How to Reach the Top of the iPhone App Store

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Post by kanny96 » Wed, Dec 24, 2008, 7:35 PM UTC

How to Reach the Top of the iPhone App Store
iphonedev.in

Re: How to Reach the Top of the iPhone App Store

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Post by undertoad » Wed, Dec 24, 2008, 8:27 PM UTC

It's a good pointer to the recent sales figure releases, but it doesn't seem like the author ever gets around to revealing how to reach the top of the App Store.

I wish he'd tell us. ;)

Re: How to Reach the Top of the iPhone App Store

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Post by villageidiot » Wed, Dec 24, 2008, 11:15 PM UTC

Unrevealing article.

The truth of the matter is rather more mundane. It's all about farts apparently - $10,000/day worth of farts . . .

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/iphone-fart-app.html

This is no doubt a consequence of the overly cheap pricing of iphone apps. For 99 cents, the consumer has low expectations of the purchase and the developer does not have a significant incentive to invest time in a more substantial product. That's not to say that there aren't some great apps. But developers are also churning out bucketloads of dreck.