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Enterprise Workplace Apps on the Public App Store 2020 - Beyond

Enterprise mobile development and innovation aimed at the workplace has increased significantly. A broad range and diversity of Android and iOS apps designed for internal work has emerged on the public app store. Below, we highlight the key findings from our research on the mobile apps published by the Fortune 1000 to the app store. Our goal is to help organizations design mobile strategies in 2020 and beyond.

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Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

FORTUNE 1000 Companies Publishing Internal Workplace Apps to App Stores

Nearly 1 in 3 companies, or 27%, of the Fortune 1000 are building internally facing mobile apps designed specifically for the workplace and publishing these apps on the public app store.

Types of Workplace Mobile Apps on App Stores?

Among the Fortune 1000, Appdome found 693 internal facing workplace apps on the public App Store. Here’s the breakdown of the types of apps we found.

Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

Event and Meeting Apps

Enterprise organizations are building more mobile apps than ever to facilitate sales, quote generation, product demonstration and product selection. These function specific apps are used by internal sales people to speed sales and improve the buying process for everyone.
Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

Sales Process / Enablement Apps

Nearly 1 in 3 companies, or 27%, of the Fortune 1000 are building internally facing mobile apps designed specifically for the workplace and publishing these apps on the public app store.
Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

Operational Process Apps

Mobile apps that improve the way organizations work, collect information, process claims, confirm values on remote systems, manage payloads and inventory, enroll clients, project and workflows management and more have emerged as a leading category in the enterprise mobile app landscape.
Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

Workplace safety / training Apps

It shouldn’t be surprising that enterprises have started to build mobile apps for HR, training and workplace safety. What should be surprising is that these apps cover more than mere text or video based training programs, payroll and standard healthcare benefit information.
Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

Team collaboration Apps

Enterprise built team collaboration apps are definitely on the rise as organizations race to leverage the power of mobile to foster better peer review and support, teamwork and overall collaboration.
Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

Partner-SPECIFIC Apps

These apps are semi-public usually meant for partners of the enterprise developer. These apps allow the partner to register deals, confirm royalties, track shipments, get company or product news, and similar activities.
Appdome Research on Enterprise apps published on public app stores

Companies Exclusively Publishing Internal Workplace Mobile Apps to Public App Stores

Of the 270 companies publishing internal apps to the public app store, roughly 29 percent or 78 companies are only publishing internally facing apps to the public app store.

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Larger Companies Build More Apps for Internal Use

Of the 693 internally facing mobile apps to the public app store by the 502 or 72% were built by the Fortune 500.

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