This is a unique opportunity to compare download numbers from both stores on as equal footing as possible and Google is now catching up.

Thanks to Darrell Etherington yesterday’s post, we learn that Google is finally catching with Apple.

Apple had a bit of a head start when it came to mobile software sales, since it launched its App Store earlier than the Android Market (which would later become what we call Google Play today). But the gap was more pronounced in terms of downloads when they kicked off, but lately the gap has been closing, and today both Play and the App Store announced very close milestones… Click here for more

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