20 Million Recommendations Served, plus Q2 Top Apps
20 million
That's right - 20,000,000 served! Given the popularity of the Apptizr V2 release, our app became the top Productivity app in the App Store back in June. The surge of new users has resulted in a surge of app recommendations made. We're very excited about getting to 20 million recommendations so quickly, and we hope to continue this trajectory.
We haven't shared the top apps on Apptizr in a while, so we took a look at Q2 of this year (April through June). Some things are similar, while there are definitely some changes as well.
Taking a look at the top downloaded free apps in Q2, you'll notice lots of familiar names. One thing we've noticed over the last couple of quarters is the fact that some popular apps stand the test of time and have been constantly popular - Facebook, Pandora, Google, Google Earth, Shazam, Movies all fall in this category. There are always a couple of new comers to the list - this quarter the top of the chart was the new comer "Are you left brained or right brained?"
The Paid list was a bit surprising this quarter, since the Top 10 are all games. Games have always been popular on the App Store, but this was the first time it dominates every spot in the Top 10. Another interesting trend is that more of the apps are priced at $0.99, which is consistent with the general trend on the App Store.
For the full report, you can check out the following presentation posted on SlideShare. It also contains the Top 10 most liked apps that are free and paid. Please let us know if you have any other thoughts.
Top Liked and Downloaded Apps in March 2010
We haven't done it since February, so we thought we would take a look at the top apps on Apptizr once again. We looked at which apps were "Liked" the most by our users in the month of March, as well as which apps were downloaded the most by our users.
First, the most liked apps. This is the resulting top 10 list for free apps vs. paid apps. Starting with the free apps, Pandora & Shazam are both still in the Top 10. Similar to January, there were no Games in the Top 10, although My Town is basically a game.
Here's the top 10 list among paid apps which were most liked by Apptizr users in March. Productivity and Utilities apps are the most popular, which is similar to the January results as well.
Switching gears to what our users actually tried to download and install. We broke it down by Top 10 free and Top 10 paid apps this time. In the case of most downloaded apps, Games and Entertainment now dominate the list, taking 6 of the top 10 spots.
The Paid Top 10 most downloaded apps also contains lots of Games and Entertainment apps (5 of 10).
You can view and download the full PDF file here, where the app names are clickable in case you want to easily see these apps on Apptizr. Like last time, I've also posted this as a presentation on Slideshare. As always, thoughts or feedback on the post would be welcome. Please feel free to share these lists with folks who may find them interesting.
Download these apps in time for March Madness
It is March. It's time to set the clock forward and get ready for March Madness. Here are some apps you will need to keep you on top of all of the great games.
1. CBS Sports NCAA March Madness on Demand - Get coverage for ALL of the games live - video streamed straight to your iPhone. Don't miss a single game with this app. You can also get radio coverage streamed to you as well.
2. NCAA Highlights - Want the video coverage but don't want to pay? Get video highlights from the games delivered straight to your iPhone or iPod Touch.
3. Smackdaddy - Like to trash talk about the games/teams with your friends? Use Smackdaddy to talk smack with your buddies and you can also put your money where your mouth is with some virtual betting. You can use this app to see whether your picks for the NCAA will pay off.
4. ESPN Zoom: College Hoops - Want to check out lots of pictures from NCAA and also test out your eye sight? Play this free "spot the difference" game during the commercial breaks to keep your eyes sharp.
5. ESPN Tournament Challenge - Easily create brackets for March Madness and compete against your friends or the ESPN community.
Hottest apps this past week & last chance to win $300 iTunes Gift Cards
We started tracking the App Store Top 300 rankings a little over a week ago, so you can see what the Hottest apps are in the App Store in terms of how quickly they are moving up the charts. Now that we have more than a week of data, we thought it would be fun to look at the top moving apps over the last 7 days. You can go to the Apptizr site for the full list of 50 hottest free and and paid apps - you can also change the time period from 1 day vs. 7 day as well as look at these lists by category.
Here are the hottest 5 free and paid apps based on how quickly they moved up the ranks in the last 7 days. A couple of observations: (1) There is actually a decent degree of turn over when you look at the list on a week by week basis (all ten of the apps listed below were not on the top 300 list a week ago); (2) Games is still the dominant category of popular apps. Any other thoughts?
Hottest Free Apps:
Hottest Paid Apps
BTW, today is February 28, which is the last day of our $300 iTunes Gift Card Sweepstakes. Get going today to get in some last minute entries into the Sweepstakes. You can enter by following friends or other Apptizr users, invite your friends, or by filling out our short user survey. We'll be announcing the winners of the Sweepstakes in a week or so on this blog.
Over 5 Million App Recommendations Served & Top Apps from January
Believe it or not, Apptizr has now served over 5 million personalized app recommendations to our users! It's been a fun ride and we really appreciate all of the support and feedback our users have given us. To celebrate this occasion, we thought we would take a moment to look back, and share some data on what we've learned from our users.
Since we know when our users tell us they like an app recommendation, we thought it would be fun to look at the most liked apps from last month. This is the resulting top 10 list for free apps vs. paid apps. Starting with the free apps, I did find the popularity of music apps a bit surprising (2 of top 3). It was also surprising the lack of games among the top 10, although you'll see that they are among the most highly downloaded.
Here's the top 10 list among paid apps which were most liked by Apptizr users in January. A bit more games, but lots of Productivity apps. I guess people are happy to pay for some productivity improvements.
Lastly, we looked at when our users actually clicked on the download button to try to install these apps. Not surprisingly all of these are free apps, with games being a top category.
Please feel free to share these lists with folks who will find them interesting. To make it easier to share, I've posted this as a presentation on Slideshare. As always, thoughts or feedback on the post would be welcome.
Some apps you’ll need to plan the perfect Valentine’s Day
So it's almost Valentine's Day, how can your iPhone help? Here are some apps that will be helpful in planning your perfect Valentine's Day.
1. Booking a restaurant reservation - assuming you've got a Valentine already, you may want to take him/her to somewhere nice to celebrate. Use the Yelp app to find the best restaurants that matche your tastes and fit in your budget. Zagats is another classic guide as reference. Once you figure out the restaurant, use OpenTable to book your reservation.
2. Want to cook for your date instead of going out? Use these great apps to find the perfect recipe. Epicurious has an app that'll give you recipes for dinner and dessert. AllRecipes is another popular app to find that perfect recipe. Use the Wine Rating Guide to find the perfect wine for your dinner.
3. For those of you without a date yet, here are some apps that can help. Match.com has an app you can use to find that special someone. You can also use Hot or Not to find your date. OKCupid is another cool free dating service/ app you can use.
Of course, you can use these apps to find and plan your perfect date whether or not it's Valentine's Day. Let us know what you think!