The main materials of the last week (15.10 – 19.10)

The most interesting articles and materials of App2Top last week: even games that are not in the top hundred cash applications can earn several hundred thousand dollars every month; there are 1 billion active smartphones in the world, Carmageddon has been released on iOS and much, much more.

1. Parallel Kingdoms earns $0.50 from each DAUThe flagship of the PerBlue studio – the Parallel Kingdoms game – brings $200,000 to its authors every month.

The app is not in the top 100 on either iOS or Android.

2. The number of smartphones in the world has reached 1 billionStrategy Analytics reported that in the third quarter of this year, the global smartphone market crossed the milestone of 1 billion active devices.

3. Carmageddon has been released on the App StoreThe company Stainless Games today released the iOS version of the cult bloody race.

On the first day after the release, the game is distributed for free.

4. iOS games have become 42% heavier over the past six monthsApple’s decision to increase the limit on cellular downloads from 20 to 50 megabytes has led to significant changes in the size of gaming applications in the App Store.

5. The volume of the Russian IT market exceeded $32.1 billionThis, among other things, is due to the rapid growth of the mobile Internet and the growth of spending by home users on mobile devices and applications, reports Cnews with reference to the latest report of the analytical company IDC.

6. The ruble in Google Play was untied from the dollarIn Google Play, Russian and Indian companies have the opportunity to set individual prices for their products for the largest 29 mobile markets in the original currency.

7. Gree has befriended Flash with Unity and HTML5Gree has introduced an open source tool that allows you to develop Unity and HTML5 applications with Flash content.

8. AppIQ will allow you to monitor the profit of competitive applicationsThe analytical company Distimo launches a new AppIQ service for developers and investors, providing additional data on the download and profit of mobile applications.