Tips & Tools for 5-Star Apps

Chris BeauchampEvangelist @CrittercismDeveloper @WhitewaterLabs@cjbeauchamp

Ways to improve your app and its performance in the App Store

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THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT

Tweak + SEOLeave no keyword unfilled

Ask for RatingsAppirater, Crittercism, etc

Be ExplicitAsk for 5 stars! Make a connection

Guilt Trips WorkWe aren’t a faceless corp!

No, I hate your app

Go hug your designerUsers should LOVE using your app

Anticipate User PainYou can’t make everyone happy…

Get feedbackProvide a place to vent

Flurry retention

SDK for App Performance

Performance Monitoring

• What happens if your deployed app…– Breaks on a user? – Runs slow? – Drops a connection? – Crashes?

• Left in the dark unless the user tells you

App Store Feedback & Analysis

Performance Monitoring

• Crash Reporting– Stack Traces– Device/OS/Memory info– Breadcrumbs + User Info

• HTTP Service Monitoring– Latency, error rate– By domain, endpoint, geographical

region

• Transaction monitoring

Transaction Monitoring

Transaction Monitoring

Fix your business as an owner / Prove your value as a developer!

Who trusts us?

No more bad reviews!

Finishing Up

Chris BeauchampEvangelist @CrittercismDeveloper @WhitewaterLabs@cjbeauchamp

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