Shelly Palmer

Amazing Alex and the cruelty of the mobile app market

Amazing Alex

18 days after it debuted in the iOS App Store, “Amazing Alex” has dropped to No.10 on Apple’s (AAPL) paid iOS app chart and to No.99 on Apple’s list of top-grossing apps. Rovio’s new franchise launched in a blaze of publicity two weeks ago, hitting the No.1 position a mere eight hours after it became available. The developer’s original mega hit, “Angry Birds,” took more than four months to reach the top of the chart — but once it did, it stayed in the top-10 for more than two years. Yes, Rovio’s first franchise stayed in the top-10 for two years — and its second will fall out of the top-10 after just a few weeks. Read the full story at Boy Genius Report.