Improve The App Store
We're not afraid of competition. In fact, we welcome it as a way to improve our products and business. The thing we're hoping for is a way to rise above the competition when we do our job well, not just when we have the lowest price. - Craig Hockenberry
This site chronicles the thoughts of iPhone developers on the state of the App Store. It's can be a difficult subject for most developers to talk publicly about, however these are the thoughts of some of the best developers who are adding significant value to the iPhone / iPod platform, with a genuine desire and will to see this platform improve upon the quality standards that Apple have set. Hopefully Apple values the feedback here, and recognize that we want to continue to be able to contribute to this platform, and that means changes to the App Store must continue to be made.
Please contact Apple and express your opinions and thoughts through the channels they provide:
Developers, please file enhancement requests through http://radar.apple.com Developer Relations contacts, and Technology Evangelists.
Customers feedback: http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Developer Thoughts
9th Dec, 2008 - Craig Hockenberry (Icon Factory) - Ringtone Apps
3rd Dec, 2008 - Layton Duncan (Polar Bear Farm) - The Hack Store
2nd Dec, 2008 - Dallas Brown - Developers and the App Store
2nd Dec, 2008 - Layton Duncan (Polar Bear Farm) - The App Store 5 Months On
25th Nov, 2008 - Andy Finnel - How To Fix The App Store Without Neutering It
18th Nov, 2008 - John Casasanta & Phill Ryu (Tap Tap Tap) - How To Prevent The App Store...
17th Nov, 2008 - Connected Data - How To Price An iPhone App and Destroy The App Store
17th Nov, 2008 - Marco Arment (Instapaper) - On App Store Pricing
16th Nov, 2008 - Veiled Games - App Store: A New Hope
15th Nov, 2008 - Andy Finnell - How To Price Your iPhone App Out Of Existence.
19th Oct, 2008 - Paul Kafasis - Refunds And Trials In The App Store
Media Coverage
Core Economics - iTunes Position Auction
MacUser - iPhone App Store favours "simple and cheap instead of complex and expensive"
The iPhone Blog - Hockenberry: An Open Letter to Steve Jobs on App Store Pricing
MacNews - Brief an Steve: iPhone-Entwickler klagt Ÿber "Klingelton-Apps"
ipodnn - Low App Store pricing squeezing developers?
Ars Technica - iPhone dev: Cheap apps don't necessarily make a hit platform
Apple Insider - Cheap apps may be hurting the App Store
Macity - App Store disincentiva gli sviluppatori?
Mac Blogz - Established iPhone Developer Writes Personal Letter to Steve Jobs LA Times - iPhone developer laments glut of free and cheap apps
Fortune - Trouble in the (99-cent) App Store
Macworld - iPhone developer writes open letter on App Store
Daring Fireball - Ring Tone Apps
iPhone Alley - iPhone Dev Talks About App Store Pricing, Writes Open Letter To Steve Jobs
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