According to market intelligence firm App Annie, smartphone users spent a record $32 billion on apps in the first quarter of 2021. The report says that users spent around $9 billion more on mobile games and apps in Q1 2021 as compared to Q1 2020, with growth on both Android and iOS up by 40% year-over-year. Moreover, app downloads saw an increase as well, with both platforms registering a combined spike of 10% to 31 billion.