Over a years of experience in the App Store

March 6, 2010 — Patrick Wolowicz

Preface

Theres currently an interesting discussion about App Store experiences in the cocos 2d forum, so I thought I’d share my experiences too.

Shortly before Christmas 2008 I published AutoWiFi in the App Store. Quick blurb: AutoWiFi is an auto-login tool for WiFi hotspots employing captive portals (WiFi networks which redirect you to a web site where you have to log in to actually use the hotspot) frequently used at cafes, schools, universities, hospitals, etc.

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I programmed AutoWiFi in my free time because I was annoyed with having to type in my username (25 characters!) and password at the Vienna University of Technology every time I wanted to use the WiFi network. So it’s a utility I created for myself. But once it was done I thought, why not, publish it on the App Store for 1.99 US Dollars and see what happens… My goal was: Sell one copy of AutoWiFi to a complete stranger!


The Beginning

24 hours after I published AutoWiFi I checked in to iTunes Connect to see if I had sold a copy. To my amazement I had sold over 90 copies world wide! In just one day I had made back the money I had spent on joining the development program and reached my goal of selling 1 copy! Read the rest of this entry »

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State of AutoWiFi

September 6, 2009 — Patrick Wolowicz

I’ve been getting emails from customers and have been following postings in forums and on blogs who are writing to me about problems with OS 3.0. So, here are the details for what’s going on with AutoWiFi. Get some coffee, this will be a long read. For those of you who aren’t interested, here is a quick status of AutoWiFi, others, hit “read the rest of this entry”.

Status:

OS 2: AutoWiFi works

OS 3.0 iPod Touch: You need Boingo WiFi (free) installed and AutoWiFi will work

OS 3.0 iPhone: You need Boingo WiFi (free) installed and you need to launch for a second or two before launching AutoWiFi, then AutoWiFi works.

OS 3.1: Once this is released, and once Apple approves the 1.0.127 AutoWiFi update, AutoWiFi works.

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