Tapulous, the company behind Tap Tap Revenge, has announced that the popular iPhone app will hit 1 million installs some time this weekend. The app is the second we’ve heard from to hit the milestone (Facebook reached it last week), and is another testament to the extremely rapid growth some applications have seen on Apple’s newly launched App Store.
Tapulous CEO Bart Decrem says that the application has been downloaded about 900 thousand times since its launch, and expects to hit the 1 million user milestone over the weekend. Tapulous’s iPhone Twitter client Twinkle is significantly less popular, with around 80,000 installs, but it was released after Tap Tap Revenge. Decrem notes that there is a total install base of about 5-6 million iPhones and iPod Touches running the 2.0 firmware (which is compatible with the App Store). With about 1 million downloads, this puts Tapulous applications on around 20% of all devices – a very impressive feat.
One of best features in the original version of the game (which was only available on hacked iPhones) was that users could create tab sheets and play the game with any song in their iPhone’s library. Unfortunately, Apple prohibits any developer from accessing the iPhone’s library with a native application, so Tapulous has been forced to come up with a different way to introduce new content to the game. For the time being they’re offering free downloads of new songs directly through the app, but these songs have all been submitted to the company by indie artists (impressively, 2.5 million songs have been downloaded so far).
As it turns out, a number of record labels have taken notice of Tap Tap Revenge’s quickly growing install base, and are eager to use it as a means of exposing users to new music. Decrem says that the company is in talks with both indie and more well known artists to create a premium package of songs, which will likely be released in the App Store as a separate game for a small fee. Subsequent packages will also likely be released as their own independent games, as Apple does not currently offer a way for developers to sell new content from within an application.
I was just at their offices today, and everyone is working hard on getting to the big 1 million! Congrats, Tapulous!
How can they work hard for others to download the app? Something fishy here
Just kidding. It’s a great app!
brilliant. this is absolute success for apple. android better be way way open to compete.
wow, congrats!
We’re definitely seeing a similar adoption rate (’tie ratio’) as well-done, 1st to market, games on new games consoles.
eg Mario games often have tie ratio of 1:1 on new Nintendo consoles
It’s an exciting time to be an iPhone Developer.
I never actually quite understood the appeal of that game — but the guys at Tapulous are generally making great apps like Twinkle and FriendBook as well, so I’m sure they will continue to be successful on Apple’s mobile platform…
I would like to know if this is a combined number for their versions 1.0 and 1.1. If so, it’s like double counting. And oh yeah, i can vouch that free apps are downloaded like crazy.
- Developer of iMaze (another free app)
No, they say that it doesn’t double count for the updates.
Thanks for the response. I wish I had incorporated stats counting in iMaze v1.0. It will be there in v1.1 and I hope to see 5 digit number atleast.
What’s an iPhone?
do you live under a rock? LOL
Yea… what is an iPhone??? You would think a site like this would post at least one small story about a fancy – new fangled item.
Twinkle is THE SHIT! It may take longer, but it will be HUGE too.
Instead of charging users for the industry music, the music industry should pay Tap Tap per downloaded song. Tap Tap’s users will be more likely to either purchase the songs through itunes, spread the word of the song or go see a show and buy other merchandise.
Tap Tap and the music industry should see this as a marketing effort of the songs and artists as opposed to another music distribution channel.
see how apple’s lockdown mindset reveals itself? they are going to choke on their bait someday, it is inevitable
congrats to the tapulous team!
this is guitar hero right? ‘Twinkle’, ‘Friendbook’ ??
This is ridiculous. I am still waiting for the day when mac guys will come up with something original.
Only $1.8 million for a tapping game?
I was waiting for the 2nd half of the headline…”RIAA prepares to sue.”
the most stupid game i ever saw….wht the hell is with tapping i phone….atleast dance dance u do physical exercise….with this u just hurt ur fingers tapping those stupid bubbles
sorry this app is somehow not working for me or I am to old for that – I never got any ball to catch and always when I hit the screen it says, GAME PAUSED – resume or end game – I wonder why this game is so popular.
thats because you are hitting the center of the screen. you need to hit the bubbles just as they cross the line at the bottom.
I know the 1.0 to 1.1 update downloads don’t count for their milestone, but what about the 5x + that I (and many many others) have had to redownload all of our apps after full restores because of the syncing bugs in 7.7 and 7.7.1 in iTunes? Hmmmm.
Great app though!
@sk re: “the most stupid game I ever saw” — You and the market think differently. If you are ever in/around a product manager position, may want to take a few steps away for the good of your company/effort.
Whenever I download a free song, it’s no longer there after I restart TapTap and I have to download it again. The game is a lot of fun though.
Congrats Bart and crew!
“tap tap”, the song, is unbelievable. i would give $50 to have been the composer. ._. love the game.
Oh lovely, the “music industry” has notice, now I guess they will stick their beak where it clearly isnt wanted!
JT
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Here is a pretty good review of the App:
http://www.make...ap-tap-revenge/
can you put AC/DC or Disturbed songs to download fot tap tap revenge thanks
please send me something if you do put songs for download
thanks…
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And I was wondering if there was something better than turn the beat around over, and over, and over again.
wow, congrats!
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