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App Store Category Breakdown

Lately I’ve been wondering about the composition of the top apps on the App Store. You may remember that a while back I took a look at the composition of the Top 200 paid / grossing apps versus the number of submissions in each category. I kind of wanted to look at it in a slightly different way this time. Continue reading

More App Store Statistics

Yesterday I wrote about some App Store statistics I compiled which compare the breakdown of app apps submitted by category to those that make up the top 500 paid apps. It turns out a lot of people found this pretty interesting, but many also wondered what it would look like if the comparison was between all apps and the top 500 grossing apps. Getting on the top paid list is nice and all, but doesn’t necessarily mean those are the apps making the most money, and it turns out that developers are quite interested in were the money is going. That information is in the top grossing list. Well, I aim to please, so here goes. Continue reading

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

I was looking over some app store metrics tonight, in particular the breakdown of apps by category, and wondered if you could look at the breakdown of the top 500 paid apps by category and determine which categories were over or under served. The results were pretty interesting. Continue reading

iPhone Wallpaper

Mmm, circuity. Sometimes I get a thing stuck in my head and I just have to take care of it before I can do anything else. I’ve been wondering what a circuit board background would look like on my iPhone … Continue reading

What Apple Needs

So there’s been a lot of talk lately about Apple’s rejection of Podcaster from the App Store. Reaction has been almost universally negative and at least one noted developer has decided to discontinue developing iPhone software.
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