It’s really nice to see the numbers embiggify even if not a single one will ever end up on my phone due to not filling any need of mine.
There are definitely more than just those that are mobile optimized, and tagged as such. Some even that work well on mobile, but don’t have the tag too
I’m assuming Android has created an army of app developers with roughly transferable skills.
I’m also assuming it has killed the interest of many of them putting the work in developing open sourced solutions in an increasingly closed source ecosystem.
Fuck you, big tech.
The world owes so, so much to Linus, even if most people will never appreciate it, or why. He’s an actual fucking hero. I mean, he seems a bit of a dick, but the kind of dick that’s usually technically correct, which is the worst kind of correct, but I still idolize the man. Not many people could turn the money I’m sure this guy has turned down.
so thirty-one then?
Nailed it.
In total, we managed to add a total of 31 apps and games in the third quarter. This brought the count up to total of 730 apps and games on September 30th, 2025.
again
I’m even more confused now
“again” implies that 30 apps being added is not the first time. It could be the second, third, or twenty-fifth time. It was not specified how many, but certainly there are a lot more than 31 apps on linux phones.
according to the site, 730 apps work with Linux phones. There are probably plenty more that are not on the site (like more niche programs or apps that are only half-optimized for mobile)
More than thirty in how long? Is this the second (or more) time? When was the last time? Why is thirty significant?
More than thirty in how long?
In a calendar quarter, (IE: 3 months) as denoted by ‘Q3’.
Is this the second (or more) time? When was the last time? Why is 30 significant?
It is the second, the last time was the previous quarter Q2/2025 Progress: Over 30 apps added, JSON API hence the ‘again’ in this title. The number of apps added is significant because it’s a blog tracking the number of app additions to flathub for Linux phones.
Thank you. Although some of this seems a bit arbitrary, you’ve now provided the context I needed to understand the title.
No problem, all I did was click the link to check, I’m not affiliated with the blog or flathub etc; so I might be wrong on how many times 30+ apps have been released in a quarter.
But as you say… Seems arbitrary to fixate on the number; the ‘again’ seems to be related to their blog posts, as it was a succession of 2 consecutive quarters with 30+ releases… I don’t think it was meant to be any deeper than ‘this title is practically the same as the last title’
My takeaway from the blog, is that the author is trying to convey an increase in development for Linux mobile apps, which with the recent side loading restriction nonsense from Google; wouldn’t be all that surprising. It will be interesting to see if the trend continues.
