FxCamera for Android Announces 20 Million Downloads, iPhone Version on the Way
Earlier this year we wrote about Japan-based Bitcellar and its free Android camera app FxCamera. At that time it had just raised over $5 million from JAFCO Super V3 Investment Limited Partnership, and appeared to have a strong user base claiming over 15 million downloads.
今年、我々は日本を拠点とするBitcellarと当企業のアンドロイド向け無料カメラアプリのFxCameraについて取り上げた。当初、当企業はJAFCO Super V3 Investment Limited Partnershipから500万ドル強の資金調達を行ったばかりであったが、ダウンロード数1500万回を誇っており、強力なユーザー基盤を構築していると見受けられた。
今年の初め、我々は、日本拠点のBitcellarとその無料AndroidカメラアプリFxCameraについての記事を掲載した。その当時、JAFCO Super V3 Investment Limited Partnershipから500万ドル以上引き出し、1500万以上のダウンロードを誇る力強いユーザーベースを保有する者として登場したばかりだった。
Today the company is announcing that it has surpassed the 20 million downloads mark. Of course, this goes all the way back to when the Android app first started out in 2009. But its growth is nonetheless impressive, as you can see in the chart below. The app was refreshed back in June of this year, leading to bit of a resurgence in popularity. And while it’s not the kind of off-the-charts growth we saw with domestic rival Line Camera, it still looks pretty good.
If you haven’t yet tried FxCamera, the application lets you add a number of effects to your smartphone photographs, including toy camera effects, fisheye and symmetrical effects, and more.
The Japan-based app is actually more popular in the US than it is at home, with its top five countries being the US, Japan, Korea, India, and Thailand, in that order. The US is also its fastest growing country as well.
Bit Cellar also notes that an iPhone app is soon on the way, so stay tuned for that as well.
日本に拠点のあるこのアプリは、実のところ、日本国内よりもアメリカで人気があり、上位5か国はアメリカ、日本、韓国、インド、そしてタイの順番だ。アメリカはこのアプリの成長速度が最も早い国でもある。
Bit Cellarは、iPhoneアプリも間もなくリリースされると述べているので、こちらにも注目しておこう。