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Re:My First Year in the App Store by pc86 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:49PM (#5597501)
> And I knew that because there were crappy Spanish Bible apps already making money in the App Store.

How did you know that? Just judging by the reviews or did you actually buy some to try them out?

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Re:My First Year in the App Store by trevmckendrick on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @04:01PM (#5597586)
All of the above. I bought quite a few of them.

It doesn't take too long to get a feel for how good an app is.

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Re:My First Year in the App Store by trevorcreech on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @04:12PM (#5597647)
But how did you know they were making money?
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Re:My First Year in the App Store by monkey_slap on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @04:26PM (#5597750)
AppAnnie (http://www.appannie.com/) gives some good insight in how well apps are doing.
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Re:My First Year in the App Store by trevmckendrick on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @07:57PM (#5598740)
Gross rank for apps reveals a lot. Any top 25 app by gross rank is doing well by "niche" standards.
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Re:My First Year in the App Store by pc86 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @04:18PM (#5597682)
Doesn't Apple only let those who have purchased write a review? If so, the gross number of reviews may give some idea of how many have purchased the app (ignoring price fluctuations, etc)
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Re:My First Year in the App Store by trevmckendrick on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @07:58PM (#5598746)
Some developers have told me this is a good rule of thumb, but for others it's way off. Mine # of reviews is not really indicative of how many downloads.
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Re:My First Year in the App Store by callmeed on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @02:43AM (#5600213)
From what I've read it's:

(# reviews * 30)

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Re:My First Year in the App Store by GotAnyMegadeth on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @07:34AM (#5600898)
My apps are more like (n * 100). But that is on Android...
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