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The #1 Paid App: Koi Pond

Wednesday August 20, 2008 1:35 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Who could have predicted that the persistent #1 paid application on the iPhone would be a $0.99 pond simulator. The Blimp Pilot's Koi Pond [$0.99. App Store] application that is just that.

The developers describe their creation:

Imagine gazing into a pond of crystal clear water. Picture bright, playful koi swimming through its shallow depth. So close... Can you touch them?

You run your fingers across the cool surface of the pond. Water ripples away from your touch. The koi, disturbed, dart away. Only to quickly forget and swim close to you once more..."

Like others, we thought its popularity to be a fluke. But Koi Pond has held the top spot in the iTunes App Store for weeks now. It only sees temporary dips to 2nd place when a formerly popular free application decides to start charging for their app. This small dip never lasts though.

Here's a video of the newest version of Koi Pond which appeared in the App Store this week.

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Sky Blue
Posted: 45 months ago
#1 paid app is that disco ball thing
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jessica.
Posted: 45 months ago
How is this even possible? I guess people will indeed buy just about anything!
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slicecom
Posted: 45 months ago
I love my .99 cent Koi Pond, especially now with the new update! It's easily the most visually impressive app on my phone.
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Flowbee
Posted: 45 months ago

#1 paid app is that disco ball thing


From the article: "It only sees temporary dips to 2nd place when a formerly popular free application decides to start charging for their app. This small dip never lasts though." Disco Ball was a free app until very recently. It won't be #1 for long.

I'd love to see sales data from Koi Pond's developers. It's a pretty neat app for 99 cents. Everyone I've shown it to has downloaded it.
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Zwhaler
Posted: 45 months ago
Dang, very cool! I think I might have to buy this one now.
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aerospace
Posted: 45 months ago
seems like it would be a good computer screensaver, not sure why else you'd have it *shrug*
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tkidBOSTON
Posted: 45 months ago
I agree in the confusion as to how something like this is so popular...

But the more I think about it, the more inclined I am to drop a dollar on it...
It is only a dollar afterall...

Mmmmm...
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whooleytoo
Posted: 45 months ago
That's exactly it, it's so cheap it's an easy "impulse" purchase.

That's the beauty of the iPhone's micro-revenue App Store. Rather than price apps at 20 or 30 euros and get a few thousand sales, they're priced at 1 or 2 euros and will get tens if not hundreds of thousands of sales.
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citi
Posted: 45 months ago
I bought it because it keeps my 2 year old busy when he starts having a temper tantrum in the store. The same with "Bubbles" app.
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Ding.Dong
Posted: 45 months ago
I'm one of the thousands of people that forked over 99¢ for this app and I don't regret it for a second. This is one of the coolest apps around. Very aesthetically pleasing. I find myself spending more time than I'd care to admit just running my fingers through the water and watching the waves move around.

I agree in the confusion as to how something like this is so popular...

But the more I think about it, the more inclined I am to drop a dollar on it...
It is only a dollar afterall...

Mmmmm...


Just buy it already. You know you want it, and it's only a dollar.
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