apps.garmin.com download counter / statistics tab inconsistency

Former Member
Former Member
Hi,

I just discovered that app download counter and statistics tab show two different numbers: 409 vs 627.

Why counter and statistics shows two different numbers?
Which is the correct one?


Here is the link to my app:

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/b8dbe05b-4001-43b7-95ce-2c94c50e01b7

Thanks

  • The way it seems to work now (this has changed in the past if I recall), is the download counter is "unique" downloads, while stats shows the total.

    So if same user downloads your app on two devices, the counter goes up by 1, while the stats goes up by 2. The same holds if you update your app in the store, where the counter increases if someone new downloads your app, but stats shows that plus a count of users that did an update to your app or an uninstall/reinstall.

    There was an "auto migrations" done last week for the D2 Charlie, so the app store did a new version of your app for you and added the D2c (seem it was based on if you already supported the f5/f5x), and your version # in the store will have "-upd" at the end. That means any users of your app got an update, even if you didn't upload an update., so you'll see a higher number in stats as those users download the update.

    Looking at your app, it seems you've updated a few times, and the summary is showing people that updated and aren't "unique".
  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Jim, thank you for detailed answer. Not it is clear.

    May be it would be a good idea to write this info directly on statistics tab at apps.garmin.com