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Apple's WWDC 2025: Innovation for everyone except app developers

iOS

Apple's WWDC 2025: Innovation for everyone except app developers


  • Wednesday, June 11, 2025
  • By Richard Harris

Sleek UI upgrades, deeper ecosystem unity, and useful AI features like translation and call screening were delivered at Apple’s WWDC 2025, but across all ten parts of this recap, it’s clear the company’s generative AI efforts still lag behind rivals ...


iOS app pre-ordering process guide

iOS

iOS app pre-ordering process guide


  • Monday, June 2, 2025
  • By Richard Harris

Learn how iOS developers can use App Store pre-orders to boost visibility in our iOS app pre-ordering process guide. We explain how to coordinate marketing, manage pricing, and deliver apps automatically on launch day, with full details on setup, upd...


Apple Ads Search Results Benchmarks Report 2025

iOS

Apple Ads Search Results Benchmarks Report 2025


  • Friday, May 30, 2025
  • By Richard Harris

SplitMetrics’ 2025 Apple Ads Benchmark Report analyzes 2024 performance data across categories and regions, revealing rising costs, shifting user behavior, and high conversion rates, offering strategic insights for app marketers to optimize user acqu...


Apple iOS regains a lead in North America

iOS

Apple iOS regains a lead in North America


  • Thursday, April 3, 2025
  • By Richard Harris

After nearly losing its lead to Android in late 2024, Apple’s iOS has bounced back in early 2025, with Apple iOS regains a lead in North America now defining the trend, as iOS pulls ahead by 5% while Android maintains global dominance in web traffic....


Apple and Samsung smartphone rivalry unveiled in new data

iOS

Apple and Samsung smartphone rivalry unveiled in new data


  • Saturday, March 8, 2025
  • By Austin Harris

The Apple and Samsung smartphone rivalry is fierce, with Apple’s closed ecosystem vs. Samsung’s diverse Android lineup. According to Techgaged.com, Samsung shipped 3.1B smartphones in a decade, 730M more than Apple, despite a 30% drop. Apple grew 18%...


Apple lawsuit filed by UK developers

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Apple lawsuit filed by UK developers


  • Tuesday, December 10, 2024
  • By Freeman Lightner

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled that a £785m class action against Apple can proceed to trial. Dr. Sean Ennis, representing UK app developers, claims Apple abuses its market dominance by charging excessive commission fees....


Reeder app update introduces folder support

iOS

Reeder app update introduces folder support


  • Monday, September 30, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

The Reeder app's latest update (version 2024.9.2) introduces folder support, allowing users to organize feeds easily. It also improves OPML import functionality, resolves various bugs, and enhances usability with a closable audio player. These change...


iOS Market Insights for EU

iOS

iOS Market Insights for EU


  • Wednesday, September 18, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

MacPaw's recent report, "iOS Market Insights for EU" revealed significant user dissatisfaction with current app discovery and management on iOS devices. The study surveyed over 1,200 iOS users across various European Union countries, including France...


Apple iPhone sales declining

iOS

Apple iPhone sales declining


  • Monday, September 16, 2024
  • By Austin Harris

After leading the smartphone market in Q4 2023, Apple iPhone sales have been declining. According to Stocklytics.com, iPhone revenue dropped $2.7 billion year-over-year, totaling $85.2 billion in H1 2024. Rising competition from Chinese brands like X...


iOS 18 developers need to know this

iOS

iOS 18 developers need to know this


  • Friday, September 13, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

Our nerdy programmer's guide covers essential updates, top gotchas, and best practices for developers to fully leverage Apple's latest operating system "iOS 18 developers need to know". Learn about how iOS 18 is leaning on Swift 6, ARKit 5, Widgets 2...


Apple Swift Student Challenge winners for 2024

iOS

Apple Swift Student Challenge winners for 2024


  • Wednesday, July 24, 2024
  • By Austin Harris

The Apple Swift Student Challenge winners for 2024 have been revealed. The annual challenge celebrates top student coders. Among 350 winners, 50 were named Distinguished Winners for their innovative, impactful app playgrounds. Dezmond Blair, Elena Ga...


Apple to allow third-party app stores in Japan

iOS

Apple to allow third-party app stores in Japan


  • Wednesday, June 26, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

Japan has passed new legislation requiring Apple to allow third-party app stores and payment providers on the iPhone. The Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software, set to be enforced within eighteen months, aims to reduce the...


Searches for Apple and iPhone 15 climb after Apple event

iOS

Searches for Apple and iPhone 15 climb after Apple event


  • Monday, October 16, 2023
  • By Richard Harris

Searches for ‘buy iPhone 15’ exploded 490% following Apple's recent live event. InvestinGoal revealed their findings through Google Trends data that also showed that 'Apple' saw a 119% increase in search volume throughout the event, and 'Preorder iPh...


Apples profit continues to grow

iOS

Apples profit continues to grow


  • Tuesday, May 23, 2023
  • By Richard Harris

Tradingplatforms.com revealed that Apple’s 2022 net profit jumped 73% from 2020 figures. Apple is reaping massive profits just from the sale of the iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch products. Apple earned $205 billion from iPhone sales in 2022, but stil...


App price and tax changes from Apple

iOS

App price and tax changes from Apple


  • Thursday, January 20, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

Apple has announced upcoming in-app purchase and app price and tax changes. The new changes are for the regions of Bahrain, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, and once they go into effect, the pricing and availability sections will be updated....


Kaya Thomas weighs in on WWDC 2021

iOS

Kaya Thomas weighs in on WWDC 2021


  • Thursday, May 13, 2021
  • By Richard Harris

Kaya Thomas, developer extraordinaire, is excited about the WWDC 2021 coming up in June 2021. She shares some thoughts through an interview with Bitrise....


iOS 14 IDFA opt in updates

iOS

iOS 14 IDFA opt in updates


  • Tuesday, November 24, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The latest iOS 14 IDFA opt in requirements will create ripple effects throughout the mobile app economy for both developers and consumers. We recently caught up with Brooke Willcox, Director, Digital Media Group at MNI Targeted Media Inc and she expl...


App Store commission cuts to 15 percent for some

iOS

App Store commission cuts to 15 percent for some


  • Thursday, November 19, 2020
  • By Richard Harris

A new program called The App Store Small Business Program cuts the Apple App Store commission to 15 percent for developers earning less than $1,000,000 in yearly net revenue, in a move that delights developers everywhere!...


How Apple policy changes may impact game applications

iOS

How Apple policy changes may impact game applications


  • Monday, September 14, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Data presented by SafeBettingSites indicates the games category holds the highest share of application on the Apple App Store at 21.86%. ...


WWDC announcements will change the Apple ecosystem for developers

iOS

WWDC announcements will change the Apple ecosystem for developers


  • Monday, July 13, 2020
  • By Angela Yu

Medical Doctor and Founder of the App Brewery, Dr. Angela Yu, offers her thoughts into how the WWDC announcements will change Apple’s ecosystem and what this means for developers....


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