How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
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Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#2Thanks for the stats share. And the nice app too, :)
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#3How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"?
As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If they ask 50 bucks for an icon they'll be very bussy but out of business within a month.
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#4How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"? As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If t…
From the look of it I think it's a stock template icon with some tweaking?
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#5How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"? As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If t…
From the look of it I think it's a stock template icon with some tweaking?
Think youre right. Here is one thats even nicer: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-78548530/stock-vector-vector...
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#6How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"? As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If t…
The $50 icons are done by offshoaring companies. They make their money by turning over designs very quickly, not paying their designers very much, and reusing designs over and over (with small modifications). None of the designs are built from scratch. Most are dreadfully ugly; this is the most attractive Elance icon I've ever seen, and I don't think it's gorgeous by any stretch.
If you want a geniunely good designed icon just go to dribbble, be willing to spend $500+ and you'll get something unique.
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#7How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"? As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If t…
Thanks @digitalengineer for your comments, yes it's relatively cheep from all the offering's. Actually this is my first try, and the result absolutely exceeds my expectation. i guess it's because the designer is from India, so the cost is kept low. i dont think it's possible in US or EU...
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#8How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"? As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If t…
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$50 for an icon is like paying $50 for a simple CMS.
Of course, for $50 they get a stock icon with their name on it (like, click on Edit Text on PS and type the new one)
"Wooden texture is a fashionable design in 2012"
Yes, please, skeuomorphism up to 11 "because it's fashionable"
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#9How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"? As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If t…
The $50 icons are done by offshoaring companies. They make their money by turning over designs very quickly, not paying their designers very much, and reusing designs over and over (with small modifications). None of the designs are built from scratch. Most are dreadfully ugly; this is the most attractive Elance icon I've ever seen, and I don't think it's gorgeous by any stretch. If you want a geniunely good designed…
as a young startup, it's important to balance between attractiveness and expense, Dribbble is too expensive for me...
Re: How polished UI (icon) helped my iPad app's downloads (stats inside)
#10Highlights the need for some basic A/B testing platform within app stores, though I see the complexity that prevents it being a priority.