Kokunye i-Apple ebilokhu ibonakaliswe ngokungafani ne-Android, kungenxa yokuthi inkampani esekwe eCupertino ivuselela amadivayisi ayo okungenani iminyaka emihlanu, ize iyishiye ngokuphelele, into enzima kakhulu ukuyithola ngisho nasematheminali iGoogle uqobo eyidedele emakethe. Ukuvuselelwa kwakamuva kwe-iOS kushiye ngaphandle kokuvuselela i-iPhone 4s, i-iPad 2, 3, 4 ne-iPad Mini, amanye amamodeli okubuyekezwa kwawo kwakamuva kwesoftware kube yi-iOS 9.3.5. Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ezedlule i-Apple ikhiphe i-iOS 10, inguqulo yakamuva yohlelo lokusebenza lwamaselula, inguqulo ngokuya ngemininingwane yakamuva ekhishwe yi-Apple esikhungweni sonjiniyela kutholwe kumadivayisi asekelwayo angama-79%.
Ukuqala nge-iPhone 5 ne-iPad Mini 2, wonke amamodeli we-iPad Air ne-iPad Pro ahambisana ne-iOS 10, inguqulo esebenza kahle kakhulu kumamodeli amadala, angakhombisa ukuthi i-Apple isengabambelela komunye unyaka. Amamodeli amadala. IOS 9, itholakala namuhla kumadivayisi ayi-16% ngenkathi izinhlobo zangaphambilini zimelela u-5%. Ukwamukelwa kwe-iOS 10 kufana kakhulu nalokho esingakubona nge-iOS 9, esivele sisesikhathini esifanayo, ukwamukelwa kwe-iOS 9 kufinyelele kuma-77%.
Uma siqhathanisa ukwamukelwa kwezinguqulo zakamuva ze-iOS ne-Android, siyabona ukuthi kanjani I-Android Nougat ifakiwe kumadivayisi asekelwayo ayi-1,2%, yize kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi ukusebenza kwawo womabili amapulatifomu kwehlukile njengoba sonke sazi. I-Apple ilawula isoftware ne-Hardware, iyinike amandla okukhipha izinhlobo ezenzelwe amadivayisi ayo, yingakho imijikelezo yokuvuselelwa yamamodeli ayo made kakhulu kune-Android.