I noticed the same thing. Let me share a few stats for my app.
The active rate from 40% to a 32%, but at the same time the overall
rating has gone up a little bit, from about 4.22 to 4.33 as shown by
AppBrain, so the overall rating is more 5 stars than 4.
There isn't a single bad comment posted, literally everything is >= 4
stars since the early problematic days when I had a few FC bugs. I
get one rating for about 1 in 36 downloads and one comment in probably
1 in 100.
So it's either that 2 out of 3 people download my app and they don't
like it and uninstall it, but don't bother giving it a low rating or
comment, or that the install count is shown to be too high.
As I have mentioned it previously, as I am having a problem with my
app buried so deep into cr*p on the Android Market, that I actually
very surprised that as many people would "discover" it daily as they
do. My app is doing much better on AppBrain placement-wise and it's
actually one of the top apps in its category and would most likely be
evaluated by people who are doing comparission shopping in this
category.
My gut feeling is that the download numbers on the Android Market are
probably twice of the true number for whatever reason. I just cannot
believe that 2 out of 3 users thought the app was bad enough where
even the free version was not worth keeping, but do not reflect this
in their rating. While, obviously, I am a bit biased, I still think
the app is extremely good and does exactly what it promises in its
description.
If you are curious about my app, I'd be happy to tell you its name in
a private e-mail, as I don't want to use this forum as marketing tool.
On Aug 15, 8:13 am, "{ Devdroid }" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 15 August 2010 09:40, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Back to the original question... yes, I've also noticed a bit of a dip
> > in the active install % for my paid apps, though can't be sure exactly
> > when this happened. I also find it hard to believe that so many people
> > buy the app, don't cancel/refund, and then uninstall.
>
> I did some checks on our stats and I tend to admit there's something
> wrong with that counter. I see downloads increasing on regular
> rate but installs go up smaller, at the same time i see no negative
> comments nor anything that would indicate app failures that could
> lead to mass uninstall.
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