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Should I keep updating this iPhone app? Or is it complete crap?
This was my first attempt at writing an iPhone app last September. It is now free and gets on average 150 downloads per week since 1 January 2011.
I have not updated the app since last October as I am not making any money from it. So now I am trying to figure out if I should update it - i.e. rewamp the interface and recompile to the most recent iOS.
Links:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words-puzzle-1000/id395147842?mt=8
http://www.visiblestorm.com/
I seem to be leaning towards dumping it as I do not have any monetary incentive to continue working on it (i.e. I have to eat and do something more rewarding right now.)
This is my first post here. I am also finishing school next week (OOSD in Calgary) and I am looking for an internship/job right now. Some things I know: HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C++, Objective C, MySQL, Oracle, Java, JSP, Pearl. Linux, Windows, Mac OS. Apache.
- dwc 16y agoNobody else has commented, so I'll give you my opinion... You have a steady but smallish number of downloads. Given the bad ratings of your app, I think that indicates that there are people who want something like this - enough that 150 people per week will download a 1-star app. If you're just sick of this app, then either abandon it or maybe sell it for some small amount of money to someone who wants to give it a shot. But if you're just sick of maintaining something that's going nowhere, then make it go somewhere. There's some interest there. Listen to the complaints. Pivot. Clean it up a bit and make it $0.99 instead of free.
- visiblestorm 16y agoThanks. I have not touched this app since last October. I did some rough calculations on the number of hours I will put in and a possible return. I will give it one more shot and do a complete revamp of the interface etc. when I find the time. I will implement the features people are asking for. This time I will try to build what the users want based on the feedback I received and see what happens.