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Our Proposed New Law for the iOS App Store We are in favor of New Law that would require Apple to disclose per-Category Revenue Numbers for (at least) the iOS App Store here in the States, & require them to do so at the end of each work week. Also, that the per-week per-Category Reports should include what percentage was generated by the Top 10 Apps in each category, as well as what percentage of apps in each category generated NO revenue. So, three columns of data per Category, reported by Apple every week. Ok, but why is this needed ? Because it needs fixing ! Proof of that was disclosed in court documents in Apple's battle with Epic:
NOT Rocket Science, forcing Apple to become Transparent with the per-Category Revenue Numbers would force them to try to somewhat even-out the Numbers. And that, could enable the NON-Game App portion of the App Store to (finally) blossom ! We give the current state of the App Store an F-- grade ! When was the last time Apple recommended OR promoted a third-party app that represented an Engineering Accomplishment ? We do NOT know the answer to that. Very-likely before Photosets made its Debut in the App Store on June 10th, 2015. To our knowledge, certainly NOT since then ! And that's another important reason why change is needed ! -----
App Store "Watchdog" (July 24th, 2021) Our Analysis tells us that Apple very-likely does NOT have ANY so-called "Editors" covering Photo & Video, & that Apple's picks are very-likely made by Apple's Marketing Dept ! The Data does NOT lie !
Apple's "Editors' Choice" Recommendations,
& where they stand now (List & Rankings compiled on Friday, July 23rd)
| |
App |
Current Ranking (#1 - #200) |
Category |
|
App |
Current Ranking (#1 - #200) |
Category |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photo & Video |
Other |
Photo & Video |
Other |
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| 1 |
Afterlight |
NOT listed ! |
✔ |
- |
2 |
Prisma |
#143 |
✔ |
- |
| 3 |
Photoshop Camera |
Not listed ! |
✔ |
- |
4 |
Unfold |
#23 |
- |
✔ |
| 5 |
1 Second Everyday |
#164 |
✔ |
- |
6 |
Obscura Camera |
#117 |
✔ |
- |
| 7 |
Adobe Premiere Rush for Video |
#91 |
✔ |
- |
8 |
Snapchat |
#3 (FREE) |
✔ |
- |
| 9 |
Spark Camera |
Not listed ! |
✔ |
- |
10 |
Motionleap |
#99 |
✔ |
- |
| 11 |
Jumprope: |
Not listed ! |
✔ |
- |
12 |
Stellar |
Not listed ! |
- |
✔ |
| 13 |
Twitch: |
#5 |
✔ |
- |
14 |
FiLMiC Pro |
#3 (Paid) |
✔ |
- |
| 15 |
Pixelmator |
#35 |
✔ |
- |
16 |
Halide Mark II |
Not listed ! |
✔ |
- |
| 17 |
Spectre Camera |
#52 |
✔ |
- |
18 |
Seen: |
Not listed ! |
✔ |
- |
| 19 |
OpenTable |
#25 |
- |
✔ |
20 |
Cameo |
#90 |
✔ |
- |
| 21 |
Tasty |
#62 |
- |
✔ |
22 |
ESPN |
#4 |
- |
✔ |
| 23 |
MLB |
#6 |
- |
✔ |
24 |
NYT Cooking |
#141 |
- |
✔ |
| 25 |
Yelp |
#4 |
- |
✔ |
26 |
Discord |
#4 |
- |
✔ |
| 27 |
|
#1 |
- |
✔ |
28 |
Adobe Spark Page |
Not listed ! |
- |
✔ |
| 29 |
Panera Bread |
#18 |
- |
✔ |
30 |
Aaptiv: |
Not listed ! |
- |
✔ |
| 31 |
AllTrails: |
#6 |
- |
✔ |
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