[kumarm]

I am surprised that number of downloads for featured app is so low. Typically for Games and Entertainment apps when its trending it gets anywhere from 10K to 75K downloads a day on Android. We got some entertainment apps featured about 15 months back and got 20K downloads per day.

Downloads on Featured apps depends on category of app and other features like Icon, Screenshots etc.

[bookwormAT]

I imagine games are different because people who own games still tend to buy games. Someone who already has a note taking app that works for him is less likely to try another one.

[kosei]

Agreed. Having worked on a few games that have been in the Android App Store, you can easily see download numbers from 50K - 100K based on an app being featured. Though I have heard that features have become less impactful since the Google Play store was reformatted.

[rharter]

Yeah, I think games are an entirely different beast. I make a productivity app, which I will admit, is much less sexy than a game. I think games target a younger market in general (not having any actual data to back up that assumption) who are more likely to go download things from the store.

[joshdance]

Games rule both app stores. People will try out tons of new games, but don't know they need or don't want a new note/utility.