Strange download figures... Plus FREE games! :)

Asobu_GamesAsobu_Games PRO Posts: 261
edited March 2012 in Announce Your Game!
I have some strange figures here and would love some general feedback. I made both of my games free for the weekend. I posted separately about the 2 apps on twitter and facebook. Neither app had any special treatment or promotion. However, usually when they go free, one of the apps gets about 10x more downloads than the other. Last night this was even more one-sided and I recieved 500 downloads for the first app and only 5 for the other! That's 100x more!

Personally I think the 2nd app is better. So my question is, can anyone see any reason why the second app does so much worse than the first? Is it the icon? The name? The space theme? I'd love some opinions! Names and icons below. By the way please feel free to download either of these while they are free:

Ninja Tap: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ninja-tap/id456621642?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/one-giant-leap/id487161722?mt=8

Ninja Tap (500 free downloads/day)
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One Giant Leap (5 downloads) :(
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Comments

  • fzeedfzeed Member Posts: 247
    Prob the word Ninja in the title...lol
  • itwebsolutionitwebsolution Member Posts: 40
    Yep, I am thinking that the word "Ninja" is making the difference in the search results leading to the downloads. People probably want to download Fruit Ninja and then see your game and think, "Ninjas are cool, I should check out all of the these cool looking Ninja games listed here until I have to expand the search screen..."
  • Asobu_GamesAsobu_Games PRO Posts: 261
    Hmm I was thinking that might be the case. A very interesting lesson to be learned if true. The name might be even more crucial than the icon for success. Maybe I'll call my next game 'Doodle ninja jetpack birds infinity' :P
  • itwebsolutionitwebsolution Member Posts: 40
    That might be taken!
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