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An interesting comment from an employee from the company that gives the revenue estimate in the title. Apparently the number is somewhat accurate according to h
by bob_theslob646 9y ago
An interesting comment from an employee from the company that gives the revenue estimate in the title. Apparently the number is somewhat accurate according to him.(https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/7mzib4/how_to_scam_200000_per_month_and_get_67882_all_5/dry5eir/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/7mzib4/how_to_scam_2...)
> We round the numbers for our free users -- the estimate in this case is closer to $150,000 than 200,000 in Nov. Indeed, if Sensor Tower was estimating revenue based on ratings, the seemingly fake reviews and bot users would influence it.
> However, the estimates are based on things like Category Rankings in the top charts, and other signal data. You can't get on top of the revenue charts with fake bot reviews -- real users have to spend real money. We work a lot on our models and data science to improve estimates accuracy, and a lot of developers and publishers share their data with us, so we feel pretty confident about the revenue estimates. So while we might be off by a few %, we feel very confident about the data! In comparison, top dating apps like Tinder make >20 million a month on iOS alone.
> As you can see, the app has stayed on top of the grossing charts with a lot of consistency, and hasn't been removed from the app store. I know Apple works hard to remove apps that break their terms of service, but they might have not caught it (or are investigating) over the holidays. I know that Apple takes reports like this from the community seriously, and though it might look like they act slowly, they are likely investigate apps like this in detail.