Choosing a category for my educational app

LooseMooseLooseMoose Member Posts: 224
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I have a math flash card game which is completed and I'm not sure which category to put it in.
Education or games with educational and kids as the sub-categories.

If anyone has had experience with releasing an educational app I'd love to here where you think the best place to put it is.

Thanks
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  • arltmiralarltmiral Posts: 11
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    Think you should go for the Education category. Parents who are searching for meaningful/helpful apps will find you there more likely.

    Games is far more crowded and lacks seriousness in most parents head (when it comes o edu apps)

    Good luck

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  • LooseMooseLooseMoose Member Posts: 224
    Do you think it would be easier to get ranked in the games educational and kids sub categories than get into the top 200 Edcucation apps?
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  • LooseMooseLooseMoose Member Posts: 224
    I agree with you that parents would take the education category more seriously.

    My only concern is that the education category doesn't seem to display the most recently added apps (if I am wrong please let me know). Whereas the games section gives your app visibility to the public when it is first launched, which can help it boost into the ranks.

    my app will be visible if searched in either games or education because one will be the primary category and the other the secondary.

    I'd like to release my app in education as my primary category but I'm worried that I'll miss out on the visibility I would get on initial launch if I placed it in games > sub-category educational.
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  • arltmiralarltmiral Member, PRO Posts: 11
    I just checked iTunes and both categories have a "recently added" section.

    I would pick the education category, because there are simply not that many new releases. So it's more likely that you stay visible.

    Valid counter argument could be: there are more people searching the Games category. But I guess you are not aiming at "Gamers" in particular, don't you?
  • LooseMooseLooseMoose Member Posts: 224
    Correct, I'm not aiming at gamers.

    Where abouts did you find the recently added section for education?
    When I'm in iTunes and click the "app store" drop down list then click "education" -

    only 3 sections come up. New and noteworthy / what's hot / High School Zone.
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