What are the best mobile Operating Systems to develop apps for?

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Best mobile Operating Systems to develop apps for	Price	Last Updated
-- Android Development	-	Feb 4, 2021
-- iOS Development	-	Feb 4, 2021
-- Windows Phone	-	Nov 17, 2020

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Android Development

Top Con

Fragmented devices

lots to support (screen sizes, performance, sensors) See More

Top Pro

Quicker to release/patch because there is no 'acceptance' gate forced on you

ideal for a part-formed product, i.e. the Minimum Viable Product or MVP See More

Top Con

Developing for Android is slower than iOS

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iOS Development

Top Pro

Apple offers consistency across apps and platforms

The experience on Apple devices and in the apps is far more consistent than on other platforms. See More

Top Con

Expensive

Native iOS projects are considerably more expensive for developers compared to cross-platform and web applications See More

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Wealthier customers

Potential to make more money per app compared to other mobile platforms. See More

Top Con

Over-saturated market

Most interesting apps have been done already, multiple times. There are so many apps available that it's hard to get noticed. See More

Top Pro

Simplicity is Apple’s strength

One of Apple’s slogans is ‘It Just Works.’ If this is your first (smart) mobile phone or if you find it hard working with computers in general then Apple is more likely to be your sort of device. See More

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Native applications get full support from the App Store once they are approved

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Windows Phone

Top Con

Very few Windows Phone users

At least in America, Windows Phone hasn't really taken off - as a matter of fact, even in a growing market Windows Phone market-share is shrinking. It grew from 3.1% to 3.4% between 2012-2013, then fell in 2014 to 2.5% and in 2015 rose slightly to 2.6%. It has shipped 8.8 million unites in Q2 2015. This is paltry compared to the iPhone selling nearly 50 million units in the same quarter as well as Android (numbers unlisted) See More

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Works across both desktop and mobile

Developing for Windows Phone 10 will make it very easy to add your app store to the Windows 10 Store as well (available on all 110 million Windows 10 users' machines) See More

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Abandoned by Microsoft

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Not many games

Since the adoption rate of Windows Phone is pretty low due to Microsoft being a bit late to the mobile game with this OS there are few apps and games available when compared to iOS and Android. See More

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What are the best mobile Operating Systems to develop apps for?

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Android Development

My Recommendation for Android Development

My Recommendation for Android Development

Fragmented devices

Quicker to release/patch because there is no 'acceptance' gate forced on you

Developing for Android is slower than iOS

iOS Development

My Recommendation for iOS Development

My Recommendation for iOS Development

Apple offers consistency across apps and platforms

Expensive

Wealthier customers

Over-saturated market

Simplicity is Apple’s strength

Native applications get full support from the App Store once they are approved

Windows Phone

My Recommendation for Windows Phone

My Recommendation for Windows Phone

Very few Windows Phone users

Works across both desktop and mobile

Abandoned by Microsoft

Not many games

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