iOS App Store Booming: Per-Device Downloads and Average Sales Price Increasing

[Ed State]

I hear you.
But I can't see why you have so much accounts for only you two...

I joined iTunes in 2001. So did my wife.

That's 2 IDs, both using old, retired email addresses.

Then I joined DotMac a few years later (MobileMe) and I started using that email address for everything (and it's automatically an Apple ID for lots of interaction w/ Apple).

That's 3.

Not to mention Apple Discussions (which my wife thankfully has as the same as her iTunes) but I have a separate one (an old work email address).

So, really, that's 4 Apple IDs for one household. But only 3 that are attached to purchases.

She bought iTunes stuff before we got married, as did I. Then, after we moved in together, and got iPhones, etc, she was buying apps, etc, w/ her ID. I was buying stuff w/ my ID on iTunes… but once the AppStore came out, it used my MobileMe ID.

THEN we got the iPad, and it has NO idea which ID to use. I can switch between them… but that's not the point.

And there are THOUSANDS out there with in the exact, same predicament.

 

[deannnnn]

I wish I knew how to make apps!

 

[deannnnn]

I joined iTunes in 2001. So did my wife.

That's 2 IDs, both using old, retired email addresses.

Then I joined DotMac a few years later (MobileMe) and I started using that email address for everything (and it's automatically an Apple ID for lots of interaction w/ Apple).

That's 3.

Not to mention Apple Discussions (which my wife thankfully has as the same as her iTunes) but I have a separate one (an old work email address).

So, really, that's 4 Apple IDs for one household. But only 3 that are attached to purchases.

She bought iTunes stuff before we got married, as did I. Then, after we moved in together, and got iPhones, etc, she was buying apps, etc, w/ her ID. I was buying stuff w/ my ID on iTunes… but once the AppStore came out, it used my MobileMe ID.

THEN we got the iPad, and it has NO idea which ID to use. I can switch between them… but that's not the point.

And there are THOUSANDS out there with in the exact, same predicament.

I just wish you could change your Apple ID. Mine still uses an @mac.com e-mail address, but I cancelled my .Mac service so long ago that it was still called .Mac.

 

[gnasher729]

Not everyone has Wifi. My brother is interested in getting a smart phone as his only internet connection. He does not have internet at all in his apartment. He does not have wifi at work. Sure he could go to the local coffee shop or something, but doesn't that defeat the purpose of buying a mobile phone?

So your brother wants to use the slowest and most expensive way to get data. I suppose that is a minority.

 

[applefanDrew]

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I wish I was getting paid some. The problem with my apps is they have no visibility. I'm an individual developer, not a huge company. I don't know how Andreas Illiger did it. Lol I need ways to advertise my apps.

Do some searches on google like: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=app+marketing+consultants&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 There are lots of app marketing consultants ready to help. Some share some good do-it-yourself tips. Others have much more comprehensive tactical offerings.

Thanks for the advice and link!

 

[cvaldes]

I just wish you could change your Apple ID. Mine still uses an @mac.com e-mail address, but I cancelled my .Mac service so long ago that it was still called .Mac.

You can.

Just visit appleid.apple.com and click on the "Manage your account" link. Once you're logged in, you can change it from there, add more e-mail addresses, etc.

 

[unlinked]

Wonder why you are down ranked for speaking the truth.

Probably for using app store as a generic term.

 

[NT1440]

You can.

Just visit appleid.apple.com and click on the "Manage your account" link. Once you're logged in, you can change it from there, add more e-mail addresses, etc.

I've gone and changed my name linked to my developer account (i original used my fathers name when I was younger) to mine, Nick. The only weird thing is when I go to watch developer videos it still says "Hi, Tom!". Everywhere else I am referred to as Nick. Any idea what is going on there?

 

[SolidSlug]

The only truly viable App Store.

The best apps. The most apps. And devs actually make money.

82% of App Store activity is from free apps

Unless you spend a few hours developing an app, making a profit on the app store is like buying thousands of dollars in lottery tickets.

 

[HelveticaRoman]

If you live in Europe it can be up to 45% cheaper to buy the app from the developer's website wherever possible, thus avoiding Apple's sometimes sadistic pricing and exchange-rate policy outside the US.

