My App Made it to No.7 Rank!!!

[rocotilos]

In Photography Top Freesection in US Store.

iTunes Link

[Mopedhead]

Cool! May I ask how many downloads a day for that rank?

[Rudy]

You're 23 in Canada, congrats

[dre]

Congrats - always good to hear a "non-spammer" success how many downloads it took?

[rocotilos]

Thanks guys.

Downloads was at around 5k yesterday. I didn't expect this at all. I made the app free as a promotion for my other paid app (which is kind of a pro version of that app), AppliFX. But looking at the amount of 1 stars, I think it won't last long.

[dre]

ow, 5k is quite good. i could never break 2k. So did it help your paid app sales?

[GreenApple]

Originally Posted by rocotilos

I didn't expect this at all. I made the app free as a promotion for my other paid app (which is kind of a pro version of that app), AppliFX.

So did you notice an increase in sales to your paid app AppliFX?

[Rudy]

My highest for Tangled Lite was around 2000 back in April 2009....so that's pretty good

[rocotilos]

No. Totally no big effect on the sales of AppliFX. the first day it went free, it did increase a little bit. from ~4-5 sales a day to 22. then second day, it's 8 sales. lol.

[MarkC]

yep, welcome to the world of .01% conversions Roco

Well done on the free one though

[rocotilos]

But seeing the free app there, kinda have some satisfaction feeling... and already, i am working on the update to add a new feature to the app, which i think completes it. it will be implemented on the AppliFX too, but AppliFX updates will go out once I collected around 6 or 7 new filters.

i was actually hoping to see some increase on the pro version though... even 20-30 per day would make me happy already. but.. err.. oh well. lol.. back to staring my macbook then.

[Tambourin]

5k is nice
now you'll have to find a way to convert these downloads into sales

[Rudy]

In your free version, do you have a link or button to go purchase the paid one?

[Appency]

How have you promoted it?

[rocotilos]

I don't have any link to buy the pro version... . But just a mention in the About area.

Not sure how to do that. Is it just a normal link that opens up the safari? Or other special code?

Appency,
I have NOT promoted it anywhere else except in TA and this forum. In TA also, the thread view counts is only around 40-50.

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by rocotilos

I don't have any link to buy the pro version... . But just a mention in the About area.

Not sure how to do that. Is it just a normal link that opens up the safari? Or other special code?

Appency,
I have NOT promoted it anywhere else except in TA and this forum. In TA also, the thread view counts is only around 40-50.

You need to do it ASAP!!!! Here's the code I use in my Lite version

- (void) buyGame:(id)sender {
	UIApplication * application=[UIApplication sharedApplication];
	[application openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"itms://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=309543858&mt=8"]];
}

TA used to be a really good place for indie developers, when I first released Tangled I got AWESOME feedback from the community but since then I have never been able to get feedback

[dre]

- (void) buyGame:(id)sender {
	UIApplication * application=[UIApplication sharedApplication];
	[application openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"itms://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=309543858&mt=8"]];
}

That's smart now if Rocotilos forgets to change the app id, people will be getting to Tangled app

(just kidding)

[Rudy]

You can always leave it :P

[Gudus]

Originally Posted by rocotilos

I don't have any link to buy the pro version... . But just a mention in the About area.

You need to get on that! You could be missing out big time there.

[rocotilos]

Just submitted an update, with additional feature/function and the button to buy AppliFX.

and Rudy, don't worry i already changed the link to AppliFX. heh heh..

[CHV]

Originally Posted by rocotilos

Thanks guys.

Downloads was at around 5k yesterday. I didn't expect this at all. I made the app free as a promotion for my other paid app (which is kind of a pro version of that app), AppliFX. But looking at the amount of 1 stars, I think it won't last long.

It takes a lot of downloads for a free app to rank in the top 10, especially in the US AppStore. My "Battery Fun" app was downloaded thousands of times a day when I switched it from $0.99 to Free and it did not even come close to the Top 50.

Recently my paid app was for half of a day to rank #8 in Romania... This only a very few downloads (price of a pizza) to get there.

[rocotilos]

Well, today just dropped to No.13.

I updated the app and did a make over on it, even add a function, requested for expedite review and apple said yes, and the app was online in about 1 hour!. Saw some users uploading their creation to their flicker page, which is awesome to see! (im a photography buff myself).

Hammer365: 081/284 Oh, Lady Liberty on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

iQuikSplash on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by rocotilos

Well, today just dropped to No.13.

I updated the app and did a make over on it, even add a function, requested for expedite review and apple said yes, and the app was online in about 1 hour!. Saw some users uploading their creation to their flicker page, which is awesome to see! (im a photography buff myself).

Hammer365: 081/284 Oh, Lady Liberty on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

iQuikSplash on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

How do you request for expedite review???

[rocotilos]

Just send them email right after i submit the binary and ask politely.

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by rocotilos

Just send them email right after i submit the binary and ask politely.

haha.... didn't know you could do that.... oh well I guess I'll just wait for the normal process for mine...