Pinterest bubbled up a very interesting infographic that shows that about 11% of people they surveyed/tracked would actually download an educational app on their smartphone.
This compared to 64% who would download games is actually quite exciting and augurs well for education on mobile phones.
You can read the original article from http://blog.websourcing.fr/infographie-telechargements-mobiles-sont-jeux/
Here's the inforgraphic (click to view a larger version):
