I disagree. I do think it can be better, but blaming your apps failure because of it isn't a good excuse. Granted, I work with an app that is on these leader bo

I disagree. I do think it can be better, but blaming your apps failure because of it isn't a good excuse. Granted, I work with an app that is on these leader boards but it wasn't always that way. We started out having maybe 5-60 downloads a week for quite some time (1+ years). Now, we're at several thousand downloads per week and have been for the past several months. From the surveys we've done we've found at most about 5% stumbled upon our app and used it because they saw us in the app store. The rest? from continued press, advertising and word of mouth about what we are providing and how our app adds value to a users phone/life. The reason why apps get to the top is because usually they're providing something novel, or at a minimum, provide something that no one else does well. It's something that happens in every industry. Are you really filling a need of someone other than you? Are you doing it better than the competition? (UI, Design and so on) Are you listening to your customers? There are exceptions, no doubt, but if you're building a killer product and advertise it elsewhere, I do think you too can make it. With all of that being said, is the app I work on perfect? not in the least bit, but we're continually improving it, making our customers happier with each revision. (And when we don't, we act quickly) The list of todos for our app is 10x longer than what is done, but that's because we see so much potential. Is our app better than our competitors? certainly, our reviews, # of downloads and so on show it.