How to Game the App Store, Google Play, or Any Chart System Nate Swanner, December 5, 2018 6 min read Topping the rankings on any app store helps notoriety and "buzz," which in turn helps developers' earnings. We’ve...
Steam Lowering Its Cut of Developer Revenues… for the Richest Nick Kolakowski, December 4, 2018 4 min read First, some good news for game developers as a whole: Valve is lowering its cut of developer revenues on the Steam...
App Spending Outperforming Downloads on App Store and Google Play Nate Swanner, October 31, 2018 3 min read Worldwide, app downloads are up... and so is spending. A new study from SensorTower shows people are still downloading...
Sketchy Subscription Apps Draw Apple’s Ire, Forcing Devs to Do Better Nate Swanner, October 24, 2018 3 min read As subscription apps become more popular, some developers and companies will treat this revenue model like a gold rush....
Apple Sets Trend, Demands All Apps Have Privacy Policy Nate Swanner, September 25, 2018 4 min read Does your iOS app have a privacy policy? A landing page? If not, you’re going to need one very soon. Starting...
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...
