Developers aren’t sold on Apple Vision Pro as available apps decline

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According to consultancy AppFigures, the quantity of new Vision Pro apps has steadily decreased each month since the device’s launch. A significant portion of the latest apps and concepts for the Vision Pro are being developed by independent creators, who tinker with projects on weekends alongside their full-time jobs. Apple reported in August that the Vision Pro boasted 2,500 apps, though AppFigures estimates that fewer than 1,900 are currently active.

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When Apple revealed the Vision Pro in 2023, it called the $3,500 headset its next “major platform.” Two years later, and a year after going on sale, the device is thin on apps… According to consultancy AppFigures, which tracks Apple’s platforms, the number of new Vision Pro apps has declined every month since the device hit the market in February 2024.

Apple updated its most recent Vision Pro app count in August, with CEO Tim Cook telling investors on an earnings call that the platform had 2,500 apps. That number covers fully immersive apps that overlay virtual objects over the real world as well as 2D apps with some spatial components. By AppFigures’ count, less than 1,900 of these apps remained active at the end of January.

There are also about 1.5 million Vision Pro apps that are ported versions of iPhone and iPad apps. Apple automatically ports iPhone and iPad apps to the Vision Pro when they’re uploaded, but companies can decline. Those apps can be used inside the headset but appear as 2D flat screens…

Apple doesn’t publish Vision Pro sales, but one estimate from IDC suggests fewer than 1 million devices have been sold.

Via: CNBC

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