Okay, so I’m now employed by a start-up (using the term “employed” loosely, since they don’t have any money yet :-)), and the key product right now centers around an app for the iPhone. I’m trying to figure out how iPhone people find out about new apps - do you just look at the top apps on iTunes? Are there certain blogs or review sites you frequent? Recommendations from friends?
Anyone care to share? Thanks in advance!
I have an iPod touch, not an iPhone, but I check the AppStore reularly.
I just get mine from the app on my iphone - occasionally I get an update message on my phone as well. Usually get free ones. But have bought one of two really good ones
I have “found” them two ways:
Apps store.
iPhone commercials.
App store in iPhone. Also recommendations from friends. Mostly app store though.
All of the above. For sure the commercials really generate interest. For some others, blogs, and if that does not work, word of mouth and searching the app store.
When I first heard about the apps, I thought I would never use them. How wrong I was. I have two pages of apps now.
My favorite is Shazam which was featured on iTunes. Pricing is a big factor. I have only paid once for a $9.99 (X-Plane) app. If I am going to pay, it really has to be something worthwhile.
Here’s a few:
Macworld.com
macrumors.com
tuaw.com
appshopper.com
appleinsider.com
macenstein.com
Apple’s App Store just went past 15,000 apps (and 500 million downloads), so unless you go there frequently enough to keep up with the new arrivals, you’ll miss most of them.
There are some interesting economics at play in the App Store. As a number of developers have publicly lamented, sales statistics are heavily affected by price, not value or cost / benefit (or even ratings, to a significant degree) so it’s common to see a $0.99 app significantly outsell a comparable competitor that sells for $2 or $3, even if the higher priced one is better by most other measures (functionality, usability, stability) used to characterize software.
Chris
Here’s a few:
Macworld.com
macrumors.com
tuaw.com
appshopper.com
appleinsider.com
macenstein.com
Apple’s App Store just went past 15,000 apps (and 500 million downloads), so unless you go there frequently enough to keep up with the new arrivals, you’ll miss most of them.
There are some interesting economics at play in the App Store. As a number of developers have publicly lamented, sales statistics are heavily affected by price, not value or cost / benefit (or even ratings, to a significant degree) so it’s common to see a $0.99 app significantly outsell a comparable competitor that sells for $2 or $3, even if the higher priced one is better by most other measures (functionality, usability, stability) used to characterize software.
Chris
Ditto…I have RSS feeds to all those mac sites and learn about most of the apps I use from there rather than from the app store. Or they are apps for things I already use, like mint. com, banks, google, etc.
Jessica
Beautiful! Thanks everyone for the input - greatly appreciated. 