Reddit reviews Appreneur - Secrets to Success in the App Store

Thanks for all the advice. It’s been very helpful in formulating our next steps.

Over the last 24 hours I have followed all the links and directions from everyone down many an internet rabbit hole and onto all of the associated tangents. I love not knowing where you’re going to end up. This has lead me to many places, but the below have been the most useful.

Redditor Lockieee posted this http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/29ndpa/launched_an_iphone_app_today_heres_a_list_of/
not long ago, it’s a mega list of useful resources he accumulated from looking at r/startups for the development of his app. He actually just launched a new word game called Haste which we have already been playing and love (the world really is a small place). https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/haste/id784262653?mt=8

Not only that but he has responded to some of my questions which is fantastic. Go Reddit. Pretty much every link on Lockieee’s page is useful, but a particular mention goes to AppAnnie. It has a huge amount of useful info, and accumulates everything you would want to know about every app in one place. We will use this to double check our idea is unique and also research the competition.

This link provides a great high level roadmap for everything from the app idea, to naming your app, to launching your app http://www.apadmi.com/successful-apps-guide/ very useful for filing in the gaps and providing a guide.

I have also been pointed in the direction of a few books that I will get from the library or Amazon and read over the next week.

Appreneur – Secrets to Success in the App Store by Taylor Pierce http://www.amazon.com/Appreneur-Secrets-Success-App-Store/dp/1478300019

App Empire – Make Money, Have a Life and Let Technology Work For You by Chad Mureta http://www.amazon.com/App-Empire-Make-Money-Technology/dp/111810787X

Appillionaires – Secrets from Developers Who Struck it Rich on the App Store by Chris Stevens http://www.amazon.com/Appillionaires-Secrets-Developers-Struck-Store/dp/1119978645

So the plan for the next week or so is threefold. I will read all of the above, and at the same time, my boy and I will refine our idea, bust out the crayons, draw some mockups, and describe in detail all the different elements to the game.

Lastly we will use AppAnnie to research the idea, check it’s unique, and also look for other successful word game apps. We will download and play them and make notes of what we like and don’t like and add this to our “development brief”

After that I will check back in a week with our progress. Once again thanks for all your help.