[salient]

It's more like 1.5x difference now according to Distimo:

> Apple still has the most lucrative app store, with Distimo estimating that on a typical day in November 2013, global revenues for the 200 top grossing iOS apps were more than $18m. That compares to $12m for Android's Google Play store, although the report notes that a year ago, the respective figures were $15m and $3.5m. The gap is narrowing.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/18/android-io...

[stevenwei]

These numbers are heavily skewed by the fact that the Top 200 on both iOS and Android are dominated by IAP based games. E.g. Candy Crush Saga and Clash of Clans are not significantly different on iOS vs Android, and that is where the narrowing gap is coming from.

But for independent app developers (particularly those making paid apps), the numbers that I've seen from many folks (and also from personal experience) are strongly weighted towards iOS. Every single developer I've talked to who has released an app on iOS and Android has come to the same conclusion: Android users simply don't pay for apps.