The Russian App Store has increased the cost of apps and in-game purchases, Apple representatives said. The changes were made due to the fall of the ruble against the US dollar.

The Apple company has partially abandoned the positioning of free-to-play applications as free programs. To be more precise, I took the first step towards this.

Clickky Mobile Marketing platform for App2Top.ru I calculated how many downloads are needed to get into the game charts by genre in the Russian App Store.

The founder of WordData, Evaldo Rossi, shared tips on optimizing search results in the App Store on the blog of the German analytical company Adjust. We offer a short version of his material.

iOS 8 was released today, within which developers have a new opportunity to sell their apps and games in packs (or bundles, or, according to the Russian version of the App Store, packages). 

Today, in the format of a live audio broadcast, Apple reported its earnings. 

In Russia, you don’t even need 1000 installations to get into the paid top overall. As it became known to the editorial board App2Top.ru , 500 downloads are enough for this.

Flappy Bird and its numerous clones captured the free chart of the American App Store last week, on the paid one – one of the most delicious places turned out to be playing three-dimensional hide-and-seek. 

Last week, Flappy Bird took first place among the free apps of the App Store and Google Play. The simplicity of the game’s graphics is compensated by a rather complex gameplay, which probably caused its popularity.

Flappy Bird is the leader of the US free chart, Joe Danger Infinity knocked out a place in the paid top with a discount, King has three games in the box office top ten – this and much more in the weekly review of the American App Store games market.

After a long break, we are resuming the weekly publication of the weekly gaming charts from Distimo. All the latest information on changes in the free, paid and cash tops of the USA.