My Logos Mobile Store Experience
I rarely use the IOS mobile app store. Today, I decided to allow about one minute to find a book on compassion.
- Intuitively, I selected the hamburger menu.
- At the bottom of the "Popular" section, I found "Store." Good.
- Opening the store, was met with "Logos Fundamentals." What? I already own everything in that plus a good deal more.
- I glanced around for a Search box, magnifying glass, something. I found nothing.
- I scrolled to the very bottom, baffled. No way to search anywhere obvious. Should I give up? Not I!
- Taking a quick long shot, I expanded "All Resources." Aha! A search field!
- I typed compassion. No results. Should I give up? Not I!
- I must have done something wrong. Maybe All Resources somehow wasn't really from the store. Maybe I somehow ended up in Advert-ville. I hunted here and there for another way to the real store. Should I give up? Not I!
- Undaunted, I went to the home page. Hunted here and there, and finally clicked the Settings Gear. Yes! I see "Store!" Confident I might have a better store experience, I clicked the Store. Absolutely nothing happened. Then I remembered that I was editing Sections on the Home page. My dumb. However, I did add "Store" to my Home Page.
- I clicked store from the home page. To know more about this new store experience goto #3 above, elseif you don't want to know more, then continue.
- I gave up on the mobile app store and opened the store on my PC. The website worked great!
Short version:
1. Searching the store on my phone is a pain to use, and results returned are a fraction of what is available.
2. Why?
3. Suggestion. Add a magnifying glass to the top left of the main store screen.
Comments
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Hmmm .... I missed search too.
I also didn't realize mobile prices are inflated over web prices. And they just moved the store button forward. Hope folks don't use it.
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Searching the store on my phone is a pain to use, and results returned are a fraction of what is available. Why?
Apple does not allow apps such as Logos to sell resources without the app giving Apple a significant cut. The resources available on the Faithlife iOS App Store are intentionally limited. They are primarily there for mobile only users to help bring them into FL ecosphere.
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Apple does not allow apps such as Logos to sell resources without the app giving Apple a significant cut.
I recognize this. I'd just be plenty PO'd if I bought Navarre Bible for $299 on FL's app, and the same app developer (FL) sells it for $219. I think a west coast court recently rulled against Apple's no-refer rule. But I'm glad (and FL is glad) I don't work for them ... too much slippery this and that.
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Make the "Store" be a browser link to open the FL store online. Everyone wins.
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