List: Top 10 Most Uninstalled Android Apps

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Guest Post: There are hundreds of thousands of mobile apps out there. At AppStoreHQ, we’re currently tracking nearly 700,000 apps across the Android and iOS platforms. Some of these apps are very popular; there are plenty of stories about apps with millions — or even tens of millions — of downloads, such as Angry Birds, Facebook, Fruit… Read More…

Android users not playing around: Games scarce among most popular apps

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The world of Apple’s  iTunes App Store is dominated by games. Of the top 10 free apps as currently listed, six are games (Oldschool Blocks, Fragger, 7 Little Words, Skee-Ball, Zentomino, and NinJump). Of course, many of these are so-called, “free-to-play,” meaning that there is additional content or levels available that costs money, but the… Read More…

Who needs Skype? Eight top apps for chatting, messaging and calling on iPhone and Android

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With the announced mega-acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, the world of VoIP, group messaging, and chat apps has been brought into focus. Aside from Skype, which is the uncontested king of the category, there are a bunch of other great apps that can also do chat, group messaging, and video or voice calling. At AppStoreHQ,… Read More…

Top 10 iPhone Music Apps: Classics, Hits and Deep Cuts

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It’s springtime, and the sun has begun peeking through the clouds, so music is in the air for sun-starved Seattleites. For locals — and for everyone else — we’re taking a look at the top 10 music-related apps for iPhone in this week’s installment of AppStoreHQ’s regular app roundup for GeekWire. AppStoreHQ’s AppRank technology combines… Read More…

Time for A New Apartment? How Your Phone Can Help

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It’s springtime and, in addition to tulips, baseball, and short sleeves, that means apartment-hunting time for many people. Traditionally, that meant looking through an impenetrable set of tiny little listings in the Sunday paper. But now, just as companies like Zillow, Trulia, and Estately have revolutionized the market for real estate sales, there are now… Read More…

Play Ball! A lineup of the top five Android baseball apps

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Major League Baseball is in full swing and, with all the new Android users out there, we at AppStoreHQ thought it would be fun to look at the top baseball-related apps for the platform. There are almost 900 baseball-related apps available on Android today and, as a fan, it’s hard to know where to start…. Read More…