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Apptopia

Company blog · blog.apptopia.comdatabusiness

Apptopia is the company blog at blog.apptopia.com, writing about data and business. Since 2012, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 36 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-09, and you can follow it by feed.

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13HN people?
2012–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 19 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Apptopia blog posts on mobile app design, skeuomorphism, and Amazon Appstore sales. Comments mostly cite or mention the posts without judging the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

What Hacker News says?

  1. Here is a unique take on skeuomorphism - It mentions that if Apple doesn't eventually steer away, younger users may feel a disconnection with iOS... http://blog.apptopia.com/discussing-mobile-design-pt-1-apple... Thoughts?

    Comment linking /discussing-mobile-design-pt-1-apple-and-skeumorphism/

    on “What skeuomorphism is (and isn't)”
  2. Submitted Free Source Code Available To Download as a story · 75 points

    HN discussion
  3. I can use Google, and found this [1] article claiming over 4 million DAUs for Calm in June of 2020, with trendlines going up and to the right. So the lower bound of your estimate gives us ~200,000 people who would be adversely affected. Looking through negative reviews, it's all complaints about pricing and paywalls. The same is true for Headspace, the second biggest app in this space (I don't have DAUs for them, bu…

    Comment linking /calm-app-outperforms-headspace-during-quarantine

    on “Ten years of trying to meditate”
  4. Submitted Why Apple is Trying to Kill NFC as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  5. Scotty - thank so much for the shout out man, this is Jonathan, I am the founder of Apptopia. To help add some value to the convo: We actually partner with AppBusinessBrokers - good guys. They handle the $200,000+ spectrum while we really specialize in the $1,000-$150,000 range. SellMyApplication is unfortunately more of a marketing site and lack the real data/stats and the ability to help with the actual transfer.…

    Comment linking /iosappstransfer/

    on “Ask HN: How do I sell my iOS app?”
  6. Submitted How To Prep for the App Store Freeze this Holiday Season as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  7. wanghq · 2013-09-28Recommends
    You are talking about kindle fire not the e-ink kindle, right? Kindle fire users do buy apps. Some articles you might can take a look: http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/25/reports-detail-amazon-appst... http://blog.apptopia.com/amazon_appstore/

    Comment linking /amazon_appstore/

    on “Ask HN: Is it worth to develop Android apps for Amazon's Kindle?”
  8. Submitted Revenue Effect of Putting your App on Sale as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted 4 of the 5 most downloaded apps in the US are published by Chinese companies as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted The App Developer's Guide to In-App Purchases as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted 6 Reasons Developers Sell their Mobile Apps as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted How to get your app featured on the App Store as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Want to sell your app? Use analytics as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Gary Vaynerchuck Talks Apps & Mobile With Apptopia Founder as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Why developers sell their mobile apps as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted What I learned from Starting Apptopia (at 26 yr old) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Uncover Details on Any App Right from Google Chrome as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Valuing mobile app portfolios as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Entire iOS app portfolio acquired for $200,000 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted App Investment Secrets I Learned from My Realtor as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted The 5 Musts of Metadata as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Mobile Apps Make Less than $500 a month? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted IOS Human Interface Guidelines: Where to Begin? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Bird passes Lime as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Apptopia Data Now in Slack for Free as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted What Getting Featured in the New App Store Could Mean for You as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted When You Monetize Your Apps Matters as Much As How as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted Huge Skill Gap in Tech = Huger Opportunity for Mobile Devs as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted IOS6 App Store: What's the same & what changed as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted How to Receive In-App Feedback, Ratings, & Reviews as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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