Tablets Will Generate 35% of $25 Billion App Revenue

Tablet apps will generate $8.8 billion in revenue in 2013, compared to the $16.4 billion expected from smart phone apps, according to ABI Research. 

Of the combined $25 billion, 65 percent will come from Apple’s iOS ecosystem, 27 percent from Google’s Android, and the remaining eight percent from the other mobile platforms.

Tablet apps will steadily increase their share of the market over the coming years, in 2017 nearly matching the amount of smart phone application revenues and surpass them in 2018, when the combined revenue base will reach $92 billion, ABI Research says.