David Beck's Blog

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My experiences with big brother Apple controlling the distribution.


Google Voice Messenger Status

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Time since Google Voice Messenger was submitted to Apple for approval:

9 weeks 2 days 16 hours 36 minutes 21 seconds

Most apps take about a week to get approved. This is what Apple claims, and my own experiences with Bubble Burster have been even better. However, I recently submitted an app that has taken a little longer. When I started it in January, I figured there was a very likely chance that Apple would not allow it. I started the project knowing full well it may never make me any money, because I wanted to be able to use it myself. Read More »

Filed under: Software

Early iPhone App Sales

Monday, October 5th, 2009

It has been about a month now since Bubble Burster was released to the App Store and early sales are not promising. Before I launched Bubble Burster, I did a lot of research into marketing and sales of iPhone Apps and I found very little information. Most of what is available in terms of sales numbers is from big companies with apps in the top 100, and almost no data from your average app developer.
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Filed under: Software