Mobile apps survey report archive

Published annually since 2016 and provided by Airbus. Download the latest and past issues right here.

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How do professionals use mobile apps today? What are the most potential use cases? Do they use chatbots, virtual assistants or voice assistants? And has Covid-19 increased the use of professional apps?

Over 500 professionals shared their views in the seventh annual Airbus survey on mobile apps. Get all the trends and figures from the 2022 survey report – download it now!

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Previous years’ reports

2021 report

How do professionals use mobile apps today? What are the most potential use cases? Do they use chatbots, virtual assistants or voice assistants? And has Covid-19 increased the use of professional apps?

Over 300 professionals shared their views in the sixth annual Airbus survey on mobile apps.

2020 report

Users are increasingly ready for secure, professional and even cloud-based apps to be part of their operations. This is one of the notable trends revealed by the fifth Airbus survey into the professional apps market. What else did the survey find?
 
How do professionals use mobile apps today? What do professionals think of cloud-based applications? And what are their expectations regarding AI, IoT, data analytics and/or 5G?

2019 report

This report details the findings from the fourth Airbus survey of users' needs in the professional mobile apps market.

The report adds to the wealth of data being built up by the survey, which also identified some emerging trends. The analysis gives a high level of confidence about where the market for apps is heading. 

2018 report

This report details the findings from the third Airbus survey into the state of the professional mobile apps market and how it is developing.

The survey report contributes to a greater understanding of how professionals use apps, what their demands and concerns are and which opportunities exist for app developers and operators to profitably meet these needs.

2017 report

This report details the findings from the second Airbus survey into the state of the professional mobile apps market and how it is developing.

The core findings from this survey largely agree with the ones in the 2016 report, and there are also three new findings of note.

2016 report

How are professional mobile apps and public safety apps actually being used today? And what is the potential for developers to bring new and exciting apps to the professional mobile radio market?

To explore these questions, Airbus launched its first survey on the professional mobile apps market in 2016.

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