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# Android: Triple the development costs of iOS?
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2013/07/android_triple_the_development_costs_of_/
- Published: 2013-07-15T10:43:55.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:00:41.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Android, mobile apps, mobile strategy

[![iPlayer on Android](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/iplayer-on-android-thumb-640xauto-3190.png?resize=640%2C400)](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/iplayer-on-android.png?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Interesting snippet hidden away in a BBC blogpost about [iPlayer on Android](http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/Video-on-Android-Devices-Update?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> Today we have an Android development team that is almost 3 times the size of the iOS team.

*Three times?* Wow. Android might have a numerical advantage in devices out there – but is that advantage enough to justify the additional cost base? Not a decision the BBC has to face in the way that many companies do, but that kind of ratio, couple with [evidence that content doesn’t sell as well on Android](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/11/magazines%5Fon%5Ftablets%5Fpublishers%5Fpainful.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) suggests that companies should think very carefully before investing in the platform.