Is App Development or Software Development bigger?

Software Development has more websites in our catalog: 485 are App Development and 867 are Software Development.

Which has higher-authority sites, App Development or Software Development?

Software Development has the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (App Development: 42, Software Development: 45).

How many sites are in both App Development and Software Development?

124 websites in our catalog match both.

Where does this data come from?

Counts come from Site Stats Database's own crawl and classification; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

App Development vs Software Development Websites — Site Stats Database

App Development vs Software Development

A side-by-side comparison of two topics, based on the 578,597 websites Site Stats Database classifies into a topic.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	App Development	Software Development
Websites	485	867
Market share	0.1%	0.1%
Rank	#740	#479
Median DR	42	45

Median keywords	999	1,262

Median referring domains	696	861

Median domain age	11 yrs	13 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	14 yrs

Combined monthly traffic	7,903,569	12,784,093

Average monthly traffic	16,296	14,745

developer.android.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords95,734
Referring Domains100,671
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,363,249
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
visualstudio.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords112,888
Referring Domains115,205
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,574,495
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
sitepoint.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords131,667
Referring Domains36,452
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)404,126
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
flutter.dev
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords18,834
Referring Domains22,274
Domain Age7 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)270,562
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
firebase.google.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)99
Total Keywords13,694
Referring Domains67,441
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)190,105
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
certiport.pearsonvue.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)85
Total Keywords4,261
Referring Domains2,816
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)161,641
Traffic Trend
Topic
ionicframework.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords11,476
Referring Domains12,586
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)106,120
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
folio3.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords32,166
Referring Domains4,393
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)101,129
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
thunkable.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords6,099
Referring Domains3,565
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)90,822
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development
embarcadero.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords7,042
Referring Domains11,839
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)86,450
Traffic Trend
TopicApp Development

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Topic
developer.android.com	English	92	95,734	100,671	29 yrs	2,363,249		App Development

dev.to
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords646,072
Referring Domains92,153
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,458,970
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
visualstudio.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords112,888
Referring Domains115,205
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,574,495
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
atlassian.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords60,980
Referring Domains63,971
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)658,939
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
qt.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)85
Total Keywords15,162
Referring Domains24,872
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)580,184
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
perforce.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords13,825
Referring Domains13,117
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)451,267
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
intemodino.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)41
Total Keywords26,565
Referring Domains567
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)245,465
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
nulab.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords26,101
Referring Domains6,714
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)231,762
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
outsystems.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords21,638
Referring Domains9,640
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)190,859
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
devx.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords64,072
Referring Domains8,048
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)173,950
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development
docs.gitlab.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords21,566
Referring Domains20,516
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)173,696
Traffic Trend
TopicSoftware Development