iOS development – A Growing Phenomena

The number of mobile apps is exploding with each passing day, primarily driven by a tremendous uptick in the number of mobile devices. With this rise in the use of mobile devices, the development of mobile application, which had to be downloaded or pre-installed in mobile devices for professional or personal work, has also increased. Most companies have introduced the BYOD (bring your own device) strategy nowadays. This has furthered the growth of the mobile application industry even more.

Growth of iOS in the last few years

According to a survey in 2012, there has been a rise of 63% in the number of business houses deploying mobile apps in the last one year. As per these results, around 50% of these business units had to deploy mobile app usage owing to the industry demands. Clearly, mobile app industry has become the largest revenue source for the IT segment today.

In 2012, during the release of iPhone 5, Apple declared that there were 700,000 apps in the iTunes App Store. For a gentle reminder, both Google and Apple launched their mobile app stores in 2008. Despite having almost similar birthdays, iTunes App Store took the lead in terms of mobile app availability. It took Apple 11 months to touch the 50,000 app threshold in the iTunes App Store which Google Play had hit on April 2010, a full year and a half later than Apple.

In 2009, Apple announced the availability of 100,000 mobile apps in the iTunes App Store. Google had hit the mark in 2010, almost a year after Apple. The difference in growth rates between Google Play and iTunes App Store remained moderately steady in both 2010 and 2011, with Apple creating a milestone with 250,000 apps in the iTunes App Store in April 2010 and Google reaching it 15 months later in July 2011.

iOS 7 – A game changer in the world of mobile operating system

Today, iOS 7 is one of the most important changes for Apple's mobile operating system. During the first three hours of its release, iOS 7 had already achieved an adoption rate of more than 10%. Some of the positive changes in iOS 7 are:

1. It allows users to tuck the Newsstand app away into a folder
2. The new flattened candy coloured icons are extremely attractive
3. Altered animations for unlocking devices made things prettier plus the control panel finally lets iOS users adjust bluetooth, airplane mode and brightness.

Few of the most appreciated and lauded features of iOS which makes people prefer them over other smartphones are:

iOS apps have much more polish and development. Arguably, people choose iPhone because of the quality of the apps. To add to that, iPhone has a very simple interface. There are fewer ways to mess up with an iPhone. Additionally, a great feature which all Apple products is that they share their integration with other Apple products. Some of these examples are:

1. Find my Friends can show you where your family and friends are.
2. Find my iPhone allows you to locate your lost phone and lock it remotely.
3. Photo Stream allows you to sync pictures with other iOS devices and Mac computers.
4. iMessage enables group chats across all Apple devices and computers.

iOS development will continue to rule the mobile app industry in future

Owing to such large number of reasons, iOS development has undergone a phenomenal growth in the mobile app development industry. Owing to its great selection of apps and smooth interface, iOS mobile application development will continue to grow in the years to come.