SnappyCam disappears from App Store without a trace

Annoyingly it's also disappeared from my big list of purchased apps too.

Apple acquired the company<p><a href="http://thetechblock.com/apple-acquires-rapid-fire-camera-app-snappycam/?comments=1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thetechblock.com&#x2F;apple-acquires-rapid-fire-camera-app...</a>

Doesn&#x27;t iOS 7 come with the main features of this app as stock nowadays? Since its release. Was he acquired beforehand maybe?

I don&#x27;t own an iphone and hearing that Apple will happily remove purchased applications with exactly no explanation doesn&#x27;t exactly sway me towards ever getting one; however i have to ask:<p>Will all the people who bought it be refunded? Or does Apple simply take the money and run, leaving customers with empty hands?

jpap discussed a lot of what the app does another HN thread: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6137979" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6137979</a>

I could see Instagram acquiring this as well.

Since iOS apps do not have direct access to native hardware, what exactly would Apple be buying?<p>Record video, extract frames, simulate burst mode. Not that difficult really.