The global app industry will grow to $ 1 billion in 2017 , Gartner Inc. projects . Comes as sales of smartphones are projected to eclipse mobile phones for the first time . Last month , China became the top market for Android and Apple iOS smartphones and tablets . Apple and Google now have more than 700,000 apps in their respective app stores . Smartphone users in the U.S. now spend more than two hours a day using apps .
The global app industry will grow to $ 1 billion in 2017 , Gartner Inc. projects . Comes as sales of smartphones are projected to eclipse mobile phones for the first time . Last month , China became the top market for Android and Apple iOS smartphones and tablets . Smartphone users in the U.S. now spend more than two hours a day using apps .