Isikhathi esithile manje, kunabathuthukisi abaningi bezicelo abazinikezela ngokugcwele ukudala izinhlelo zokusebenza zezitolo ezibaluleke kakhulu ku-panorama yamanje: i-Google Play ne-Apple App Store. I-Apple ibilokhu ibonakala ngokuphatha athuthukile ngendlela enhle futhi akushiwo yi-Apple, kodwa ngabadali abafanayo bezinhlelo zokusebenza nemidlalo unyaka nonyaka bayaqhubeka nokuthemba ipulatifomu ye-Apple ngaphezu kwe-Google, njengoba kukhonjisiwe izibalo zemali engenayo okutholakele amapulatifomu ahlukile emakethe.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, siyabona ukuthi i-App Store ihambe kanjani ukusuka ekufakeni ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-3.400 ngo-2015 kuya ezigidini ezingama-5.400 ezenziwe ngonyaka odlule, okusho ukuthi ukwanda ngama-60% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Noma kunjalo, I-Google Play ikhule ngo-82%, isuka ekungeneni kwezigidi eziyi-1.800 zamadola ngo-2015 yaya ezigidini ezingama-3.300 zamaRandi ngonyaka odlule, izibalo ezingezimbi neze kodwa ziqinisekisa ukuthi isitolo sohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Apple isisesona esithandwa abathuthukisi bezinhlelo zokusebenza.
Kulolu cwaningo olushicilelwe yi-SensorTower, singabheka nokuthi yikuphi okuye kwaba khona izinhlelo zokusebenza ezikhiqize imali engenayo kakhulu ngokujwayelekile kuzo zonke izitolo ndawonye. Ku-App Store, iSpotify, imbangi enkulu ye-Apple Music, ibeka phezulu kulandelwa iNetflix, Line, Pandona ne-HBO Now. Kodwa-ke, kuGoogle Play, asitholi iSpotify njengenye yezinhlelo zokusebenza ezikhiqize imali engenayo kakhulu, kepha kube yiLine, ilandelwa yiTender, Pandora, HBO Now neLine Manga. Ukwenza lesi sigaba, konke okungabhekwa njengomdlalo kukhishiwe, futhi lapho uClash Royale kungenzeka abe ngummeli omkhulu kuwo womabili amapulatifomu.