Palm Pre App Catalog Reaches 1 Million Downloads
June 24th, 2009 by Bryan BarlettaJust 18 days after the launch of the Palm Pre, their App Catalog has hit its first major milestone, 1 million downloads. On launch day, Palm sold 50k devices and their App Catalog experienced 100k downloads – that’s an average of 2 apps downloaded per device and 5,500 downloads per app (with a low of 600 and a high of 20k). 18 days later and they’ve tripled the user base to 150k units, averaging 6+ apps downloaded per device and 33.3k downloads per app (with a low of 2.4k and a high of 114k).

A Perspective: Apples To Palms
The iTunes App Store is the most successful app store in the mobile market today, so it makes perfect sense that analysts and critics immediately compare the two. Unfortunately, there really is no common ground for the two app stores based on the numerous factors involved. So instead of a comparison of the two, we’ll just use the precedent the App Store has set to put things in perspective.
The App Store hit the 1 million download point about 17 days earlier than the App Catalog, housing more than 16x the amount of apps and was accessible by more than 26x the number of devices than the App Catalog. Looks pretty bad for the Pre, right? Well, that’s until you take a look at the downloads themselves.
Still comparing at the 1 million mark, the average Palm Pre user had downloaded 26x the number of apps that iPhone users had, and the average app in the App Catalog experienced 16x the number of downloads that apps in the App Store had experienced. Funny how those numbers look so familiar.
So congratulations Palm! The Pre is an amazing device with lots of potential and we’re looking forward to what a public SDK will offer both consumers and developers alike. And just like my father told me on my millionth download “Learn from the mistakes of those who came before you.”
Tags: 1 million, app catalog, app store, apple, iphone, itunes, palm, palm pre, pre, webos
June 24th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
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[...] of the Palm Pre, their App Catalog has hit its first major milestone, 1 million downloads,” reports mobile analytics outfit Medialets. “On launch day, Palm sold 50k devices and their App Catalog experienced 100k [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
[...] of the Palm Pre, their App Catalog has hit its first major milestone, 1 million downloads,” reports mobile analytics outfit Medialets. “On launch day, Palm sold 50k devices and their App Catalog experienced 100k [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an important milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or [...]
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[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an urgent milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an important milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
[...] won’t send Apple running scared in Cupertino but the Palm Pre has marked over one million app downloads in just 18 days of existence which is pretty good. This number is particularly impressive when you [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
[...] Palm sold about 50,000 Pres and logged 100,000 downloads on launch day for an average of 2 app downloads per device and 5,500 downloads per app. Eighteen days later, Palm has sold 150,000 units and has an average of 6 apps per Pre and about 33,000 downloads per app, Medialets wrote in a blog post. [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an important milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
How was this data collected?
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[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an important milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or [...]
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[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an important milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Great work with these numbers.
It would be interesting to see how long a typical user continues to use the app once its downloaded. The numbers for the iPhone indicate that the number of users who re-visit the app 3 days after downloading is a pretty small fraction. This engagement factor is a better metric than number of downloads in my opinion. But we’d have to wait for more advanced analytics for that.
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[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an important milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or so [...]
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[...] 18 days since the launch of the Palm Pre, and the device has already passed an important milestone: 1 million app downloads, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. That’s impressive for a store with only 30 or [...]
June 25th, 2009 at 3:46 am
[...] The Palm Pre App Catalog has reached 1 million downloads, nearly three weeks after launch of the device, according to data from mobile analytics and advertising firm Medialets. [...]
June 25th, 2009 at 4:58 am
[...] Palm sold about 50,000 Pres and logged 100,000 downloads on launch day for an average of 2 app downloads per device and 5,500 downloads per app. Eighteen days later, Palm has sold 150,000 units and has an average of 6 apps per Pre and about 33,000 downloads per app, Medialets wrote in a blog post. [...]
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