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[...] would be awesome to have a cool brand name. Plus, when users search for your brand name in the App Store, they will probably find it as the #1 search result. If you have a generic name, it often [...]

[...] own iPhone app, tell me about it in the comments. You can download my ThunderTask app in the App Store. [...]

[...] Let’s face it, to hit it big in the App Store these days you need something special and fun. Especially, if your app is in a crowded category [...]

[...] ) Built iOS apps, Android sucks Focus an niches Learn how to do proper market research in the App Store (it’s how you find app ideas that work) Track, analyse, experiment, repeat Learn all about [...]

[...] tips, common sense and avoiding common mistakes, there is the issue of choosing between a brand name vs. generic name. Here is my take on this based on my personal experience and my observations [...]

[...] people if a suggested feature went live. But somehow I felt this wasn’t it. Switching to a simple feedback form If you have a service that is quite new, it is essential to get as much feedback as [...]

[...] . It was definitely the hardest programming challenge I ever faced. After all, I’m only doing iOS development, which is a piece of cake compared to artificial intelligence programming. Apart from [...]

[...] me: Learning Objective-C, a completely new programming language for me Learning Xcode, the iOS development environment Building a sync web service Not spending too much time First week: Learning the [...]

[...] for my task management tool, ThunderTask, and what I learned on the way. Using a feedback management system I started off with a feedback management system right from the beginning, in my case [...]

[...] app fast brought me to Titanium from Appcelerator which allows you to code “native” iPhone apps with JavaScript. I will not go into details, long story short, I tried it, made [...]

[...] first, can be very motivating. It’s worth a shot Of course, applying gamification in iPhone apps is no guarantee for success, but it may well be worth a shot for your next app. If done [...]

[...] , but I like to count my days as a true app developer from the day when I made money from iPhone apps for the first time. From Zero to App Success For me it seems like a lifetime ago, because I [...]

[...] and had about 150 downloads. After dropping out of the “new apps section” on the Apple App Store, the download rate went down to about 10 downloads/day. Was it worth it? Building an [...]

[...] that’s not the case for most apps. Conclusion: Do Both At the current state of the Apple App Store, you are far better positioning your app for success if you do ASO. If you are [...]

[...] imitating and looking at other people’s Xcode projects is a great way to get more insights on app development. One good thing about the app I was developing is that I could use a SQLite database for [...]

[...] . And there are new things to discovery every day. It’s fun! Here is to many more years of app development! You can check out my apps at my projects page. [...]

[...] iPhone app in about 6 weeks. My challenge was to build an iPhone application for my task management tool ThunderTask. I already had a web app and decided to make an iPhone app to make the service more [...]

[...] up from there. Some of you might recall that I had a free app before for my task management tool ThunderTask, but I like to count my days as a true app developer from the day when I made [...]