Apple finally provides iPhone developers with download stats

MacRumors is reporting that Apple is finally providing registered iPhone developers with daily download statistics of their applications to give them a good idea on how they are doing in the App Store.

From the report:

Before today, most developers had been left in the dark about their applications performance, and had to wait until the first of the monthly reports. Apple had originally posted download numbers publicly but quickly removed this feature once it became clear that you could easily estimate a particular developer’s revenue. Registered iPhone developers can find their daily stats at iTunes Connect.

Daily reports may help developers more quickly find proper price points. Larger developers must have already had access to their download stats, as Sega’s president said that he expected that Sega would sell 1 million downloads for Super Monkey Ball, though no time-frame was given.

Competition in the App Store has already led some developers to make pricing adjustments to their applications, and Apple’s implementation of download stats for developers may cause this to happen more frequently. If there’s an app that you really want but can’t quite justify the price, just wait a bit and you’re likely to see the price change, especially if it’s more expensive and not too popular.

Via [MacRumors]