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Apple's 'App of the Day' Feature Boosts Downloads Up to 2,172%
With the launch of iOS 11, Apple introduced an entirely revamped App Store that includes a "Today" feature for prominently featuring app content.
"Today" includes both an "App of the Day" and a "Game of the Day" feature, with apps that are swapped out daily, and as it turns out, getting featured as an app or game of the day can result in a huge boost in downloads for developers.
According to 30 days of data sourced by Apptopia (via TechCrunch), apps and games that are featured see a major surge in downloads. An app featured on a weekday could see a download boost of up to 2,172 percent.
While games are often some of the most downloaded apps in the App Store, it's apps that see a bigger increase in downloads from being featured. Games, for example, see a maximum gain of 963 percent, and that's for a free game.
On average, in total, games see a 792 percent boost from an App Store feature, while apps see a 1,747 percent boost.
Free apps and games are of course more popular than paid apps and games, receiving much higher interest overall when featured. Weekday featuring also resulted in higher download gains than weekend featuring.
To gather its data, Apptopia looked at apps and games that have been featured by Apple over the course of the last 30 days. 5 out of 30 apps of the day were paid apps and 11 of 30 games were paid games.
Apps that are not as well established and well-known did better than apps that are already widely downloaded. As an example, Starbucks was featured and was downloaded only a "handful" of times more than the day before it was featured, as most people who would use the app likely already have it.
The new App Store in iOS 11 is a radical departure from the way the App Store was set up in iOS 10, as it splits apps and games into two distinct App Store categories to bolster app discovery. In addition to featuring an App of the Day and a Game of the Day, Apple also highlights apps through interviews, behind-the-scenes looks, app lists, and more, which also likely bring significant attention to developers lucky enough to be chosen for a feature.
"Today" includes both an "App of the Day" and a "Game of the Day" feature, with apps that are swapped out daily, and as it turns out, getting featured as an app or game of the day can result in a huge boost in downloads for developers.
According to 30 days of data sourced by Apptopia (via TechCrunch), apps and games that are featured see a major surge in downloads. An app featured on a weekday could see a download boost of up to 2,172 percent.
While games are often some of the most downloaded apps in the App Store, it's apps that see a bigger increase in downloads from being featured. Games, for example, see a maximum gain of 963 percent, and that's for a free game.
On average, in total, games see a 792 percent boost from an App Store feature, while apps see a 1,747 percent boost.
Free apps and games are of course more popular than paid apps and games, receiving much higher interest overall when featured. Weekday featuring also resulted in higher download gains than weekend featuring.
To gather its data, Apptopia looked at apps and games that have been featured by Apple over the course of the last 30 days. 5 out of 30 apps of the day were paid apps and 11 of 30 games were paid games.
Apps that are not as well established and well-known did better than apps that are already widely downloaded. As an example, Starbucks was featured and was downloaded only a "handful" of times more than the day before it was featured, as most people who would use the app likely already have it.
Apps that were already ranking within the top 20 of their respective category before being featured, only received an average download boost of 44%. For games ranking within the top 20 of the Games category, it was 37%.Apple's App Store feature boosted a total of 19 apps from being unranked overall to being ranked on the overall charts, which, in some instances, means an app jumped more than 1,000 rank spots.
The new App Store in iOS 11 is a radical departure from the way the App Store was set up in iOS 10, as it splits apps and games into two distinct App Store categories to bolster app discovery. In addition to featuring an App of the Day and a Game of the Day, Apple also highlights apps through interviews, behind-the-scenes looks, app lists, and more, which also likely bring significant attention to developers lucky enough to be chosen for a feature.
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24 months ago
I find myself only using the app store to update apps now. It's a convoluted mess now and near impossible to find anything. Even apps that I had planned to buy aren't being purchased now because they got rid of the Wish list I can't remember the name of them. I'm not an impulse buyer and usually don't buy an app until it has a few updates done or goes on a sale if I find it's usefulness may be limited. Since those apps are now impossible to go back to I simply use the store a lot less than before.
24 months ago
Absolutely useless for me. Tried to like the new layout, but it doesn't work. And i am still grumpy for killing the Wishlist feature without a notice.
24 months ago
To me, the days of looking at top charts are gone. I really only get an app if I’m looking for something specific or someone recommends something specific. I rarely, if ever, am wandering around the App Store anymore.
24 months ago
Want to prove how horrible the new app store is? Take a brand new iPhone 7/8 series device.. load the new store.. SLOW! Their back end needs a major kick in the butt. They went for visuals rather then usability. There's really no happy medium with this new design.
24 months ago
Absolutely useless for me. Tried to like the new layout, but it doesn't work. And i am still grumpy for killing the Wishlist feature without a notice.
Omg I didn't even notice this. Sucks.
24 months ago
The App Store will ONLY thrive AFTER Apple is completely removed from the equation !
How are you going to completely removed Apple from the equation, when the Appstore is design to support their own devices? This is not Android with 100's of different oem's.
24 months ago
This AppStore update has killed any small chance that indie devs ever had. It’s a pain in the ass to find anything new. At least with the old layout, you could wander around the AppStore and stumble upon something cool. Remember the Genius feature, for example? Now it’s just... plain ugly. It’s a pain in the ass to navigate too. Awful experience. 0/10. Do not recommend.
24 months ago
I hate the new app store.
I absolutely agree. everything is huge, you gotta scroll and swipe excessively... i used to browse stuff in the app store. since iOS 11 i haven't browsed it at all. I only search if I need to find an app with some kind of functionality.
24 months ago
I actually thought there was a new App that would boost download speeds 2,172%! I was ready to buy! Silly me
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