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Data-led write-ups drawn from our index of Android apps and games.
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Most top Android apps ship an update every month — 248 have gone quiet
Update dates across our 4,800-title index show a clear split between actively maintained apps and a small tail that has not shipped in half a year.
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71% of top-charting Android apps carry ads — and games are far worse
We checked the monetisation flags on all 4,800 apps and games in our index. Only one in nine is free of both advertising and in-app purchases.