Using the App Store for monitoring Apps

Like I promised, here is the App store follow up on yesterday's post.  I guess, given the extensive nature of Apps on i-devices, I was pretty keen to see what this one had to offer.

I am still disappointed.

I can only imagine that this has to do with my personal experience in using it.  Using it after the Play store just feels a little chunky and clunky.  Nonetheless, let me continue!

The opening screen has just been updated by Apple, and I have to say, I preferred it the way it was...but anyway, this is what I get to see now:

I really only use the first two buttons here, "My Apps" and "Sales and Trends".

Clicking on My Apps brings up the list of apps that you have and you can then select the one you want to know more about.

Once you have navigated your way through to your app, you are presented with the following screen:

This seems to be the only place I can get access to Review data, but still no install counts.  Clicking on Reviews will show this:

I don't know if this gets any better...but this seems pretty ordinary!

So, looking for my install count takes me back to the high-level dashboard.  From here, I now select Sales and Trends and I am presented by the following window:

So this is pretty good.  The data is similar to the Play store data. Is it useful?  I think it probably is, but haven't been able to determine how to use it effectively.

Can anyone help?  Is this really as basic as it seems?

Certainly, the data is OK, but is it enough to be useful?

Well, for me, the jury is still out.  I dislike the fact that reporting is jumping all over place, and it takes sooo many clicks to do anything.

I am not impressed with being logged out if you have been idle for a while either.  I'm just glad I saved my password :)

So, from my perspective, the Play Store, while far from perfect, was the pick for either of these Stores.  That said, if you are selling an app, see what you have is in mind.  Perhaps, based on your needs, your conclusion is very different to me with my needs.

So there you have it.  I hope you found this helpful, and by all means, please comment below!

The Journey Continues.

AG