The Heist Changes the Game With 500K Downloads in One Week

Jun. 1, 2011 - 8:37 AM PDT Jun. 1, 2011 - 8:37 AM PDT

Phone app The Heist has been sitting pretty at the top of the App Store charts basically since its release last week. In that time, it’s seen over 500,000 downloads, and racked up $300,000 in revenue for its developers, making it a blockbuster by any measure. Read more »

The Secret to The Heist’s Success

By Darrell Etherington

May. 25, 2011 - 10:24 AM PDT May. 25, 2011 - 10:24 AM PDT

MacHeist and tap tap tap Tuesday released The Heist, an iPhone puzzle app that provides a real-world reward. The app is a huge success so far, topping the U.S. paid charts. So how did the app come about, and why is it doing so well? Read more »

MacHeist Returns: Offers 7 Mac Apps for Less Than $20

By Chris Brandrick

Mar. 2, 2010 - 8:57 PM PDT Mar. 2, 2010 - 8:57 PM PDT

Software bundle web site MacHeist has unveiled its latest offer. The ‘nanoBundle2‘ was made public as midnight struck on Wednesday, revealing a range of seven Mac OS X applications. For those unaware, a typical MacHeist promotion sees a number of Mac applications being made available at […] Read more »

One Finger Discount Gives MacHeist the Finger

By Alfredo Padilla

Nov. 7, 2009 - 2:54 PM PDT Nov. 7, 2009 - 2:54 PM PDT

As we wrote yesterday, MacHeist is doing a new promotion, this time offering six Mac apps for free. MacHeist has long been controversial in the indie developer community, with many developers believing that the promotion, which offers a bundle of applications at either a steep discount (or […] Read more »

MacHeist Nano Bundle Unleashed…for Free

By Henry Balanon

Nov. 5, 2009 - 6:08 PM PDT Nov. 5, 2009 - 6:08 PM PDT

MacHeist announced its newest Mac app bundle, the MacHeist Nano. The traditional MacHeist software bundle is usually severely discounted and there has always been a price. But, for this one, they’re giving the software bundle for free. MacHeist is offering six apps instead of the usual […] Read more »

How an iPhone App Developer Tweeted His Way to Success

By Jennifer Martinez

Aug. 20, 2009 - 10:30 AM PDT Aug. 20, 2009 - 10:30 AM PDT

With some 58,000 iPhone applications in the iTunes Store, developers face an uphill battle when it comes to building a user base for their applications. But thanks to a simple marketing campaign on Twitter, tap tap tap, a startup with less than 20 employees, has seen […] Read more »

What Apple Can Learn From MacHeist

By Lisa Hoover

Apr. 6, 2009 - 3:00 PM PDT Apr. 6, 2009 - 3:00 PM PDT

Show of hands: How many of us would love to have access to quick and dirty downloads of super-cool Mac apps along the lines of what the current App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users? Oh, heck yes. Fast Company’s Kit Eaton asks a great […] Read more »

MacHeist 3 Bundle Announced

By David Appleyard

Mar. 25, 2009 - 7:07 AM PDT Mar. 25, 2009 - 7:07 AM PDT

Today, MacHeist announced the contents of their latest application bundle, providing the opportunity to purchase software to the value of $558 for the bargain price of $39. A huge range of applications are included, ranging from eBay companions to professional 3-D animation tools. Over the past […] Read more »

Mac Giving Tree From MacHeist

By David Appleyard

Dec. 21, 2008 - 2:00 PM PDT Dec. 21, 2008 - 2:00 PM PDT

It’s the holiday season, the season of giving, and the people behind MacHeist are giving away a bundle of free applications through the Mac Giving Tree. It’s simply a case of signing up and returning on Christmas Day to receive the promotional codes and ‘unwrap’ your […] Read more »

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