Comments on: iFlash Touch: Another Submission Update

By: Bryan H

Bryan H — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:02:17 +0000

We’re not alone in our opinion that the approval process needs refinement.

Trent Reznor has recently voiced his dismay:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/trent-reznor-rips-apple-summarizes-current-smartphone-oses/#continued

“Everyone – let me be clear. I love Apple products and as goofy and out-of-touch as their app approval process / policy is, I will still use them because they work 1000X better than the competition. This is not a debate, it’s a fact. The iPhone is THE most elegant, modern smartphone at this point in time and it’s perfect for what we want to do with the NIN app – except for the ludicrous approval process, and that’s what I want to draw attention to.”

By: Niels K.

Niels K. — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:48:12 +0000

Actually the idea of letting it cost 99 Cent isn’t that bad because it has one big advantage:
People won’t download it, just because it’s free and then leave a 1-star-review w/ a “this app is crap because you need a $15-desktop app that you can use it”. I heard that this is the main reason why Keynote Remote costs 99 Cent – just because of the “fear” that people who do not have Keynote download it because it’s free and then give it a bad review.
99 Cent doesn’t hurt the people who use iFlash (even a school kid can afford that and because it’s for learning I bet parents can be convinced to pay the buck) but people who do not use it yet, won’t download the app just because it’s free. Unfortunately it seems that a lot of people can’t read the app store-texts which say that some additional software is required.

By: bpbatch

bpbatch — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:05:46 +0000

I agree with Jc–charge at least 99 cents and I bet Apple will bump this app to another priority. I doubt they want to host/share/monitor this stuff as readily as other apps if they’re not making a dime off it.

I would pay for this app, no matter what the cost! Davey–do yourself a favor and make some $$ on this puppy!

By: Pavel

Pavel — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:18:29 +0000

Looking forward! Audio playback feature is a must!

By: Jc

Jc — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:24:18 +0000

Thanks for the update davey. I cannot imagine how this could happen. I’ve checked out Mental Case an if they got approval. . . I don’t see why iFlash can’t. Is there politics in software development I should know about, maybe the app store wants you to charge money. . .

By: Davey

Davey — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:17:45 +0000

I’ll be posting some more details in a few days. Just gotta check a few things out first.

By: Niels K.

Niels K. — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:33:09 +0000

Actually you don’t know how fast those crap-apps are reviewed. I guess it’s about the same. The problem is I guess that with higher complexity you screw up faster and it seems that e.g. Apple used the wrong version of iFlash which won’t sync and therefore the app can’t be tested. I read in one forum that an app got rejected because the desktop-app with the sync-ability wasn’t released yet. But it seems that this isn’t the case for iFlash.
It’s a blackbox and I guess w/ the growth of the Appstore they are understaffed as well and can’t get enough new staff in time. Don’t want to defend Apple here but a simple rant like “those shitty apps get approved and this won’t” isn’t justified. The whole review-process per se seems to be flawed (if you read what you can get in the net about it).

And the jailbreak-solution — I think that Davey would need to add a new compile-chain for that because the standard-XCode-way will only compile for the “official” way. But I’m not sure about that.

By: Tres

Tres — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:04:39 +0000

This is what I hate, hundreds of shitty apps get approval at the drop of a hat and just create more crap that you need to wade through to find anything good, but something like iFlash? Let’s wait 2 weeks and then finally reject the app without giving a solid reason!

By: martin

martin — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:48:52 +0000

Disappointed. Hope that there is a legitimate reason and that it can be sorted out quickly. Sigh. I feel your frustration, Davey.

By: Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:04:58 +0000

Now that is has been rejected, the problem will have to be located, fixed and re-submitted and probably have to wait another 3-4 weeks for approval… Apple is really testing my patience lately