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Being young is a double edged sword. I know from experience. The best I can do for you is tell you that persistence pays off. You'll find success just after you

Being young is a double edged sword. I know from experience. The best I can do for you is tell you that persistence pays off. You'll find success just after you're ready to quit. If you resist that urge you'll be alright. Also, great design has a lot to do with how people judge whether to buy an app or not. Male sure the previews are beautiful and are actual screenshots, not those stupid ad-type things. Actually show the app working. Having a site dedicated to the app that links to the app store is also good. Features and eradicating bugs are important but when two apps are of equal quality I've seen the prettier one win every time. So make sure everything from the UI to the app icon is beautiful and fits with the iOS experience. I'm embarrassed to say even I'm guilty of deleting apps because of their icon alone! And I'm a programmer! Imagine how regular users must be.

mmackh 15y ago
Thanks, that was insightful. I think you would be able to judge the app just by looking at the screenshots in the App Store, here's a link: http://rdit.in/get http://rdit.in/get
- billpatrianakos 15y ago
  It actually looks really beautiful! I have some criticisms though. First off, the app itself is beautiful and so is the website for it. The preview Images in the app store aren't so great though. Those are the types of preview photos that I was talking about that turn people off. Just show the app in use instead of images with how to use it superimposed on top of it. My opinion is that you should just use screenshots of your most marketable features and leave out the diagrams. The one exception would be the photo of the white iPad that shows the feature that looks kind of like mobile Safari's Reader feature. Otherwise I'm stumped. It looks really good to be honest and at only $0.99 I don't know why people wouldn't buy it. Maybe you just need to get on some more blogs and do more marketing. The app store is very competitive and apps like yours are everywhere. Your UI is a feature though - don't forget that!

mmackh 15y ago

Thanks, that was insightful. I think you would be able to judge the app just by looking at the screenshots in the App Store, here's a link: http://rdit.in/get http://rdit.in/get

billpatrianakos 15y ago
It actually looks really beautiful! I have some criticisms though. First off, the app itself is beautiful and so is the website for it. The preview Images in the app store aren't so great though. Those are the types of preview photos that I was talking about that turn people off. Just show the app in use instead of images with how to use it superimposed on top of it. My opinion is that you should just use screenshots of your most marketable features and leave out the diagrams. The one exception would be the photo of the white iPad that shows the feature that looks kind of like mobile Safari's Reader feature. Otherwise I'm stumped. It looks really good to be honest and at only $0.99 I don't know why people wouldn't buy it. Maybe you just need to get on some more blogs and do more marketing. The app store is very competitive and apps like yours are everywhere. Your UI is a feature though - don't forget that!