Where I get to pontificate about my side projects, coding in general and whatever else I come up with.
The update for My Animal Age is now out. Some minor improvements in some places but most notably the animals now make noises when an age is found, or when tapping the animal itself.
Come and get it!
Note, I have not received the notice to download the update, might take a day or two. But the new version is available on the marketplace and can be forced updated by using the above links.
Not that it means a lot, but whatever the algorithm that Microsoft uses for determining the popularity of apps for, I believe the last week, it has placed My Animal Age within the top 50 apps for the category Kids+Family. Actually, number 45. It's not exactly super high on the list, but the Web Marketplace shows in groups of 50 per page, so My Animal Age is on the front...once you scroll down some. :)
Still, pretty darn cool! Also, the link I have above may not have it at that spot anymore depending on when you clicked it. Things change week to week.
My Animal Age has officially broken the 50 downloads mark. Unfortunately, 90% of them are still trials. But hopefully with the coming update *cough*still-waiting-on-Microsoft*cough* those trials will start turning into more paid.
With that 50, however, came another review. 3 stars with the only comment being "Too few". This is great feedback but I was hoping that more detail could be given. How much is just right? How much is too many? Given that some of my competitor apps out currently have less than mine (somewhere in the 6-10 range) while mine has 12, including a mythical beast, how many more would be a better count of animals?
Continuing that train of thought, if I compared against the animal sounds apps which mine will now compete against since I've included that feature, My Animal Age will have either the same amount or a lot less. One of the top ten kids+family apps has 30+ animals and sounds, but that's the sole functionality of the app.
So my question to all who may actually read my blog: how many animals are just right for an app like My Animal Age?
Seriously, not trying to be facetious here. Give me some good feedback. Give me details. I would like this to be the best app it can be.
Thank you, whoever you are, for your feedback and if you happen to read this, drop a comment. Let's talk. I would definitely like to make this better.
