What Makes an App Sticky?

Federico and John look at apps that have been designed for the iPhone X and consider what makes certain apps ‘sticky.’

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Links and Show Notes

Designed for the iPhone X

• iPhone X App Roundup: The Innovative, Beautiful, and Practical

The Apps

• Halide
• Apollo
  • The MacStories review
• Annotable
• Lire RSS reader
• Weather Atlas
• AR MeasureKit
  • The MacStories review
• Glasses by Warby Parker
• Workflow
• Reeder

What Makes an App Sticky?

• Investment in Setup and Customization

  • Airmail
  • Tweetbot
  • Editorial
  • Launch Center Pro
  • Launcher
  • Day One
  • GIFwrapped
  • Evernote
  • Gyroscope

• Exclusive or Best-in-Class Features

  • Overcast
  • Google Docs
  • Twitterrific

• Sharing and Collaboration Features

  • Todoist
  • Trello

• Sunk Costs – Subscription-based apps and services

  • Slack
  • Zapier
  • Inoreader
  • Spotify

• Going Where Your Friends and Family Are

  • WhatsApp
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Telegram

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