How does IQ store determine which section the app belongs in? Meaning is there any way for the developer to indicate "Weather at a Glance" or "Data Rich Watch Faces"?
The only controls we have are the categories when submitting the app, the problem is - I indicated "Digital", and the app was there initially, and trending, but now it's gone and there's no way for the users to find it unless they specifically search for it.
Thanks
In the case of "Weather at a Glance" there are two things -
the category:
And the app type needs to be a widget.
As far as other categories, sometimes you can select sub categories and need…
There is a bit of a feedback loop here, where if an app is shown in categories, people see it, then download it, helping it stay visible. Not much can be done about that.
When it comes to updating an app…
The categorization is based on category mapping. I've suggested on numerous occasions to get rid of this mapping but i guess it would be too easy to be able to directly select the category your app belongs…
In the case of "Weather at a Glance" there are two things -
the category:
And the app type needs to be a widget.
As far as other categories, sometimes you can select sub categories and need to look around:
and in this case, it needs to be a device app.
In general, within a category, remember you are often there with hundreds of other apps set the same way - like Digital Watch faces - and being near the front of that line looks to be based on things including downloads since last update, reviews, etc. Doing nothing more than just updating your app in the store can also bump you off the list.
When you do "More" on something, you can see the first 100 or so apps in that category, but like I said, in the case of digital, there are easily thousands of WF in that list.
Trending is based on reviews, and changes often, as all it takes is a few reviews of other things to bump you off the list
