What are some things to consider when building my app? How can I increase the number of downloads and happy users? Why are ratings so important? This talk at ModevCon DC '14 will discuss some techniques and tools I have used over the years to improve downloads, ratings and rank in the app stores.
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Make your apps awesome!
1. Make your apps awesome
Ways to improve your app and its performance in the App Store
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Chris Beauchamp
Evangelist @Crittercism
Developer @WhitewaterLabs
@cjbeauchamp
13. Performance Monitoring
• What happens if your deployed app…
– Breaks on a user?
– Runs slow?
– Drops a connection?
– Crashes?
• Left in the dark unless the user tells you
It’s the first touchpoint
People should be drawn in, pleasantly surprised by interactions
It’s not all about pushing together perfectly pretty pixels
Think glows, fades, uicontrolstates
The designer should think about these too!
I wish the app had _______
I’m having trouble with _______
When will you have ______
Notice the knowledge base
What a user is doing is one piece of the optimization puzzle
What is the device doing? Are we sure it’s working the way it should?
And you don’t want that…
- See a review, negative tweet, etc… how do you reach out?
Gather all the device info, what were you doing, etc
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Are ad services running slow in certain locations?
Other monetization services?
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So what is a transaction?
Something that leads to a business outcome
How to indicate it in code
So we’re going for less of these – and more of this >>>
- Now we have a solid stable app that we’re tracking – what can we do on the app store front?
Keywords!
What else plays into discoverability?
RATINGS. YOU WANT GOOD RATINGS!
Users trust and will try apps that have good ratings
Don’t forget, this can drive editors choices, other press
Can configure N days, session opens, messaging, etc
- Notice the button configuration (bottom is actually the cancel by default)… but it’s the one people instinctively hit
If they say they love it, ask for a rating
Otherwise, point them to the uservoice form where they can vent
How to see if this is working? You could go check the store every day or---
Don’t have to go to each app store country, translate, etc
Daily digests with all the relevant info
Again with correlation…
See which countries you’re trending/popular in!
Localize?
Our Moni app got huge in brazil, so we localized to portugese
Downloads still solid, great ranking, people love it!
But….
Again with correlation…
See which countries you’re trending/popular in!
Localize?