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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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