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Re: I want to change my app category. What are the main consequences?
KMT Oct 14, 2016 9:22 AM (in response to rcassinellim)'category' is locked, meaning an update/new version has to be pushed in order to change that meta data.
'reviews' will follow the app, but as they are version-specific, they are tied to the version they were received for.
We assume ranking is affected when a new version is pushed, but the store is a black box otherwise.
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Re: I want to change my app category. What are the main consequences?
rcassinellim Oct 14, 2016 9:44 AM (in response to KMT)Thanks! Sure, my plan is to change it when I ship the new version, not a problem there.
I am more worried about How Apple might react to this change when reviewing it and consequences to the ranking, besides the fact that is a new version which I am used to.
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Re: I want to change my app category. What are the main consequences?
KMT Oct 14, 2016 10:30 AM (in response to rcassinellim)>worried about How Apple might react to this change when reviewing it
AFAIK, app review may only 'react' if you make a major blunder by picking a category that obviously has nothing to do with your app. I've changed categories in the past with no evidence review cared, but I tried to be reasonable with those changes.
And again, I believe ranking is tied to the version, regardless of category change because you can't change one without the other. A new version gets to build rankings from scratch.
You can't be #1 in games and move to utilities and expect to be #1 there by default...right?
> and consequences to the ranking
Ranking is zero'd when you update the version, regardless if you change category, so at that point category change is a non-factor in ranking.
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Re: I want to change my app category. What are the main consequences?
LDeane Jan 17, 2017 5:30 PM (in response to rcassinellim)One of my greatest frustrations with the app store is that categories have no value whatsoever. Search results are not grouped by category, so games typically swamp all search results and all categories along with it. Apple should sort iTunes Store app search results by category instead of just providing a long list. It would allow searchers to find the type of app they're actually looking for, and allow non-game developers' apps to get discovered easier. Grrrrrr.
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Re: I want to change my app category. What are the main consequences?
MBGames Feb 13, 2019 11:35 PM (in response to rcassinellim)I don't think this is true anymore. We've changed one of our apps category and we lost our rankings for that category (zero'd).
Now we want to go back to the original category but are unsure if we're gonna get back our original ranking or start from scratch.
Can anyone please confirm this?