Comments on: Genius App Recommendations Showing Up in Emails Now Too

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:27:11 +0000

I'm getting it now – thanks to several of you who have pointed this out. I guess I was assuming too much – assuming it was already making use of the newly turned on Genius for App Store features of 3.1 within these email recommendations.

By: Cihan Aksoylu

Cihan Aksoylu — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:58:57 +0000

This feature was there since day 1…

By: Obee1

Obee1 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:51:19 +0000

Wouldn't know. Happily jailbroken and waiting on the dev team. The new things included in 3.1 aren't as good as the programs I'd be giving up if I upgraded.

By: OurielOhayon

OurielOhayon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:24:02 +0000

Patrick, iTunes invoices have always shown recommendations for other apps, They have just repackaged it a little. I am not sure how relevant is the context for discovering apps. Would be curious to know their conversion rate, knowing that the very large part of mobile apps are downloaded from the iPhone and not from the computer

By: Rxmxsh

Rxmxsh — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:17:32 +0000

In reply to Dustin. In the appstore on the phone, under featured - at the top. you'll see genius listed.

By: aflorence

aflorence — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:42:24 +0000

In reply to Dustin. iPhone OS 3.1 -> App Store icon -> Genius Tab bar option. Also, I guess the web and email recommendations are now part of Genius.

By: aflorence

aflorence — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:39:18 +0000

But recommendations have always been a part of the iTunes invoice emails. This isn't anything new unless they've just improved the algorithm and renamed it Genius.

By: Frank Catalano

Frank Catalano — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:31:43 +0000

I like it so far… Genius has actually been pretty accurate recommending me apps based on what I have purchased already. Like you said, you can never have enough ways to reccomend apps. Plus I also use Bargain Bin which is great.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:24:39 +0000

I don't even see any app genius?! How do I access it?

By: Rxmxsh

Rxmxsh — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:58:14 +0000

Haven't really been using it. I find my apps via twitter, eic, here, etc. I don't hunt that often…