Category: Databits
Uber’s Legal Battles in Germany Drive über Downloads in App Store
A recent court ruling in Frankfurt has banned Uber’s most popular service, Uberpop (Germany’s version of UberX), from operating in Germany, claiming it “unfairly competes” with local taxi services. In June when Uber faced opposition in Europe, it resulted in …Read
The Other Hyperlapse Rides Instagram’s Coattails to the Top
This past Tuesday, Instagram released Hyperlapse, an app that speeds up and converts videos you take on your smartphone using time-lapse technology. With reports of a similar software, being developed by Microsoft for its GoPro camera and using the same …Read
Most App Developers Stick With One Store
The iOS App Store was the first mobile app store to enable developers to sell their creations to end users directly and without any hassle. It was so new and exciting that in 2008 developing for iOS was a lot …Read
Funny Yo. Reviews From The App Store
Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that Yo. has been taking the app store by storm. With $1 Million in funding, and a media frenzy, the social networking app has been ascending the ranks with great velocity. It …Read
World Cup Fever Takes Over the App Store
World Cup fever has descended upon the iOS app store, both globally and in the United States. Apps designed specifically to follow the world’s largest sporting event are surging up the ranks with none benefiting more than the official FIFA …Read
Uber sees App Store Success As Taxi Drivers Begin to Protest in Europe
Earlier today thousands of cab drivers took to the streets for large-scale protests over the famous ride sharing company, Uber. Protests in London, Madrid, and Berlin over the use of a mobile app to handle payments have forced a gridlocked …Read
Data Bits: App Reviews Are Warmer And Fuzzier Than You May Think
We recently introduced a brand new section to the blog called Data Bits. This is where we choose an interesting set of data, analyze it, and turn it into bite sized blog posts for your reading pleasure. Last time we looked …
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Data Bits: Less Than One Percent of iOS App Developers Have Half of All Reviews
Not too long ago we built a completely new way of tracking app reviews by caching data for speedy full-text search and advanced filtering. That means we’re now downloading every single review for more and more apps every day in …Read
Ranks Data Is All Over the Place
As you know, we track hourly rank changes. Yesterday we started seeing a strange trend in the movement of ranks — a constant zigzag. Up and down 50 spots or more…every hour! This is happening in most countries around …
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Who’s Making Top Ranked Apps?
Our last post focused on the prices of top-grossing apps. This time around we’ve decided to look at the developers behind the top 400 apps. We’ll be looking at public ranks data for the top 400 paid, free, and grossing …
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