Tag: app store
Worth Reading: John Gruber On iOS App Pricing
Last Friday, Q Branch released an update to its notebook app Vesper that added landscape orientation, iPad support, and a few dollars to its price—a rare...
Tuesday* Tips: Find The Right App To Open A File Using The App Store
If you’ve owned a Mac for any length of time, you’ve probably encountered files that none of your installed applications can open. If you’re running...
Apple Says No More Smurfberries, Highlights ‘Pay Once And Play Forever’ Games
How many times have you downloaded a game and found out that your idea of “free” is so far apart from the developer’s idea of...
Worth Reading: The Shape Of The App Store
Charles Perry, on the Metakite blog: “Every developer knows how tough it can be to make a living on the App Store. There’s a lot...
New Section On The iOS App Store Highlights Kid-Friendly Apps
Games for kids are almost always terrible, what with free-to-play totles that are little more than shake-down machines and games that barely pass as games. And that may be...
31 Days Of OS X Tips: Put Off Software Updates Until Tomorrow
If you have an accumulation of software updates to install but don’t want to be interrupted—say that you’re working with some of the apps that...
Worth Reading: ‘The Crapification Of Great iOS Apps’
Mike Wehner at TUAW looks at how free-to-play is ruining the experience of using iOS: “I love physics-based games, and Fish Out Of Water by Halfbrick Studios is...
31 Days Of OS X Tips: Unhide Apps In The Mac App Store
On Monday, I showed you how to hide your purchases in the Mac App Store. And, well, you may have gotten a little overzealous and ended...
Desk 1.0 Review: A Sleek Mac App For Distraction-Free Writing
I don’t spend a whole lot of time thinking about which app I use to write with. If it accepts text input and stays out of...
Worth Reading: ‘The Forgotten Shores Of App Store Pricing’
Jason Snell—my former colleague at IDG who now writes at Six Colors—took a look at some of the factors at play that contributed to the outrage over...
‘Monument Valley’ Makers Dare To Charge $2 For Expansion Pack, Get Flack
The makers of the critically acclaimed iOS game Monument Valley released the Forgotten Shores expansion pack on Wednesday. The expansion costs all of $1.99, and that...
Apple Realizes Record App Store Revenue, Transactions In July
July 2014 was a record setting month for the App Store. According to a statement given to CNBC, the App Store saw record revenue as well...
You Know What’s Cool? Paying $20 Billion To Developers. Apple’s Done it.
Making money developing apps, especially for an independent developer, isn’t exactly easy. If you develop apps for any of Apple’s platforms there’s a good chance...
Paul McCartney Relaunches Five Classic Albums As iPad Apps
Paul McCartney has re-released five of his classic albums in the form of iPad apps. The albums, Band on the Run, McCartney, McCartney II, RAM, and...
South Korean Fair Trade Commission Demands Change In App Store Refund Policy
After Apple changed its App Store refund policy earlier this year to not allow app updates after a refunded App Store purchase, and decided that users...
EA Slashes Prices On Popular iOS Games By As Much As 90%
EA has started a massive sale on the App Store, slashing some of its most popular titles by as much as a whopping 90%. This...
Apple Pulls Weed Firm From App Store: In Other News, Water Wet, Sky Blue
Stop me if you’ve heard of this one before: Apple pulled an app from the iOS App Store because of objectionable material. In this case,...
Here Are The Top Games And Apps On The App Store Last Week
Apple has begun releasing Top 10 lists based on a week-by-week breakdown. So, what are people downloading these days? Here’s the Top 10 iOS apps and...