Comments on: Apple Posts Top App Store Download Lists

By: The Top iPhone Apps of 2008 | iPhone Sync

The Top iPhone Apps of 2008 | iPhone Sync — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:12:45 +0000

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By: mainstreetmark

mainstreetmark — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:32 +0000

How many iPhone exist? I'd like to see some of these downloads expressed as a percentage. So, like 4.5M downloads seems like it's gotta be around 40% of all iPhones.

Of course, the light version was one of the first apps available, so it could be everywhere.

By: Fat Phil

Fat Phil — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:54:42 +0000

Skippy… go stand in the corner!

By: skippy

skippy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:10:21 +0000

I have no idea whether or not the Labyrinth sales claims are legit but a clock as counter in and of itself doesn't mean they're lying. A "world population" counter at a museum doesn't actually update as each kid is born, right?

By: Fjölnir

Fjölnir — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:41:31 +0000

Actually, if you read through http://labyrinth.codify.se/js/counter.js you'll see that the counter is indeed just fake.

This is the line that generates a number of downloads from the current time/date:
curCount = count+Math.round((today.getTime()-countFromDate.getTime())/(speed))

By: Fat Phil

Fat Phil — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:53:09 +0000

Labryinth is a timer, anyone can see that.

I'm just as suprised as many of you at some of the results, but maybe I should remind you all that the App Store is a popularity contest, not a quality means test.

All it says to me is, the human race still has a long way to go….:P

By: your personal robot

your personal robot — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:55:02 +0000

@Tetrad:
Yes, it's definetly just a counter clock!
So they are faking the numbers! Really lame!

By: Las mejores aplicaciones del 2008 para el iPhone y el iPod Touch | Mac User Boricua

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:51:13 +0000

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By: MrBlue

MrBlue — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:34:23 +0000

Labyrinth says it counts _all_ downloads. There's a lite version that probably get a ton of downloads. But even with the lite version excluded, they are still probably up 1mil+.

By: Tetrad

Tetrad — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:30:43 +0000

@Killquake: I actually was curious about that so I looked at the code for their page and the only thing the counter does is increment the counter by 1 every few seconds or so with a starting value of 2 million or so at some given date.