Woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise: my Apple iPhone App was approved overnight and is waiting for you to download free! [iTunes link]. There’s a couple of reasons I thought this was worth doing for me and for any microISV or startup who wants to reach out to the 40 million or so iPhone users:
- As good as HTML5 iPhone apps are (go to http://47hats.com on your mobile and you’ll see what I mean), they’re just not as good an experience as a native app. Click a post, it’s there. Click a podcast, it plays. Nice!
- Since I don’t code iPhone apps yet, going with AppMakr looked to make sense and at the price last week of $50 I was willing to give it a try.
- Like most of you reading this, my challenge isn’t creating worthwhile stuff, it’s getting known for creating worthwhile stuff. Anything that helps me reach my primary market of microISVs/startups is a Good Thing.
There’s only one Big Problem: 47Hats, the app, needs your love! Please download and rate it – I’d really appreciate it.
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Interesting. So did you have to signup for Apple’s developer program to use AppMakr?
Overall how long did it take for you to design, build, and ship the app?
Nope – Appmakr is the official developer of record. From spotting the promo code that (up until 1/18) reduced the cost to $50 from $200 to submitted: 2 hours (mostly spent creating a two custom icons). Then Friday to Wednesday for Apple to approve it.
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