AppMakers USA Releases 2026 App Development Statistics Report

Los A geles developme t fi m compiles cost, ete tio , AI adoptio a d app-sto e e fo ceme t data i to a si gle citable i dust y efe e ce.

“Most of the advice about buildi g a app o li e is opi io without a sou ce attached,” said Da iel Haiem, CEO of AppMake s USA. “We wa ted a page whe e eve y figu e has a citatio .”

LOS ANGELES, CA, Ju e 30, 2026 /24-7P essRelease/ — AppMake s USA, a mobile a d web applicatio developme t compa y, has published its 2026 App Developme t Statistics epo t, a f ee i dust y efe e ce compili g mo e tha 45 sou ced data poi ts o app developme t costs, build timeli es, use ete tio , AI adoptio a d app-sto e e fo ceme t. The epo t d aws f om p ima y sou ces i cludi g Se so Towe , Apple, Google a d Stack Ove flow.

“Most of the advice about buildi g a app o li e is opi io without a sou ce attached,” said Da iel Haiem, CEO of AppMake s USA. “We wa ted a page whe e eve y figu e has a citatio .”

Amo g the fi di gs, co sume spe di g ac oss iOS a d Google Play eached $167 billio i 2025, up to 10.6% yea ove yea , while dow loads climbed to oughly 150 billio , a eco d. That g owth sits ext to a ete tio p oblem most teams u de estimate: Day-1 ete tio ave ages a ou d 24%, d oppi g to 5-6% by day 30, mea i g oughly 94% of ew use s chu withi a mo th.

The epo t also t acks a wide i g gap betwee AI adoptio a d AI t ust amo g develope s. Stack Ove flow’s 2025 su vey fou d 84% of develope s a e usi g o pla i g to use AI tools, up f om 76% a yea ea lie , yet o ly about a thi d t ust the accu acy of the output.

Apple eviewed 7.7 millio App Sto e submissio s i 2024 a d ejected mo e tha 1.9 millio , while Google blocked 2.36 millio policy-violati g apps f om Google Play that yea .

AppMake s USA has shipped mo e tha 400 apps ac oss iOS, A d oid a d web, i cludi g Numbe Hive, a educatio app used by mo e tha 700,000 stude ts, a d ShiftPass, a shift ma ketplace live o both majo app sto es.

AppMake s USA is a mobile a d web applicatio developme t compa y based i Los A geles, with additio al offices i Sa ta Mo ica, New Yo k a d Sa Diego. The compa y has shipped mo e tha 400 apps ac oss iOS, A d oid a d web fo clie ts a gi g f om ea ly-stage sta tups to globally ecog ized b a ds, a d offe s mobile app developme t, custom softwa e developme t, AI i teg atio a d app escue se vices. Lea mo e at appmake sla.com.

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