured using a range of methodologies. The choice of August 2014 is also unexplained. What about July 2014 or October 2014, or January 2005? kashmiri TALK 21:45, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
What's the point of this? It seems unencyclopedic and far too time- and country-specific. Anyone else think it should be removed? 218.161.18.204 (talk) 06:20, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
Can someone please add a section describing some of the most popular apps. I came to this page to find out, and couldn't. In fact is even a single actual app mentioned?
So an app is a program that runs on a small computer (either a smartphone, which is pocket-sized, or a tablet, which is slightly larger) that connects to the internet using the mobile phone network. Is that right?
The article cites a source saying that in 2012 more people who own smartphones used apps on them than browsed the web on them. Right, so what kind of apps were they using? What are the main types of app? Are most of them games? Chat programs? Diaries? Accounting programs? Programs for looking at photographs? I have no idea.
Does the small computer need to be connected to the internet to run an app? Or can you take the SIMM out and still run some of the apps? If you can, then why is "mobile" in the definition?
Are all the files that the app uses stored on the smartphone? Or are they stored server-side by some company? Does that vary by app? Where are most of the files stored for some of the most popular apps?
Where on Wikipedia am I supposed to find out the answers to these basic questions about apps if it's not the page on "apps"? That's not a rhetorical question.107tchepty (talk) 14:52, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
== What is an APP == Samana
What is an APP? Since about 2010 the term has become very common, in the context of smartphones, and was fairly easy to understand: modular computer application software that interacts with users, obtained and managed via the "store" associated with that smartphone, with typically simple/limited/narrow functionality.
However, now that Microsoft Windows (8 and 10) have evolved to include very similar "apps" on desktop computers, the usage and meaning of the term is becoming very ambiguous and confused. This seems like an intentional marketing scheme. There is a big difference in Windows 10 between traditional desktop application programs and the new app-store managed tile "apps". But in the Win10 context MS is using the term "app" to include all application software of any kind, making it very hard for any of us to talk easily about the significant differences -- which makes it hard for users to think about and be aware of the differences... which seems to be the point as MS tries to migrate all users away from traditional local-install desktop software towards their curated app-store ecosystem.
It will be very challenging but vital for relevant WP articles to be as clear and helpful as possible about addressing "What is an APP?"-71.174.176.65 (talk) 14:52, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
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there is a typographical error in this article, which is protected and cannot be modified. 'oiginally' is misspelled, and should be corrected to read 'originally'
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Please change the following to update the article with a 2018 figure and replace a current deadlink.
We would like to change the following deadlink:
VisionMobile, Plum Consulting, "European App Economy" analyst report[permanent dead link], September 2013
To Quick Mobile Fix, "THE EVER CHANGING APP MARKETPLACES & HOW OUR LIVES COULD BE AFFECTED." January 2019 https://www.quickmobilefix.com/blogs/news/the-ever-changing-app-marketplaces-how-our-lives-could-be-affected
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Market research firm Gartner predicted that 102 billion apps would be downloaded in 2013 (91% of them free), which would generate $26 billion in the US, up 44.4% on 2012's US$18 billion.[10] By Q2 2015, the Google Play and Apple stores alone generated $5 billion. An analyst report estimates that the app economy creates revenues of more than €10 billion per year within the European Union, while over 529,000 jobs have been created in 28 EU states due to the growth of the app market.[11]
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Market research firm Gartner predicted that 102 billion apps would be downloaded in 2013 (91% of them free), which would generate $26 billion in the US, up 44.4% on 2012's US$18 billion.[10] By Q2 2015, the Google Play and Apple stores alone generated $5 billion. An analyst report estimates that the app economy creates revenues of more than €10 billion per year within the European Union, while over 529,000 jobs have been created in 28 EU states due to the growth of the app market.
In comparison, figures from App Annie looking into iOS and Google Play downloads, grew to an all-time quarter record in Q1 2018, to $18.4 billion [12], this puts into comparison, the huge difference and ever growing marketplaces that Apple and Android offers, and how they are being used by the public.[11] Jordan Humphreys (talk) 14:52, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
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The following companies share a user's individual data with 3rd parties.
[1] Saurabhat (talk) 21:48, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
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[Flipkart] was founded in October 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, who were both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and formerly worked for Amazon. The company initially focused on online book sales with country-wide shipping. Mercy cstpl (talk) 07:36, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
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In describe about hybird apps and native apps can add ref to explain. [1] Exenatus (talk) 09:17, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
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203.144.80.251 (talk) 09:02, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Needs a section on the privacy implications of apps. Chris Fletcher (talk) 05:06, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
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A place to post really scary men in Vermont and Canada. Like Dominique Golliot?
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Hi, I’m a mobile app developer. Since this article was written, Flutter has taken off as a hybrid platform. I’d suggest adding it to the list of examples. I’d also suggest changing what you say about hybrid platforms not being as fast/as good of a user experience. That was absolutely true as recently as 2019. But the technology has gotten way better and they are basically indistinguishable from native at this point. Great article! 142.126.158.144 (talk) 12:15, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
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don't change simply add the cost of native applications and mention all native programing tools out there Yousr Ezz (talk) 06:21, 21 February 2023 (UTC)