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Average iPhone owner has 108 apps, spends 84 minutes a day using them

A survey of the 1,000 iOS devices that synchronize with Appsfire's mobile app discovery and sharing platform reveal some interesting statistics about app usage by its iOS owners. Summarized in an infographic, the compiled statistics show that most of its iOS users prefer native apps to web apps.

The average user spends 84 minutes a day using on-device applications and a mere ten minutes on the web using web-based applications. Each iOS owner has, on average, 108 applications installed on their device. Of these applications, 20 are shipped with the operating system and 88 are installed from the App Store.

Breaking it down even further, Appsfire suggests that 58% of installed applications are free, 23% are paid and 19% are the default apps on the handset. Of these apps, the average Appsfire user spends 10% of their time on telephony and 47% of their time using other apps like Angry Birds, Instagram and more.

While the results are compelling, they represent a subset of users who are focused on finding and using applications. Take a look at the infographic after the break and let us know in the comments if you fit into this profile.

Appsfire infographic


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Josh Wardell

I have about 400 apps. I just installed appsfire, and it thinks I have 70 apps. Not exactly a good data source. And how is a 3rd party app getting access to info about which apps you run and how often? It all smells fishy.

January 29 2011 at 11:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
frank

I have 375 apps on an iPhone 3Gs. I love the time graphs above. I tend to have productivity favorites that do tend to reduce web time.

January 29 2011 at 5:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
csknight1

I have 500, which fills my iPhone 3G S. Who in the world has the most??

January 29 2011 at 4:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joshmtz

Average ? Yeah right!!! I have 350 and by tomorrow I'll 10 more...

88% free .... Thanks to "free app a day"
5% native....
3% paid...
?% jailbroken :))

January 29 2011 at 1:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Teng

So according to this making a call & messaging counts as using an app? And the app count includes the defaults?

Forget the word app, this should just be called "how long people use their phones".

January 28 2011 at 9:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cy Starkman

I have 149 apps installed. Only about 10-20 depending on day, sometimes only 5.

These are all ones I do use though not just downloaded. I could wipe maybe another 20.

January 28 2011 at 7:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Anthony

I have 107 apps...

O_O

But I only use 10 at most a day. Things like Twitter and Mail.

January 28 2011 at 6:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mattcutler

What a bunch of BS!

January 28 2011 at 5:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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