Tag Archives: App Store

Long Term Effect of Apple’s App Store Policies

Monday, March 18 9:10 am

Kevin Hoctor on software pricing: I think everyone can agree that we won’t survive long as indie developers if we can only charge one or two dollars for our apps. I don’t even think $15 is enough unless you have … Continue reading →

New In iOS 6: Passwords No Longer Required For App Store Updates♣
Thursday, June 21 9:28 am - cultofmac.com

Killian Bell: No matter how long it’s been since you entered your account password in the App Store or the Mac App Store, you won’t need to reenter it just to download updates or previous purchases with iOS 6 and … Continue reading →

No Upgrade Pricing Only Hurts Users In the Long Run♣
Wednesday, June 20 9:01 am - macstories.net

Gabe Glick: When most people go to a store, they don’t expect to take home products that catch their eye and try them out for a limited time. They don’t expect to get reduced prices on the latest version of … Continue reading →

Death To Star Reviews

Tuesday, June 5 8:20 am

The idea of reviewing things with some sort of arbitrary number of something is not new. According to the Wall Street Journal the first movie to be rated on the star system was in 1928. This system has bled into … Continue reading →

Episode #52: Still Evolving

Monday, May 21 7:51 pm

One year anniversary! The first year is closed out with a slight change in format to a less structured style. The conversation starts with talk about app stores and their affects on the prices of updated apps. Developers are making … Continue reading →

Don’t Be A Sucker In The App Store♣
Friday, March 9 9:29 am - appadvice.com

Christine Chan of App Advice wrote a very good guide on buying apps and how to avoid bad decisions. I follow almost everything in this guide and recommend everything Chan says. (via Chris Herbert)

Finding The Sweet Spot For App Pricing♣
Monday, January 16 9:05 am - smarterware.org

Gina Tripani of Smarterware: A couple of people have asked why my (simple, small) app costs $2, instead of $1 or free. The answer is pretty simple. I’m charging at all because I can, and I’m charging $2 instead of … Continue reading →

iTunes Password for iOS App Updates: Pointless♣
Tuesday, August 16 11:13 am - brooksreview.net

Ben Brooks makes a suggestion regarding iOS App Store purchasing: My proposal: if a user has a passcode set to activate no longer than 15 minutes of inactivity (I believe this is the current memory of the App Store for … Continue reading →

Beta Means Beta♣
Thursday, June 23 6:42 pm - mbarclay.net

Malcolm Barclay on 1-star reviews in the iOS App Store that reference incompatibilities with the iOS 5 beta: Downloading & installing beta versions of iOS is akin to moving into a near-new house with missing windows, no carpet & some … Continue reading →

Apple Changes Subscription Rules♣
Tuesday, June 21 7:28 pm - tuaw.com

This news is well over a week old, but the fact that Apple has changed their subscription policy is both a surprise and expected. The old policy was extremely controversial and left a lot of potential for companies to pull … Continue reading →