Twice as many app publishers reach the million-dollar mark on the App Store compared to Google Play

Another interesting bit of information from the report concerns publisher focus per category, or in other words, which app categories are the most popular to develop for across iOS and Android.

As it turns out, games are much more popular on Android, among developers, at least, as they are on iOS. The statistics show that 75 percent of the million-dollar publishers on Android made their money with games, compared to 47 percent on iOS. Still, games seem to be generating the biggest revenues across both platforms.

Further, a wider and more diverse range of categories brought app publishers their first million dollars on the App Store. Aside from games, the Social Networking, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Photo & Video, and Utilities categories were profitable for App Store publishers, while only Social Networking and Etnertainment accounted for more than 5 percent of the total, apart from games, the report concludes.

According to Sensor Tower, Apple is likely to maintain its leading position in terms of monetization, although Google Play is also gaining some much-needed momentum with respect to this as well.

source: Sensor Tower