 

[firewood]

Unless you spend a few hours developing an app, making a profit on the app store is like buying thousands of dollars in lottery tickets.

Unless you have some heavy duty marketing machinery behind you. That seems to improve the odds well above that of lottery tickets to possibly that of being a good business gamble.

Without marketing, yes.

 

[Mattie Num Nums]

If your "company" actually has that kind of budget, they would know that Apple offers mass deploying / licensing for enterprise.

Do they really? Show me.

If I have to enter an Apple ID more than once and/or have to visit the App Store its not a volume license in the true sense. Redemption Coupons is not a "volume license" its a bandaid for a problem.

 

[something3153]

Not everyone has Wifi. My brother is interested in getting a smart phone as his only internet connection. He does not have internet at all in his apartment. He does not have wifi at work. Sure he could go to the local coffee shop or something, but doesn't that defeat the purpose of buying a mobile phone?

I really hope Apple steps to the plate with this. Imagine if they said "okay here's the new iPhone... but you can't sell it unless you offer an unlimited data plan that isn't ridiculously more expensive than your current plans." The providers would change their plans damn fast, I bet.

Well, if your brother signs up for a slow, limited data connection to be his only internet connection, he gets to deal with a slow, limited data connection. This is a fairly simple concept. I honestly don't get why people expect anything called a data plan to handle all the volume they want at a low cost.

And I wouldn't be so sure providers would sign up to lose money by selling the iPhone. It does them no good if they can't charge people enough to make a profit, and if none of them carries it, Apple is the one up a creek.

 

[Minimoose 360]

83 apps? I've pretty much had the same few apps since the 2.0 days...what the hell are people downloading?

 

[cozmot]

You don't use your WiFi connection for downloading? Seems like a better deal all around.

Seriously. Even though I have an unlimited data plan I jump on wifi any chance I get. I think that AT&T is getting the better part of the bargain with me.

 

[cozmot]

Why is this front page news?

Because they're informative statistics? You don't like facts, just rumors?

 

[cozmot]

83 apps? I've pretty much had the same few apps since the 2.0 days...what the hell are people downloading?

I just checked and I have 130 apps on my iPhone, and while I'll undoubtedly add more this year, it will not approach 83 apps!

 

[cozmot]

Wonder why you are down ranked for speaking the truth.

Some really crabby people who have nothing better to do than hit the down arrow. We voted *LTD* back up.

 

[ghostlyorb]

The app store is simply amazing. If I ever had to get rid of my iPhone.. I would still get an iPod Touch for functionality.

 

[LagunaSol]

Other viable (and older) app stores are the ones for BREW apps for dumbphones. Verizon's is probably the best known. $3 billion in royalties paid out to the developers of just 18,000 apps.

Ah, the good old days of the $5 ringtone.

Apple doesn't pay devs, CONSUMERS pay devs. Apple just so happens to give a store for devs, which in return gave Apple what it has now. Without devs, Apple would be nothing.

Meanwhile, Microsoft pays devs to create apps for the struggling WP7 platform.

Without Microsoft, devs would be nothing.

 

[Mattie Num Nums]

Ah, the good old days of the $5 ringtone.



Meanwhile, Microsoft pays devs to create apps for the struggling WP7 platform.

Without Microsoft, devs would be nothing.

I'd rather have Microsoft paying me to make an App vs Apple taking 30% away from it.

 

[LagunaSol]

I'd rather have Microsoft paying me to make an App vs Apple taking 30% away from it.

Sounds like WP7 is for you.

 

[kdarling]

Ah, the good old days of the $5 ringtone.

The difference is, dumbphone apps still seem to be selling well, while ringtones are in a decline.

At the time the iPhone came out in 2007, BREW apps were being downloaded at the rate of 80 million a month. Developers had made $1 billion dollars over about six years. Within four years later the total income tripled.

Also in 2007, the ringtone market was near its hottest, bringing in about $700 million a year to the carriers, out of which they paid $200 million in royalties to music studios who highly depended on such sales to replace the disappearing CD revenue. Since then, ringtone sales seem to be dropping by 7-10% a year.