Comments on: Please, App Makers, Give Me More Than Download Stats

By: Jason125

Jason125 — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:31:10 +0000

This is why independent app stores like GiveMeApps are in the lead. Some third party sources are going to give customers what they want if developers don’t foot the bill. It IS understandable though. You have to understand that developers are either going to want to see ROI or charge a flat fee for what they’re asked. I’m sure they’d charge an arm or leg if the think-tanks demanded that type of functionality.

By: Mike Cerm

Mike Cerm — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:10:02 +0000

Dream on. The numbers for 99.9999 percent of the apps in the App Store or Android Market would just be embarrassing, so they won’t report them. The apps that get used all the time are the ones with the most reviews, and the ones that everyone is talking about. It’s not hard to figure out which apps are REALLY succeeding.

For what it’s worth, iTunes says that I’ve downloaded exactly 99 apps. There are literally only 6 apps which I use on a daily basis (not counting the built-in apps, like Mail and Safari). There are about 30 which I do not use, but have opened at least once. The other 50 were downloaded because I was like, “hey, there’s an app for that!”, but then I never actually opened or used them. Then, there’s a handful which I downloaded simply because I wanted to get them before Apple pulled them from the store (like VLC and Kindle).

By: Willem - Jan

Willem - Jan — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:27:17 +0000

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By: Jay Costan

Jay Costan — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:47:53 +0000

Hi Ryan,

I find your article very interesting. Of course, it would have been much better if developers or app makers would give us the real information about their app. It’s the real deal. Most probably, it will encourage more people to download their apps and give it a try. On the other hand, it is something that some of them are scared to share to the world because they think that it might influence others negatively.

By: Ansel

Ansel — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:12:09 +0000

I’d love to give my users more than download stats but that all *I* get to see too… The stats that developers get are calculated server-side, not client-side so any stats besides downloads are just estimates. Client-side stats are possible but they are a pain to implement and there is very little official documentation for it.