CNBC February 21, 2025
Kif Leswing

Key Points

– The number of new Vision Pro apps have declined in every month since the device went on sale, according to consultancy AppFigures.

– Many of the new apps and ideas for the Vision Pro are coming from independent developers, hacking on the weekends while holding down day jobs.

– Apple in August said the Vision Pro had 2,500 apps. By AppFigures’ count, fewer than 1,900 remain active.

When Apple revealed the Vision Pro in 2023, it called the $3,500 headset its next “major platform.” Two years later, and a year after going on sale, the device is thin on apps.

Apple doesn’t regularly release stats on the number of Vision Pro apps that are available,...

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