As I keep browsing the App Store to find more interesting applications, I find my self wondering exactly what criteria Apple is using to place the various applications in each category.
It’s not the actual application category or sub-category that I find strange, but the generic categories:
- All iPhone Applications
- All iPod Touch Applications
- All Free Applications
- New
Some of the sortings make sense. For instance, the application AirMe shows up in the All Free Applications and the All iPhone Applications groups, yet it fails to show up in the New group. Since this application is only listed as compatible with the iPhone it makes sense to not be listed in the iPod Touch Applications group, but it doesn’t seem to make any sense to not be listed under the New group, especially since there are older applications that are listed.
The application Firebox, shows up in the All iPod Touch Applications group and the All iPhone Applications group. This is appropriate, since Firebox is listed as compatible with both platforms, however it doesn’t show up in the New group, which is quite odd since it has a release date of today, July 18, 2008.
I really hope that this gets sorted out soon, since it is making it more difficult to find interesting applications and may be costing developers if the applications aren’t free.
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