#AFtalks: Making Money with a Paid App with Quentin Zervaas
Welcome to our #AFtalks recap! In recent years competition between pricing strategies for apps has increased, especially between paid and freemium, and now the new subscriptions model. This week we took a deeper look at the paid up-front model and …
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#AFtalks: Working for Yourself: Balancing Freelance & Indie App Development with Brett Terpstra
Welcome to our #AFtalks recap! This week we caught up with one of our members to discuss the pros and cons of working for yourself as a freelancer/consultant. We looked at time management, how to differentiate yourself from competitors, and …
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API v1.1 (Legacy) is Shutting Down August 31st
At the end of this month we’ll be shutting down the legacy version of our API (v1.1). We officially switched to v2 in the summer of 2014, but have been maintaining legacy support for members that had v1.1 built deep …
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#AFtalks: Smart User Acquisition with Clickky’s Galina Divakova
Welcome to our #AFtalks recap! This week we explored how to grow an app’s audience with smart paid User Acquisition. We took a look at the benefits, lifecycle, metrics and more, to give the community a better understanding of what …
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#AFtalks: Going Indie with Carlos Ribas
Welcome to our #AFtalks recap! Our community is full of indie developers, all of them working hard to make great apps and to get them noticed in the stores. This week we’re taking a behind-the-scenes look at the life of …
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#AFtalks Special: App Store Insights
Welcome to our #AFtalks recap! This week we’ve put together a special discussion, and looked at interesting insights developers should keep in the back of their minds about iOS App Store and Google Play. We started by looking at how …
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#AFtalks: Crafting a Successful Mobile Game with Arlin Schaffel from Noodlecake Studios
AFtalks is a series of chats conducted on Twitter where we discuss building and selling apps. We’ve got a different topic/expert every week, and everyone is welcome to join the conversation. Welcome to our #AFtalks recap! This week we dove …
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Reporter Sign In Changes
Next week Apple will roll out a token authentication system for Reporter, a tool used for accessing some of the data iTunes Connect provides. Once the update is out, using Reporter will require a token instead of a username and …
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#AFtalks: Designing with Simplicity in Mind with Ryan McLeod Creator of Blackbox
AFtalks is a series of chats conducted on Twitter where we discuss building and selling apps. We’ve got a different topic/expert every week, and everyone is welcome to join the conversation. Welcome to our #AFtalks recap! This week we talked …
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CNN for iOS Gets Hit with “Fake” Reviews Pushing Fox Up The Ranks
Politics are making waves on the App Store yet again. This time the target is CNN’s iOS app. For most of last week, the app has seen an increase of 8,200% in negative reviews. To put this in perspective, before …
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