Reading up on App Store
11 deep · digging since dec 24, 25
- App Store Asset Best Practices and Resources - App Store - Apple Developer
This guide provides best practices and resources for creating effective App Store assets like screenshots, app previews, and creative elements that clearly communicate an app's value while meeting Apple's policies and design standards.
- ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding the App Store. Is That Good for Apple?
AI‑generated 'vibecoded' apps are rapidly populating the App Store, yet user enthusiasm remains tepid, questioning the benefit for Apple’s ecosystem.
- Show HN: Live Sun and Moon Dashboard with NASA Footage
Lumara is a dashboard app displaying live NASA sun imagery, moon phase data, and space weather events for mobile and desktop.
- What Are Chinese People Vibecoding? - by Irene Zhang
Chinese AI companies like ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are racing to build domestic coding agents, while developers bypass geoblocks to access Western tools like Cursor.
- AI is going to kill app subscriptions
The article argues that because AI makes app creation and cloning nearly free, subscription pricing will become unsustainable.
- Margin Call | Hacker News
Apple's services gross margin hit 76.5% and overall gross margin 48.2%, both record highs, despite widespread pundit pessimism.
- The WAU effect | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert
OpenAI's choice to report weekly active users instead of monthly active users masks low retention and saturation, inflating perceived growth.
Takes
For nearly 15 years, I sent @tim_cook a weekly report every Sunday night on the global App Store business. My team and I packed it with data, charts, and commentary on what was happening around the world. Most weeks: silence. Every so often, a probing question would come back about a specific metric or market. Or, better, a note congratulating us on a strong quarter. Those reports taught me a lot about discipline and accountability. No matter where I was in the world, I sent that report. Tim expected his leaders to know their businesses cold. Whenever I put anything in front of him, I needed to understand not just the numbers, but what was driving them and what we were doing about it. His expectations made me a much better leader. On my last day at Apple, Tim and I had a 10-minute 1:1 scheduled. We talked for 30. Reflecting on my 21 years at the company, he told me my greatest accomplishment wasn’t helping build a $1 trillion App Store ecosystem or helping scale the business to more than one billion customers. It was the team I had built and the leaders I had developed who were ready to step up after I left. That meant the world to me. We took this photo together right after that conversation. Today is Tim’s last day as CEO of Apple. Much has been written about what he and the company accomplished under his leadership. But perhaps his greatest legacy is the one he taught me to value: the people he developed, the culture he shaped, and the leaders ready to carry it forward. I’ll always be grateful I got to be a part of it.
@mattfischer415
Just gave GPT 5.6 Sol: - Root access on a brand new Mac mini - Fully functional iOS app live on the App store - MCP accessible email address - @meow bank account and @agentcardai debit card with $350 Running nonstop with a single directive: "Make as much money as possible"
@AlexReibman
i think this kid just found the laziest way to promote apps. this feels way too easy.
@simonecanciello
introducing Reelful from a camera roll to a finished reel in just 10 minutes live on the App Store now! by the end of the year, all short videos on the internet will be created with Reelful! the ending is so funny 🤣😀
@katedeyneka