Hi everyone,
I submitted Paparcar: ¿dónde aparcaste?, a community app for finding and sharing parking spots in real time in Madrid. Today I got the email saying it wasn't selected. That's fine, there were thousands of great apps and limited prizes.
What bothers me is something else. Since the submission deadline, I haven't seen any sign of judges using the app: no new accounts or activity during the review window. I know judges could have reviewed it in ways that don't show up in my analytics (the video, the store listing, testing without signing up), so I'm not claiming nobody looked. But I can't tell either way, and the rejection email says no individual feedback will be given.
So I'm curious:
Did any of you see clear judge activity (sign-ups, sandbox purchases, reviews) in your apps?
Does anyone know how the judging pipeline works? For example, is there a first screening before hands-on testing?
A suggestion for future editions: even a simple "your app was tested hands-on" or "your app was screened out at stage X" would go a long way. Nobody expects detailed feedback for thousands of apps, but knowing whether your app was actually opened would make the effort feel respected.
Congrats to everyone who shipped. Building and launching an app is hard, prize or not.
