Are Android apps THAT much smaller than iOS? - eviltoast

People ask why an app is large on Twitter and we at Emerge break it down. It’s kind of become our bat signal.

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Usually, we break down iOS apps, as iOS apps appear to be an order of magnitude larger than their Android counterparts. Almost always, someone points to Android’s size vs. iOS.

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At face value, they’re right! The size we see in the iOS App Store is almost always a multiple of the Android counterpart in the Google Play Store.

But what if I told you that Android app sizes are larger than they might immediately appear?

In this blog, we’ll explain why Android apps are larger than people think, where size comes from on both platforms, and whether iOS apps are really that much bigger than Android.

  • limerod@reddthat.comOPM
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    2 months ago

    It’s written in the article. You won’t need to guess if you read it. The article is in depth & interesting. Not your average 5 min think why

    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
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      2 months ago

      Surely you have better things to do than be a prick, otherwise you would see that I read the article and replied to myself.

      • limerod@reddthat.comOPM
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        2 months ago

        Hmm, I wasn’t being a prick. You commented your guess in this post so I replied. I did not know you were replying to yourself. Sorry, I missed to read that!

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      2 months ago

      How dare you encourage reading the article in the comments section about said article! Madness!