However, it cautioned that during the dates of November 24 to 28 and from December 23 to 27, submissions may take longer - signaling it’s running with a reduced staff. In a change from previous years, Apple said it will keep the App Store open to developer submissions over the 2021 holidays. Apple to keep App Store Connect open over the holidays.Social apps will see $9 billion in App Store spending thanks to creators. Video streaming subscription apps will also win big, as entertainment apps hit $12 billion in consumer spending.Mobile-first fintech apps will grow by 160% in 2022, with crypto driving adoption. Roblox, Minecraft) will see over $3 billion in consumer spending. TikTok will reach 3 billion and reach $3 billion in consumer spending. Pinterest and Temple Run 2 will reach 1 billion downloads. Big new milestones are ahead for a number of top apps.The firm predicts the app will reach 1.5 billion active users - a figure it will reach 1.75 years faster than WhatsApp did. TikTok will continue its rocketship growth.2022 Mobile ForecastĪpp Annie released its annual mobile forecast, this time predicting six major trends to keep your eyes on for the year ahead. In the meantime, Apple says it intends to ask the Ninth Circuit for a stay as it believes “no additional business changes should be required to take effect until all appeals in this case are resolved.”Įpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney pointed out the judge’s ruling was good for developers, not necessarily good for Epic itself, as Apple plans to block Fortnite from the App Store throughout the appeal process. While it’s a major step to see any of these app stores open up at all, these moves indicate that the language used to direct changes across the app store has to be precise, or else the companies will find a loophole. Meanwhile, Google complied with the South Korean law but noted it still requires commissions for third-party payments, just at a reduced rate. In South Korea, Apple was ordered to do something similar but said it believed it was already in compliance due to how the law was written, leading to further discussions between it and regulators.
The question is now whether or not Apple will actually comply (in the way developers are imagining) and if so, how exactly it will interpret the ruling. The judge heard Apple’s requests for a stay on the injunction that was ordered, which would have pushed back the December 9 deadline which forces Apple to start allowing links to alternative payment options inside apps. But Apple wanted that decision put on hold until its appeals case was decided - a delay that would have effectively pushed back the App Store changes by a matter of years. The original ruling stated that Apple would no longer be allowed to prohibit developers from pointing to other means of payment besides Apple’s own payment systems.