Google Play Store may soon lose 900,000 Android apps

Cleaning up the Google and Apple app stores seems to be on the agenda. Both the Play Store and the App Store will be removing old apps soon, and this could have a very big impact on these ecosystems.

The impact of this measure has not yet been quantified, but numbers have now emerged. The Android Play Store alone could soon lose nearly 900,000 apps as a result of this purge that Google wants to do.

Google and Apple want to clean up the app stores

It's no secret that Google needs to be ready radical change in the Play store. This is similar to what Apple is also proposing to implement as a result of the rules that both stores have set for programmers.

With these measures in mind, Pixalate presented a report on the status of these app stores, both from Google and Apple. From what it turned out, there are about 900,000 apps in the Android area alone that are over 2 years old without any updates.

The Play Store may soon lose 900,000 apps

Considering that Google announced a few days ago that it intends to limit the APIs used by applications, the implications are clear. This November, these 900,000 apps will simply disappear from the App Store, remaining available only to those who have already installed or installed them.

The Pixalate data goes further and reveals a global picture of this situation. From what has been shown, there are 1.5 million abandoned apps that have not received updates from developers for over 2 years.

The App Store has a similar script to solve

Something that was also clear was the situation of the App Store and Apple. In this case, there are fewer abandoned apps: Pixalate points to 650,000 that will soon no longer be available for the iPhone. The difference in this case is that Apple has not yet activated its new rules.

This is a scenario that many programmers miss. Google and Apple want to clean up their stores and ensure that users only have the most prepared apps that use the latest features of their systems, both Android and iOS.