Distribution of free and paid iOS apps 2019-2025

Published by Laura Ceci, May 2, 2025

As of May 2025, 95.41 percent of all iOS apps were available for free. In comparison, in the Google Play Store, the share of freely available apps was 96.95 percent.

Distribution of free and paid iOS apps in the Apple App Store from June 2019 to May 2025

CharacteristicFree appsPaid apps
2025-05 95.41% 4.59%
2025-01 95.37% 4.63%
2024-10 95.27% 4.73%
2024-07 95.18% 4.82%
2024-03 95.1% 4.9%
2023-12 95.05% 4.95%
2023-10 94.95% 5.05%
2023-07 94.76% 5.24%
2023-03 94.5% 5.5%
2022-11 94.2% 5.8%
2022-06 93.9% 6.1%
2022-03 93.9% 6.1%
2021-12 93.7% 6.3%
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