A new report suggests Android 5.0 Lollipop is more stable than iOS 8, with crash rates measuring in at 0.2 per cent lower for ‘droid units compared to Apple’s fare.
The data comes courtesy of Crittercism (via AndroidAuthority), which revealed that Android Lollipop’s crash rate was just 2 per cent.
iOS 8, however, clocked in at a 2.2 per cent crash rate. What’s more, iOS 8 had a higher crash rate than its predecessor, with iOS 7’s rate a mere 1.9 per cent.
Interestingly, Android Lollipop fared slightly better than previous versions of Android.
The research revealed that both KitKat and Ice Cream Sandwich apps crashed 2.6 per cent of the time.
In fairness, both operating systems have had their fair share of software woes. The iOS 8 launch saw users up in arms over bugs, instability, and poor performance.
Likewise, the ever-rolling Android Lollipop release has seen many users complain about worse performance on their devices.
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That’s no surprise however, as the massive fragmentation of Android devices means it’s difficult to optimise the software for any one handset.
iOS 8 fared better on new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus handsets, but led to users with older handsets who had upgraded to the new OS seeing a performance drop. This is because Apple focuses on optimising software for the latest round of iDevices.
It’s worth noting that the Android Lollipop sample size is far smaller than Apple’s iOS 8, with Lollipop only now installed on 1.6 per cent of around 1 billion Android devices globally. Apple, meanwhile, sold 74.5m new iPhones last quarter, all running iOS 8 out of the box.