App store search and ranking is completely broken. My app for HN was updated 3 months ago, another one is getting push out this week. There are 3 other apps above mine that hasn't been updated in over 3 years. Some of them don't even work on retina devices.<p>The second problem is feedback, but this is with all software in general. Out of 1000 happy users, maybe one will bother taking their time to leave a feedback. Actually I'm just BSing here, I don't actually know the stat of happy users. I've included a contact button, but most never contact me first about problems. They just leave a 1 star review and it stays there -forever-, even though it's because HN changed their markup, even though I scramble to push out an update the next day.<p>Fortunately, I didn't develop this app with other people's reviews in mind or to get rich. It's serves mostly as an advertisement to attract potential clients and for personal use.<p>The app store today is mostly a playground for big dev shop. A lot of apps are free and serves as advertisement piece for big corporation. Either that or they work on the zero revenue model like snapchat. So, develop an app, make it free, get buy up by facebook, profit.<p>Edit: One other problem I didn't mention is the lack of refund policy. This is a serious deterrent to potential buyers that no app preview video will fix.