Apple Drove the App Economy to Subscriptions: Report Nate Swanner, August 15, 2018 5 min read Just over a decade ago, a $999 app named ‘I Am Rich’ debuted in the App Store. People actually bought it. These...
Apple Pulls Back Curtain on App Store Review Process Nate Swanner, August 13, 2018 3 min read If you’ve ever submitted an iOS app and been rejected, it’s not as rare as you may think. According to an Apple...
Apple Kills App Store Affiliate Program (and Developers Should Worry) Nate Swanner, August 7, 2018 8 min read Without cause or provocation, Apple is shuttering its App Store Affiliate Program. The company says October 1 is the...
Steve Jobs Imagined This Critical App Store Feature… in 1983 Nate Swanner, July 6, 2018 2 min read The first time the world saw the Mac App Store was 2011. That was nearly three years after the iOS App Store launched....
Apple’s Forced Move to Metal 2: Great for Game Developers? Nate Swanner, June 26, 2018 6 min read Metal 2, Apple’s framework for accessing a device’s GPU via an API, is pretty special. It’s also the...
New Mac App Store Improves Distribution, Security, and Monetization Nate Swanner, June 15, 2018 6 min read Inside macOS Mojave, the upcoming update to Apple's desktop and laptop operating system, lives a fresh take on the Mac...
New Mac App Store Is Huge Opportunity for Devs, Companies Nate Swanner, June 8, 2018 6 min read With the upcoming macOS 10.14 (Mojave), Apple is introducing a totally new Mac App Store experience. This offers a lot...
One Year On, Setapp Proves Its Worth to Developers Nate Swanner, January 31, 2018 3 min read On launch, Setapp was considered a possible App Store killer. It bundled apps, then made them available for use under a...
Apple Changes Let Developers Target Downloads Nate Swanner, December 14, 2017 4 min read With two significant moves this week, Apple is making sure developers get quality users, not just a lot of...
Apple Has Officially Started Killing Off Terrible Apps Nate Swanner, December 12, 2017 7 min read Apple App Store Guidelines Comic WWDC 2016. Developers are starting to receive notices from Apple: iOS apps can’t...
