Not directly related but when I was releasing an iOS app recently - App Annie made me realize how "pay to win" building apps is these days. You know a service is expensive when there is only a "contact sales" button on the homepage.
It's impossible for an indie dev to afford the data they provide, and gives a massive SEO/keyword ranking edge to the larger companies that pay for the subscription.
When we were launching our app 5 years ago all of the App Store optimization experts told us the only way to get discovered was to spend a few 100K on advertising or downloads on launch day to show up on the top 100 chart.
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Not directly related but when I was releasing an iOS app recently - App Annie made me realize how "pay to win" building apps is these days. You know a service is expensive when there is only a "contact sales" button on the homepage.
It's impossible for an indie dev to afford the data they provide, and gives a massive SEO/keyword ranking edge to the larger companies that pay for the subscription.
When we were launching our app 5 years ago all of the App Store optimization experts told us the only way to get discovered was to spend a few 100K on advertising or downloads on launch day to show up on the top 100 chart.
I actually clicked the button - app annie quoted mid 5 digits per year