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Note: We are making some changes to the WIP App Store Catalog, and the monthly App Store Report, based on feedback from our community members to make it even more useful and accurate. Be sure to stay tuned for the January report to see the changes, and leave any of your thoughts or feedback in the comments below.

 

This monthly report is available in PDF format, and is based on the entries from the WIP App Store Catalog (http://www.wipconnector.com/appstores), the leading resource listing app stores for mobile developers.

 

In the early days of the app store phenomenon, most attention was focused on the degree to which the stores solve the distribution problem for mobile developers. Gone (supposedly) were the days when simply getting your application out to end users was a major challenge, as app stores made it easy for nearly anybody to make their app available to the masses. This led to another significant challenge, one that’s still a big problem for many developers...