Where will you get with 75 thousand free downloads a day? Answer inside.

HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
MAybe somebody is interested:

We made Assault Commando free for a few days (until sunday midnight)

The game was downloaded 75 thousand times within 24 hours, which took the app to the

Nr9 Action
Nr14 Arcade
Nr38 All Games
Nr75 Top Overall
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  • iMuseiMuse Member Posts: 80
    Great results! did that translate in any decent iad revenue?
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    There is no AD in the game.
    We will submit an update shortly with ADs in the game though.

    This action was taken
    1. to get the game aknowledged and maybe it will profit after we switch to paid again (what I don't really believe)
    2. to have people already installed it on their devices so they will update to the AD version, which should give it a boost start
  • hrsmediahrsmedia Member Posts: 522
    That's a healthy amount of downloads, well done. Was your game posted on any of the freeapp sites?
  • EminemEminem Member Posts: 667
    Hunn I love you! (no homo) ;)

    Dude u make the Illest apps

    I swear u are my inspiration do you have an email? I would love to talk with you
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    I just posted on TouchArcade forum that it is free now. The rest was done buy the countless ammount of automated app tracking sites.

    However downloads were boosted again, when Appshopper finally updated its list and the game was mentioned on the first page (after 10-12 hours or so...)
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    Eminem, you can always contact me by hunnenkoenig@chello.at :-)
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    your #19 on top overall free now..Please let us know how many downloads that translates to :)
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    I will report back tomorrow with numbers.
  • dazzlemedazzleme Member Posts: 152
    Well done Hunnenkoenig, congratulations! No matter what happens, those are some pretty impressive numbers... knowing your game is being played by that many people!
  • hrsmediahrsmedia Member Posts: 522
    Cool game, just downloaded it. It says in your description that you used freeappaday (FAAD)? I contacted them, and they gave me a price, which was too much for me.
  • MediaBrosMediaBros Member, PRO Posts: 26
    Wow, Hunnenkoenig that's great news! Well done. Did you make that game with gamesalad? And how did you go from a paid game to a free game? I didn't think we were able to do that. Any advice would be much appreciated.

    Best,

    MB
  • FogelbergFogelberg Member Posts: 103
    How much does FAAD charge to feature your game?
  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    Thanx Hunn! for the game and for the marketing ideas!

    good to see you!

    MH
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    FAAD contacted me when the game was already in the top 10 in Action. They said, they would feature the game for free.

    It's simple. They saw that the game is successful and wanted to be a part of it. They asked me to put the FAAD text into my description and for that they put the game on their website.

    I said yes, because I thought, an extra exposure is always good :-P

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    The game is made with unity. The point is not the engine, but the numbers. I just wanted to share (and show a bit off :-P)

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    How we went to free from paid? I don'T really understand the question :-)
    Just go to iTunes Connect and change the price to free in the pricing option :-)

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    Actual numbers coming shortly.
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    OK, yesterdays data is here.

    At the end of the day we were:

    Nr 5 Action
    Nr 12 Arcade
    Nr 19 All Games
    Nr 23 Top Overall

    The game was downloaded: 129,858 times

    USA: 62,515
    China: 12,780
    Germany: 11,881
    France: 8,041
    Canada: 5,678
    Taiwan: 4,082
  • simo103simo103 Member, PRO Posts: 1,331
    wow .. great numbers .. congrats and thanks for sharing the info.
  • alexander144alexander144 Member Posts: 93
    Thats amazing. Congratulations :)
  • FogelbergFogelberg Member Posts: 103
    Congratulations!! It would be great if you follow up with sales numbers when you change to payed again.
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    ok, I will do
  • FanStudioUKFanStudioUK Member Posts: 459
    Congrats! Keep us posted with the statistics ;)
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    Wow Attila,
    If that is not impressive, than I don't know what is!

    I find it especially interesting how powerful the USA is. My stats,although on a much smaller scale mirror the country list but sales from china are small in numbers. They just seem to download everything they can!
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    Yesterday we had 142,000 downloads, wich resulted in:

    Nr 3 Action
    Nr 6 Arcade
    Nr 10 All games
    Nr 11 top overall

    I will post exact numbers in the evening, because now I use my phone.
    Unfortunately numbers go down already. I am curious, how will it translate to paid downloads tomorrow.
    I don't expect much.
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    As promised.

    Total: 142,296

    By Country (not all):

    United States 54,346
    United Kingdom 14,052
    China 11,168
    Germany 10,970
    Canada 7,899
    France 5,887
    Netherlands 4,308
    Singapore 3,964
    Russia 2,955
    Hong Kong 2,931
    Taiwan 2,738
    Australia 2,522
    Spain 1,664
    Italy 1,560
    Turkey 1,444
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Thanks for posting. It's interesting to see what kind of download figures you need to get into the overall free chart.

    Wonder what the equivalent figures are for the overall paid chart? I would guess approx 25% of the above figures? Think I read somewhere that, on average, people download 4 times more free apps than paid

    Cheers

    P.s well done on the good download figures. It must have boosted the sales of your other games, assuming you put links in to them?
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    Ok, on the first day after the switch back we had 4800 downloads for $0.99 and it generated $100 in sales.

    Not really exciting.

    Unfortunately crossadvertisement doesn't seem to work for us.
    Although there are an other games section in the app, the other games didn't get any bosst. At least nothing outstanding.

    There are always fluctuations in sales based on the day of the week and other factors, but the charts don'T show anything unusual in the last days. All numbers are within the normal frames.
  • simo103simo103 Member, PRO Posts: 1,331
    thanks Hunnenkoenig .. it appears the formula for app success still remains - "It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma"
  • cbowers428cbowers428 Member Posts: 176
    How much did you guys make of the free versions with ads tho?
  • ScootsScoots Member Posts: 507
    cbowers428 said:
    How much did you guys make of the free versions with ads tho?

    He said no ads in this version, just made it free for a few days. Releasing an update with ads
  • cbowers428cbowers428 Member Posts: 176
    Scoots said:
    He said no ads in this version, just made it free for a few days. Releasing an update with ads

    o okay i thought he meant he would add ads before making it paid again
  • ShanemcShanemc Member Posts: 86
    How does 4800 downloads only yields $100.00
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