Comments on: iPhone App Store: 40,000 and counting

By: John Bergquist, Newberg, Oregon

John Bergquist, Newberg, Oregon — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:55:38 +0000

Compliance updates, like the new 3.0 operating system, may add a point of change that might mix things up a bit for the app store, adding to the number of inactive apps. We have noticed that in the past week there have been very few updates released from Apple. While we can't prove it, it seems logical that changing compliances will expose an increasing number of garage dev. shops that have disappeared. Regardless, managing all of these apps seems a daunting task for Cupertino.

John

Soma Games

By: N. Venkatraman, Boston, MA

N. Venkatraman, Boston, MA — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:58:25 +0000

This is a great post about the details of how central the appstore is for Apple's success with iPhone.

By: R Brown, Finger Lakes, NY

R Brown, Finger Lakes, NY — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:10:31 +0000

148Apps.biz isn't that new, at least in Internet time. it is my understanding they have been tracking apps pretty much since the start- hence the 148apps name. Registering a new domain every time the number of apps available goes up just isn't practical.

ex ped: You're thinking of 148Apps.com, Jeff Scott's original site.

By: reinharden; Reston, VA

reinharden; Reston, VA — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:28:36 +0000

Um, that delay seems to be the number of *days* for approval, not the number of *weeks* for approval.

So the average delay between submission and approval was never *15 weeks*.

reinharden

ex ped: Got it. My stupid mistake. Thanks.

By: DC, Chicago, IL

DC, Chicago, IL — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:12:55 +0000

Correction needed: you wrote "to as many as 15 weeks in December — has shrunk to about 3 weeks". From the title of the chart, I think that should be DAYS not WEEKS.

ex ped: Arrgh. Thanks. Fixed.