The French app market has shown strong growth rates over the last few years, according to new data from Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com). Now there are almost 18 million smartphone, tablet and iPod touch users in the country who have downloaded 4-5 apps on average in 2012.

The share of paid downloads vary significantly per platform, says the researchh group. French iPad users pay for almost every fifth download whereas Android users rarely pay for the content.