A few years back I launched a course on building a successful iPhone app. It was called iPhone App Rockstar. I’ve since retired the course, but I thought it would be useful for developers and entrepreneurs out there if I shared the resources page from inside the members area. The course cost $69 and I still have the videos if you would like access to them, just send me a message.

Tools for wire framing

• Balsamiq
• MockingBird
• Cacoo
• Gliffy
• Balsamiq Mockups To Go
• Pencil Project
• iMockups
• MockApp

Tools for testing

• TestFlight – make sure you tell your developer to use this for when testing your app.

App Design

• App Design Vault – get a great looking app design using these pre-built themes and save a lot of money compared to hiring a designer to theme your app.

Tools for analysing stats

• App Annie – Allows you to track downloads of your app
• AppFigures
• Google Analytics
• Mixpanel
• Flurry

Websites for hiring developers

• Odesk
• Elance
• Freelancer
• Theymakeapps
• Getappsdone
• Guru.com

Developer’s blogs

Some developers share incredible insights in to their app development process. Subscribe to these blogs!

• Creative Algorithms Blog
• TapTapTap

iPhone App blogs

• Mobile Orchard
• SmashApp
• TUAW

Contact numbers for Apple

• Worldwide Telephone Support

Launch page websites

• Launch Effect App
• Launch Rock

App review blogs

• 148Apps
• Appolicious
• AppAdvice
• Touch Arcade
• AppStorm
• AppScout
• AppVee
• AppStoreApps
• FreshApps
• iPhoneAppReview
• AppCraver

YouTube channels

• AppStore Reviewer
• Crazy Mike’s Apps
• AppVee
• Today’s iPhone
• UniqueApps

Online app creation websites

App Api’s

• Urban Airship
• Cloud Made iPhone Maps SDK
• Prowl push notifications
• Socialize
• AppiRater – code to request reviews from users
• Shinobi Controls
• Parse Push

App Store SEO

Sites that allow you to track your search rankings in the app store.

• AppCodes.es
• MobileDevHQ

App Translation

It’s surprisingly cheap to translate your app description in to different languages. Translating the app itself costs a little more but you may find it worth it to reach a bigger market.

• OneSkyApp

Interesting reading

• How $96,000 can buy you a top 10 ranking in US app store
• How popular must your app be to make it in the top rankings? – This would confirm our recent results. We got 9,000 paid downloads and secured a top 6 spot. On day 2 we got around 4,000 downloads and we stayed at the top 6 as the results are averaged out.
• 7 ways to make money from your app without ads
• This is how you get 500,000 installs in one day
• $700,000 revenue per day
• Half of revenue generated by iOS and Android developers goes to just 25 developers
• Cross promotion – the future for mobile app developers