Metaphorically speaking, one's style statement is defined by the number of mobile apps one has in their smartphones today. Yes, the mobile app industry is burgeoning dramatically and it is claimed that by 2017, the sector is expected to witness over 268 billion downloads that will generate $77 billion worth of revenue. What are the factors that are driving the dramatic evolution of mobile app industry? In the quest to find the answer, Google in coordination with Ipsos MediaCT (a Paris headquartered market research firm) conducted a study on 8,470 consumers with smartphones. The report indicated that people prefer those apps that make their lives easier. The collective response takes us back to the major rationale behind the inception of mobile apps – making people's lives easier.

Thus, needless to say, mobile apps are indeed bliss in our lives. On the other hand, the rising statistics of app-fanatics has been instrumental in propelling the companies to enable their own mobile platforms, a relatively quick and easy route to consumer's fingertips. However, irrespective of its benefits, the world of mobile apps presents its own set of challenges, where privacy and security grabs the major portion of the limelight, while companies suffer from the high-costs of developing such platforms.

To help businesses to conveniently choose the perfect professionals, who will in turn help them to provide risks-free mobile apps to their customers, siliconindia identifies ' Top 5 Mobile App Development Companies'. A distinguished panel of the industry's topmost CIOs, CEOs, VCs and industry experts including siliconindia's editorial board scrutinized the list of companies in different business touch points. The thorough analysis delved into business practices, services, compared them against industry standards to ensure that the work is of best in class quality and finally led siliconindia to come up with best companies in different respective industries. While this no-frills archive intends to facilitate such companies, it also puts forward an easy and hassle-free platform for people to partner with the finest in the industry.