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Thanks for sharing! I'd be interested in a follow-up to see how this Hacker News discussion affected your sales too.
On thing you may consider doing, if you aren't already, is using one of the many libraries available which ask users to rate your app. In the last release of one of my apps I implemented one of the libraries and I saw the amount of ratings soar. Especially the positive ratings.
I second this. I added 'AppiRater' ( https://github.com/arashpayan/appirater ) to one of my popular apps which users weren't reviewing. As soon as I added AppiRater the number of reviews increased a lot. I also noticed that it didn't increase the number of negative reviews which was a surprise.
The advantage of these libraries is that you can ask at a specific time, say the tenth launch.
On thing you may consider doing, if you aren't already, is using one of the many libraries available which ask users to rate your app. In the last release of one of my apps I implemented one of the libraries and I saw the amount of ratings soar. Especially the positive ratings.
Which page do you direct users to - the reviews page or the main app page? Do you have any data on which converts better for getting new star ratings?
On thing you may consider doing, if you aren't already, is using one of the many libraries available which ask users to rate your app. In the last release of one of my apps I implemented one of the libraries and I saw the amount of ratings soar. Especially the positive ratings.
Is there anything like this for Mac apps?
Congratulations! I went through a similar process with my first app as well. A few things I'd recommend: - Use appfigures.com and appannie.com to track your sales and rankings. They provide much nicer reports than those provided by Apple. Also, they'll tell you if reviews come in, and even translate them for you. I'm personally addicted to the hourly ranking updates from AppFigures. - Never stop promoting. Do somethi…
I don't really like your website. Specifically the image of the iPhone. It's a good size but most of it is the iPhone bezel. There is no way to understand specifically what the app does and how by looking at it. Make it the full iPhone height and add obvious arrows to let the user manually progress through a 3 step "this is what it is" in the form of images.
Congrats on your app launch! I’ve been sharing it with all my biker friends. :) Thanks for sharing this info it is very valuable info! You mentioned the disconnect when someone transitions into the App Store. I was wondering if you are signed up for Apple’s Affiliate program and using your unique affiliate link on your websites App Store button. Would that give you any more idea of what is going on inside the App Sto…
(a) This is great. I've been using Maps+, which is a really impressive little app, but it's complexity often makes it cumbersome. Yours is very barebones, but in playing around with it, that's an asset. (b) With (a) in mind, there really needs to be a way to plot to/from somewhere other than (what the iPhone thinks is) your current location. (c) It would be great to be able to see bike lanes, but I understand how muc…
a) Glad you like it. Simplicity was a goal. b) Yes, totally agreed & in the works. c) This will be in the next release. d) We actually have a ticket in with Apple to get this fixed. There's nothing we can do on our end. Terrible. Thanks for the honest feedback!
You've probably only set it under Icon files -> primary icon
You can tell if you did it right if it shows up without the shine in itunes connect when you upload.
That is very cool, thanks for sharing! Are you doing any marketing for it?
Thanks. So, we had a $100 credit from Google to use on adwords. That was interesting but not something that would work if we had to actually pay for it. In terms of other marketing, Apple gives you 50 download codes so we handed those out to local bike businesses & nonprofits. Our experience is that people rarely redeem the download codes, but will often reciprocate kindness. Our biggest sales came when we gave some…