Searching for "Affinity Designer" on the Apple Store

[awakenedbyowls]

Sorry I don't know where else to put this thread

I just went on the Apple Store to look for the new Affinity apps and I did a search for "Affinity Designer" and what the search filters throw up?

Adobe + other graphic designs apps. No Affinity! Nothing. Nada.

You guys at Serif know about this?

Did this happen because I already have Affinity on my iPad?

Still doesn't seem right because I was searching for the 2.0 apps. These can be found through a more specific search though like "Affinity Designer 2 for iPad". I could speculate another reason why I think this happened..

Anyone else seeing this when they do this search?

[stokerg]

Hi @awakenedbyowls,

Try searching for Affinity Designer 2 and it should then show up  

[awakenedbyowls]

Just now, stokerg said:

Hi @awakenedbyowls,

Try searching for Affinity Designer 2 and it should then show up  

I did of course refine my search parameters (as I said) however this is not the point I'm making. A search for "Affinity Designer" should show both the 1.0 and 2.0 Apps at the top of the search. I noticed also a more refined search also throws up Adobe as the first result. Just letting you know, I guess you might have already been aware. 

I don't know if this is because Adobe are paying Apple for the advertising, but there is also an ethical dimension to this - not least for software developers but for customers who are looking for something (and not finding what they are looking for because Big Tech rules the world)

[stokerg]

Just now, awakenedbyowls said:

A search for "Affinity Designer" should show both the 1.0

Nope it won't as V1 has been removed from sale, so V1 it won't show up at all, unless you have brought V1 and look at your previous purchases in the App Store.  So now, you would need to search for Affinity Designer 2 for it to show up.

[awakenedbyowls]

4 minutes ago, stokerg said:

Nope it won't as V1 has been removed from sale, so V1 it won't show up at all, unless you have brought V1 and look at your previous purchases in the App Store.  So now, you would need to search for Affinity Designer 2 for it to show up.

So I can't install V1 on another iPad now - and if I delete V1 from my current iPad then I can't get it back? 

[stokerg]

Just now, awakenedbyowls said:

So I can't install V1 on another iPad now

Nope that's not correct, you can install it on another iPad, as long as you use the same Apple ID you purchased Affinity V1 on the other iPad and view the purchased app history in the App Store, you'll be able to reinstall version 1.  

[awakenedbyowls]

Fair enough

[fde101]

It should really show up without needing to type the "2" - as it was a very new release I had initially assumed the App Store indexing was still catching up.

Sometimes new releases take a while to start showing up in the search results, much as updates don't always get listed in the "Updates" section for everyone at the same time.

However, it does seem like it has been long enough by now?

[awakenedbyowls]

Thank you. I guess Adobe/Apple are getting worried about the competition. I might therefore posit that this was not an oversight.

[awakenedbyowls]

I wonder what the rules on monopolies would have to say about this?

[Scapa]

@stokerg I don't want to tell you how to run your business, but quiet honestly - as posted here - forcing the user to enter the "2" (version number) to their search term in order to find what they are looking for WITHOUT having to scroll to entry 52 (Photo) or even higher (Designer) - which I doubt many will do, if any - is both lost (gain of) market share and missed revenue. In fact you are pushing potential clients towards the completion - which rank much higher for what should be YOUR search term!

Again, that's not our (users) call, but being a developer myself I can't see why I would take that hit. 

I hope this doesn't sound rude in any way - at least it's not meant to!

Edited November 10, 2022 by Scapa
added: - which rank much higher for what should be YOUR search term