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Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by yoz-y »

luke14free wrote: post #55

Just to be clear: the app makes ~20 downloads per day (checked on App Annie premium and Sensor Tower premium) except for the fact that you change the price from paid to free multiple times, causing multiple spikes in downloads generated by sites like https://www.148apps.com/ and https://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free which basically list all apps that have become free from paid. So claiming `about 10,000 downloads each…

I assume that the author has better visibility to actual download numbers than App Annie or Sensor Tower. I assume they just got the number from the App Store connect.

That is, apple highlights are massively more impactful that any other venue. My app had reviews in multiple publications and I average about 200 downloads per week, at around 4500 impressions. It got featured once in some list (in Thailand) and I got about 1 million impressions per day. Sadly, the app was paid (and not translated) at the time so no sales.

10k downloads per week is legitimately impressive for this kind of app. Kudos

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by luke14free »

yoz-y wrote: post #61
luke14free wrote: post #55

Just to be clear: the app makes ~20 downloads per day (checked on App Annie premium and Sensor Tower premium) except for the fact that you change the price from paid to free multiple times, causing multiple spikes in downloads generated by sites like https://www.148apps.com/ and https://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free which basically list all apps that have become free from paid. So claiming `about 10,000 downloads each…

I assume that the author has better visibility to actual download numbers than App Annie or Sensor Tower. I assume they just got the number from the App Store connect. That is, apple highlights are massively more impactful that any other venue. My app had reviews in multiple publications and I average about 200 downloads per week, at around 4500 impressions. It got featured once in some list (in Thailand) and I got a…

I work on models like those of Sensor Tower and App Annie use to estimate downloads. They are extremely precise, the cross-validated error is << 10% for apps that are this small, and in the US (it increases with much bigger apps in countries where little data is available).

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by jacknj »

luke14free wrote: post #55

Just to be clear: the app makes ~20 downloads per day (checked on App Annie premium and Sensor Tower premium) except for the fact that you change the price from paid to free multiple times, causing multiple spikes in downloads generated by sites like https://www.148apps.com/ and https://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free which basically list all apps that have become free from paid. So claiming `about 10,000 downloads each…

"Update: As of March 2017, two years after launching Snaplight, it’s still going strong with about 10,000 downloads each week."

Did you check the numbers for that period or for the current period?

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by CalRobert »

lerxst00 wrote: post #43
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for sharing. You’re definitely not the only person who has this issue. It’s definitely something YouTube could implement if they weren’t content with the minor tyre fix they’ve built.

You're welcome! The only issue I have now is that I've moved on to using Firefox. So, I can't really use this extension anymore. I guess that sounds like another 'niche problem' that needs solving.

This Firefox user would love a port...

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by hellweaver666 »

lerxst00 wrote: post #43
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for sharing. You’re definitely not the only person who has this issue. It’s definitely something YouTube could implement if they weren’t content with the minor tyre fix they’ve built.

You're welcome! The only issue I have now is that I've moved on to using Firefox. So, I can't really use this extension anymore. I guess that sounds like another 'niche problem' that needs solving.

Chrome extensions are quite trivial to port to Firefox these days. One of my colleagues built a chrome extension and had the firefox version working minutes later.

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by maccard »

RugnirViking wrote: post #29
mister_hn wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

still, claiming to hacking a mobile app together in one hour is something strange as well. Does the "hour of code" includes setting up project in the IDE, setting a repo, testing it, making it AppStore-ready? Options are: a. you have already the code somewhere (own sources, StackOverflow, GitHub, etc.) b. you are bluffing

Setting up a project in the IDE takes maybe a couple minuites at worst. you wouldn't bother making a repo for something like this. Testing is done while programming, and the process of putting it on the app store presumably wasn't counted as 'programming'

Does it even? Last time I checked, it took <1 minute to launch xcode, use a template and deploy it to a device (assuming you're set up to develop already). Every IDE I've used in the last decade will detect "hey, you're starting a new project, would you like a git repo?"

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by eps »

yoz-y wrote: post #61
luke14free wrote: post #55

Just to be clear: the app makes ~20 downloads per day (checked on App Annie premium and Sensor Tower premium) except for the fact that you change the price from paid to free multiple times, causing multiple spikes in downloads generated by sites like https://www.148apps.com/ and https://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free which basically list all apps that have become free from paid. So claiming `about 10,000 downloads each…

I assume that the author has better visibility to actual download numbers than App Annie or Sensor Tower. I assume they just got the number from the App Store connect. That is, apple highlights are massively more impactful that any other venue. My app had reviews in multiple publications and I average about 200 downloads per week, at around 4500 impressions. It got featured once in some list (in Thailand) and I got a…

Woah... no sales on 1 million impressions?!

I understand the context, but still.

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by samwhiteUK »

trevyn wrote: post #22
mister_hn wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

still, claiming to hacking a mobile app together in one hour is something strange as well. Does the "hour of code" includes setting up project in the IDE, setting a repo, testing it, making it AppStore-ready? Options are: a. you have already the code somewhere (own sources, StackOverflow, GitHub, etc.) b. you are bluffing

My first app store submission was a challenge to go from idea to submitted app on one laptop battery charge (2-3 hours?) and was approved on the first try, so it’s definitely possible.

Sounds like you need a new laptop

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by mtgx »

lerxst00 wrote: post #43
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for sharing. You’re definitely not the only person who has this issue. It’s definitely something YouTube could implement if they weren’t content with the minor tyre fix they’ve built.

You're welcome! The only issue I have now is that I've moved on to using Firefox. So, I can't really use this extension anymore. I guess that sounds like another 'niche problem' that needs solving.

This might help:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...

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