InAppPurchase Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Instacast pricing raises hackles: are apps bought or rented? [Updated]

by Richard Gaywood (May 17th, 2012)

Update: I made a mistake about Instacast's support for notifications in the original draft of this article. Please read my corrections at the end. My apologies, readers. --Rich The release of Instacast v2.0 ruffled some feathers recently. Vemedio, publishers of the popular podcasting app, have ...

Ayopa Games to publish Escape from Age of Monsters, Patchwork Battles, more

by Mike Schramm (Mar 14th, 2012)

Ayopa Games is a mobile games publisher that actually has its roots in Chillingo. Founder Johnny Coghlan was a former head of publishing there until Chillingo was acquired by EA. Coghlan has brought his mobile game-finding expertise to Ayopa, and this company's slate is almost as enticing as ...

Flurry: In-app purchases generating lots more revenue per user

by Mike Schramm (Jul 16th, 2010)

Analytics firm Flurry has announced that in-app purchases are generating $14.66 per user per year in June of 2010, which is a few times larger than it has been in the past. Previously to 2010, the games tracked were generating only a few bucks per user per year, but in January the total jumped to ...