First of all, I submitted Faceover 1.5 to the App Store. It adds the ability to upload photos to Facebook. Faceover Lite 1.3 will soon follow with the same feature. Now, on to some interesting download statistics. Faceover has now had over 15,000 total downloads in the nine months since its release. Here's the breakdown by country:  In the seven months since Faceover Lite was released, it has had over 52,000 total downloads. And the breakdown by country:  This comparison shows some useful informat... Continue reading ...
Well, unfortunately the app did not stay anywhere near number one in iPad Photography for long, but just recently Faceover has hit 10,000 total downloads in four months. Faceover Lite has reached 25,000 total downloads in half that much time. It's really cool to see how the downloads add up over time even though it feels like there aren't very many on any given day. I initially released Faceover Lite in the very crowded Entertainment category. Its ranking has dropped below 400 for the iPad Ent... Continue reading ...
Faceover 1.1 was ready for sale on the App Store yesterday. It was initially rejected because the iPad version was allowing multiple popovers which is a no-no according to the Human Interface Guidelines--thanks Apple for catching that one :). And of course the really exciting news is that Faceover hit the #1 spot for the iPad Photography category. However, it's neck and neck with ArtStudio and Photogene. Here's where the three are in the top overall iPad applications: 63 - Faceover 65 - ArtStudi... Continue reading ...
Awesome! Apple is featuring Faceover in the spotlight section of the iPad App Store for a few days now! Thanks to this prime placement, Faceover jumped as high as #2 for iPad photography, the 40s for iPhone photography and in the 50s for all paid iPad apps. There have now been over 2500 downloads. I think if I can just maintain the visibility and get the app in front of people it should continue to do well. In other news, I submitted an update today that fixes several things and improves on th... Continue reading ...
I checked Faceover's ranking on the App Store tonight. It's up to number 13 for iPad in the Photography category and number 80 for iPhone Photography. I've sent a few review request emails out to different app review sites but no bites there yet. I'm pleasantly surprised with the iPad ranking but I really want to get the ranking up on the iPhone side. I think some of the upcoming features will help do that. We'll see! Continue reading ...
On its second day in the App Store yesterday, Faceover had 125 downloads. 69 were from from the US and the rest were scattered around at least 20 different countries. Also when I checked iTunes this morning I was delighted to see that the Gods at Apple have chosen to spotlight Faceover in the New and Noteworthy section within the photography category. Current ranking within the photography category is 16 for iPad and 107 for iPhone. I'm expecting it to jump higher tomorrow from the great adver... Continue reading ...
I got the approval email from Apple's app review team yesterday around noon. Faceover was in the App Store within a few hours after that. This morning I saw that there were 44 downloads in the first half day of release--40 in the US, 2 in Mexico, 1 UK and 1 Canada. Of course, one of those downloads was my own but I think 44 is a good start. I can work with that. Continue reading ...
Rejected! The app review team rejected Faceover because one of my screenshots was "objectionable". Apparently the screenshot of my sister in her "Arab man" Halloween costume is not appropriate for all ages. Isn't that funny? Fortunately they didn't reject the app itself so I just had to remove the screenshot and reply back to their email. After that you'd think the app would be approved, right? Nope. The status changed back to "In Review". :) Continue reading ...
In August 2008 I decided I wanted to teach myself to develop software for the iPhone with my limited amount of free time. I decided to buy a MacBook which happened to be the first non-Microsoft computer I had ever owned. After nine months and $100 for an iPhone developer license, I finally have something to show for it--assuming of course that my app ( Lexify) gets approved by Apple for distribution on the iTunes App Store. As I was doing the actual app submission last night and today, I decide... Continue reading ...
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