App Store Pricing (It's not a free market!)
December 19, 2008 12:19 PM
Many people continue misinterpreting what Craig Hockenberry, myself, and other developers have been trying to convey. Here’s another stab at it: We're not complaining at the existence of $0.99 apps. We're frustrated that artificial market forces are driving down the price of apps, which in turn drives down the perceived value of the products we have invested significant time and money to create. Marketing can help, but it’s throwing good money after bad if the market discourages charging a fair price for an app. Read More...
Financial Realities of the App Store
December 10, 2008 02:18 PM
There have been a lot of uninformed people spouting nonsense about Craig Hockenberry’s “Ringtone Apps” blog post, so I thought I’d set the record straight with some real numbers from the App Cubby bank account. There are some amazing success stories on the App Store, but for every successful developer there are quite a few who haven’t come close to recouping their investment of time and/or money. App Cubby is doing quite well, all things considered, but it took a “Staff Pick” from Apple to get us over the hump. Read More...
The Icon Saga
December 04, 2008 01:27 PM
When the initial ideas for App Cubby started to take shape back in March of 2008, I decided that I didn’t want to create a few quick apps and see how it went. My goal was to lay the foundation for a brand that would become a trusted name in the App Store. With such a lofty goal, I knew that visual branding was going to play a very important role. Read More...
Starting a Blog
July 07, 2008 07:43 PM
We’ve been quite busy getting ready for the launch of Trip Cubby. Once development has wrapped up, and we are nice and cozy in the App Store, we will be posting here to give you a look behind the sceens at the App Cubby lab (we’ll also let you know when the lab is more physical than metaphorical).
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