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Re:Ask HN: Someone else made a "Pro" version of my app. What... by albertogh on Thursday November 10, 2011 @10:03AM (#3220253)
Names are unique in the App Store, so it's too late for that.
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Re:Ask HN: Someone else made a "Pro" version of my app. What... by gujk on Thursday November 10, 2011 @10:34AM (#3220394)
That is slightly bizarre restriction, but can be worked around by naming the app "AppName Pro by Developer".
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Re:Ask HN: Someone else made a "Pro" version of my app. What... by DuqE on Thursday November 10, 2011 @10:54AM (#3220492)
Another work around is to create a pro app and offer in-app purchasing to upgrade to a pro version, at least your profiting from your existing user-base and they know they are not paying for this ripped off version without realising.
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Re:Ask HN: Someone else made a "Pro" version of my app. What... by dspillett on Thursday November 10, 2011 @11:25AM (#3220634)
AppName Super-Pro?

Or AppName Hyper-Pro? That way it'll be ahead of the rip-off version alphabetically.

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Re:Ask HN: Someone else made a "Pro" version of my app. What... by ahoyhere on Thursday November 10, 2011 @12:48PM (#3220975)
Appname Pro - Official
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