Spectaculator

Jonathan Needle · iOS

Spectaculator

Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.

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01 / Creative research

Turn the unknowns into a research plan.

01

Check the acquisition promise

Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?

Study the storefront
02

Look for ad evidence

Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.

Browse observed advertisers
03

Separate demand from paid growth

Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.

Review the market context

02 / Storefront & product

Where the click lands.

Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.

Screenshots

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03 / Market context

The business behind the app.

Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.

How Much Does Spectaculator Make?

Monthly Revenue
$1.0K
Annualized estimate
$12.0K
Per Download
$1.00

Platform Performance

🍎iOS
Revenue
$1.0K
Downloads
1.0K
Rating
4.7 (39)

Rating Distribution

4.7
★★★★★
39 reviews
5
5%
4
3%
3
0%
2
5%
1
87%

Top Countries

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Reviews (3)
★★★★Matti Jay12/24/2024
Good, though there must be a way to drag and drop .tap’s and .tzx’s into this app

Recently, I was testing out this app. It has some of the games I still recognize from 10-11 years back. I still remember “Auf Wiedersehen Monty.” Now, when I read about adding games to the emulator, I thought there would be a way to simply have the app display as a “split screen” while simultaneously opening up like “Files” or “Readdle Documents” to drag and drop… not just tap or tzx files, but also simple programs done from scratch. Suppose that feature may need to be added in a new update? If that’s possible? Think about FuseX (the forked version of the UNIX Fuse ZX emulator). On “FuseX 1.6.0 - 4,” .tap and .tzx files can be easily loaded from iCloud storage (for instance). So with Spectaculator, is there like a patch or a way to add an import from file feature? Now because my MacBook Pro runs Monterey 12.7.4, and my iPad Pro runs iPadOS 18.2, a pop up prevents me from opening iTunes just to load tap files onto the iPad Pro that way. So I was wondering if there is a quick alternative to that method in a future update of Spectaculator. An “import from app” feature? An “AirDrop” feature?

★★★★vnizzz9/19/2018
Great app, but lacks support for iPad keyboard

That’s really a great app - the only thing it misses and for me it’s a BIG thing - it’s a support for an actual physical keyboard for an iPad (Like the Apple’s one for iPad Pro). So sad that I have it right here in front of me but should use onscreen one instead. If you could add support for the physical keyboard I would really really appreciate it (and would even pay for it ;) )

★★★★★Lordshadowz11/30/2015
Wow!

I don't know what else to say! I wish other emulators were officially licensed and available like this. All of the games work beautifully. The cost for each game is more than reasonable and really is worth it to enjoy these games again. Really nicely done!

Version History (20)
8.08/1/2024
7.116/28/2024
7.16/24/2024
7.010/15/2015
6.1.03/26/2015
6.0.09/14/2014
5.3.012/12/2013
5.2.210/7/2013
5.2.17/25/2013
5.2.07/6/2013
Available In (115 Countries)
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Supported Languages (1)
English
App Details

Now over 150 licensed ZX Spectrum games available! In April 1982, Sir Clive Sinclair launched what was to become one of the most popular home compute...

iOS App ID
421662150
Content Rating
9+
Min OS
11.0
Size
30.8 MB
In-App Purchases
Yes
Publisher
Jonathan Needle
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In-App Purchases (10)

NamePriceType
Realtime Games Pack$0.99One-time
The Lords Of Midnight$0.99One-time
Skool Daze$0.99One-time
Frank N. Stein$0.99One-time
Zenobi Adventures Vol. 1$1.99One-time
Zenobi Adventures Vol. 2$1.99One-time
Design Design Anthology$1.99One-time
Alternative Software Pack 1$1.99One-time
Odin Anthology$1.99One-time
Vortex Anthology$1.99One-time