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By: Apple Offers Another Fleeting Glimpse At The App Store’s All-Time Leaders

Apple Offers Another Fleeting Glimpse At The App Store’s All-Time Leaders — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:50:45 +0000

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By: Jeff Scott

Jeff Scott — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:14:07 +0000

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By: funny sms

funny sms — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:25:27 +0000

Perhaps a second top 10 list with the most usefull apps will help…

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:08:53 +0000

Having run a store myself, the problem you have with top 10 lists is that the 10 really good applications get listed there … and then they never change. Ever.

Even when a new (and good) application comes along, the download scores and percentages of the others are so high that it takes a truly herculean effort for them to get into number 10. This is because there are too many people who never venture beyond that list when deciding what to download.

In short, however you do a top 10 is going to be flawed. Yes Apple’s is broken, but solving it the way TechCrunch would like will mean it is will stay broken – just in a different way.

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Favorite Posts of the Week: Aug. 24 - Aug. 30 « Techin’ it up — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:05:56 +0000

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By: Joel Mueller

Joel Mueller — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:23:34 +0000

There is a web-based interface that’s easier to scan because it has short descriptions for new additions. It doesn’t list all of the apps yet, but it’s a nice list because it helps pull a bunch of junk apps out:

http://m.macupd....com/iphone.php

There is also an iPhone interface:

http://m.macupdate.com/

By: Indy

Indy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:27:52 +0000

As the developer for Scribble which was in the Top 50 for over a month and has been jumping in and out since, it is quite interesting and frustrating trying to figure out what happens. Whatever it is, it is quite true that the Top 50 really is the place to get to if you want thousands upon thousands of downloads a day.

By: www.colivia.de

www.colivia.de — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:16:59 +0000

Kritik an Apples Top Apps List…

Die Art, wie Apple seine Listen der Top-Applikationen im App-Store für iPhone und iPod touch sortiert, stößt bei Techcrunch auf Unverständnis. Nicht zu unrecht!…

By: William Coates

William Coates — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:45:51 +0000

I wouldn’t be suprised if the top list was comprised of the top downloads for the last X days… otherwise if it was all time downloads a hugely popular app would get stuck at #1 for ever.

By: 华芳

华芳 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:28:40 +0000

oh apple is good,but i think they will die

By: booksphere

booksphere — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:40:47 +0000

great news

By: Kimbro Staken

Kimbro Staken — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:17:37 +0000

I like the fact that the lists keep changing. It could become problematic if developers do keep revving their apps just to bump up their listings, but as it is now it’s much more interesting to find new apps.

By: Nikolay Andreev

Nikolay Andreev — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:07:28 +0000

If developers update frequently their apps and add new features, then they will stay on top as a updates app is treated as a new release.

The amount of downloads does not prove than an app is great or not, unless the price was high too. So apps were just downloaded many times because there were no alternatives.

Top App list goes on to up to 50 on the iPhone and up to 100 on iTunes

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:04:13 +0000

I actually think this is a good thing. Good apps will always become popular through thousands of sites reviewing them and talking about them. It’s new and upcoming apps which need to get at least an initial chance before they are shot down if they are not good.

If only the best apps were in the top lists, then any new app will have a very slim chance of even getting evaluated in the first place. While I do agree that this introduces a level of spaminess in the system, but I think that the sheer number of users will help moderate that spam.

By: Tech forums

Tech forums — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:05:29 +0000

Nice info, now everyone knew this mysterious, can anyone do the same?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:42:06 +0000

Apple might be struggling to organize the App Store (and it will only get worse as the inventory grows)… BUT they are are failing to enable application building. We’ve been waiting in the App Dev Center for over three weeks and have a functional, ready-to-go app built.

Just waiting…

The power of iPhone Apps is its ability to create scale and power massive numbers of developers / applications. As it stands though, the inventory doesn’t change and very little new content is produced.

By: steve jobs

steve jobs — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:39:24 +0000

Less bitching, more buying!

By: Ehab

Ehab — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:29:22 +0000

Agreed.

We all know, that it is not very difficult to formulate a new algorithm to make things work properly.

In my opinion, the App store just opened up and is still a lot shaky. Give it some time and more posts like these, it is going to end up just fine

By: Four20

Four20 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:27:57 +0000

thanks for the spam

By: JLP

JLP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:18:32 +0000

The ratings don’t tell much either–have you really looked at individual reviews? Many whine that something is more than 99c, others make no sense at all. You don’t know which people have even tried the app. Then you add on all the competitor plugs, some blatant, some sneaky. The ratings have to be taken with a grain of salt, especially the overall rating.

Back to topic, more ways to sort thru the ever-increasing numbers would be helpful. Sub-categories, a “new apps” list versus a “newly updated apps” list would be nice. Mobile app stores have been around for a very long time and have been manipulated with suspect “updates” for a long time, too, so it’s not surprising.

By: iPhone Daily Briefing - 2008.08.29 | raven.me

iPhone Daily Briefing - 2008.08.29 | raven.me — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:06:22 +0000

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By: Kevin Elliott

Kevin Elliott — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:59:21 +0000

I don’t understand why people think that the number of downloads an application has had is relevant to its popularity! There are a lot of applications that have been downloaded so much, but have very low ratings. Just because an application was downloaded 350,000 times does not mean it’s actually popular or enjoyed. In fact, when you notice it has 1-2 stars, you quickly realize how out of place it really is. Take a look at the Top 25 list, and count how many are actually 4 and 5 star applications.

Ratings should really be the metric that Top applications are sorted by. And until then, the Top lists are quite meaningless.

By: word

word — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:26:52 +0000

Wow, that was really enlightening. Thanks for sharing.