Check the acquisition promise
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Flying Media Group, LLC · iOS
Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.
01 / Creative research
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.
Browse observed advertisers ↗Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.
Review the market context ↗02 / Storefront & product
Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.
03 / Market context
Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.
Update: It is now 2 weeks after the last iOS version came out & surprise, surprise, I still can’t open Finescale Modeler or restore my purchases if I can get it to open from the app store. I don’t think the folks that are supposed to take care of these problems have a clue what’s happening. Once again an iOS update has caused Finescale Modeler to crash & burn. Now it seems that NOTHING will make it work. I have uninstalled & reinstalled the app several times without success. If I uninstall & reinstall, I have to use the app store to open the magazine. The issues are all locked. If I try to verify my purchases, it goes to the opening page & stalls. It’s obvious from the constant problems that whoever is responsible doesn’t care whether it works or not.
I know print media companies are struggling these days and I tried to support these guys but this is ridiculous. I’ve had this app for several years and have paid for many articles that are now completely inaccessible. It appears that the developer has no Interest in fixing it. I’ll chock up my losses and if I want to see builds of models or find modeling tips I guess I’ll just have to use the internet...for free. I don’t know what I’ll do without being spammed on every other page with advertisements. Which ironically is why I thought you “pay” for a subscription to begin with, so as to avoid all the ads. These guys want the best of both worlds, my dollars and advertising dollars. Then not to even support the app that I have to pay for every month??? Yeah, I can see these guys going the way of the dinosaurs and it’s been a long time coming.
Since the update I've not been able to do anything with the app. Removing and reinstalling does not work, restoring purchases does not work, login does not work. I can get as far as the loading screen (the P51 model) and watch a little spinning thing spin. I have been going back and forth with the publisher who has gone back and forth with the developer who claims nothing is broken. This will be my last subscription with Kalmbach.
FineScale Modeler teaches you to build models of aircraft, armor, ships and more. Clear articles show you how to assemble, paint, and finish the lates...
| Name | Price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| FineScale Modeler (Monthly) | $3.99 | Monthly |
| July 2013 | $5.99 | One-time |
| March 2014 | $5.99 | One-time |
| May 2016 | $6.99 | One-time |
| April 2016 | $6.99 | One-time |
| Build Better Models | $7.99 | One-time |
| Build Better Models 2 | $7.99 | One-time |
| Experts Guide to Superdetailing | $9.99 | One-time |
| The Ultimate Guide to Finishing | $9.99 | One-time |
| FineScale Modeler (Annual) | $39.95 | Yearly |