“I don’t want to use a Windows Phone because it doesn’t have enough apps.”
I’m so tired of hearing this.
What are the right apps? I decided to catalog the top 100 popular apps on iOS (excluding games), and compare that list to Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8 to see how each store fared in terms of app availability.
source:
Top 100 Apps Availability on iOS, Android, Windows Phone & Windows 8 - Evangelism - Infragistics.com Blog
Date: as of August 7th, 2013
The List – Top 100 Mobile Apps
Apps / Platforms | iOS | Android | Windows Phone | Windows 8 |
ABC News | yes | phone only* | yes | yes |
ABC Player / Watch ABC | yes | yes | no | yes |
Accuweather | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Adobe Reader | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Allrecipes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Amazon Mobile | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Amazon Instant Video | yes | no | no | no |
Associated Press | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Audible | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Bank of America | yes | yes | yes | yes |
BBC News | yes | yes | no | no |
Bing | yes | no | built-in | yes |
Bloomberg | yes | yes | yes | no |
Box.com | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Chase Mobile | yes | yes | yes | no |
Citibank | yes | yes | no | no |
CBS Interactive Player | yes | no | no | yes |
CBS News | yes | yes | no | no |
CNBC Real-Time | yes | yes | no | no |
CNN | yes | yes | yes | yes |
ComiXology | yes | yes | no | yes |
DC Comics | yes | yes | yes | no |
Dropbox | yes | yes | no (corrected) | yes |
E*trade | yes | yes | yes | no |
eBay | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Engadget | yes | yes | yes | yes |
ESPN / Scorecenter | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Evernote | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Expedia | yes | yes | no | yes |
yes | yes | yes | no | |
yes | yes | no | no | |
Flixter | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Foursquare | yes | yes | yes | no |
FOX Business | yes | yes | no | yes |
FOX News | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Good Morning America | iPhone app* | yes | no | no |
yes | built-in | yes | yes | |
Google Maps | yes | yes | no | no |
Google+ | yes | yes | no | no |
Groupon | yes | yes | yes | no |
HBO GO | yes | yes | no | no |
Hotels.com | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Hulu Plus | yes | yes | yes | yes |
IMDb | yes | yes | yes | no |
Indeed.com Job Search | yes | yes | yes | no |
iPhone app* | yes | no | no | |
Instapaper | yes | yes | no | no |
Kindle | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Kobo Books | yes | yes | no | yes |
yes | yes | yes | no | |
Marvel Comics | yes | yes | no | no |
Mashable | yes | yes | no | no |
Microsoft OneNote | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Mint.com | yes | yes | no | no |
MLB.com At Bat | yes | yes | no | no |
NBC Player | yes | no | no | no |
NBC News | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Netflix | yes | yes | yes | yes |
New York Times | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Nook | yes | yes | no | yes |
OpenTable | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Pandora | yes | yes | yes | no |
Paypal | yes | yes | yes | no |
PGA Tour | yes | yes | yes | no |
Photoshop Express | yes | yes | no | yes |
yes | yes | no | no | |
PNC Bank | yes | yes | no | no |
Readability | yes | yes | no | no |
SharePlus | yes | yes | built-in | built-in |
Shazam | yes | yes | yes | yes |
SkyDrive | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Skype | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Spotify | yes | yes | yes | no |
TBS Player | yes | yes | no | yes |
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | yes | yes | no | yes |
The Weather Channel | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Today Show | yes | no | yes | no |
TripAdvisor | yes | yes | yes | no |
Trulia | yes | yes | no | yes |
Tumblr | yes | yes | yes | yes |
TuneIn Radio | yes | yes | yes | yes |
yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Urbanspoon | yes | yes | yes | yes |
USA Today | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Vimeo | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Vine | yes | yes | no | no |
Wall Street Journal | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Watch ESPN | yes | yes | no | no |
Weatherbug | yes | yes | yes | yes |
WebMD | yes | yes | no | no |
Wells Fargo | yes | yes | yes (added Aug 8th) | no |
iPhone only* | phone only* | yes | no | |
Wikipedia | yes | yes | yes** | yes |
Yahoo Messenger | yes | yes | no | no |
Yahoo Weather | iPhone app* | yes | no | no |
Yammer | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Yelp | yes | yes | yes | no |
YouTube | yes | yes | yes | no |
Zillow | yes | yes | yes | no |
Zinio | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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