We’re so hAPPy! Less than a week after we (re)launched appstatics, more than 20,000 users have actually installed our iPhone app. It was top 10 business apps for a few days in over 15 countries (guess how we found out? hint below)

20 000 users. If those were only mobile app developers it would represent about 10% of the actual iOS developer population out there. That is terrific fantstatics. We have received so much positive feedback (including from some of our direct competitors) that we feel more committed to make it even better [below a screenshot of the news that showed up on Techmeme]

In the very short-term, expect improvements on the user interface. We’ll also be adding missing categories and more accurate data reporting.

Oh yes, we know! Unlike Appsfire, which is built for consumers, we’ll never be an insanely popular app. It is a simple tool for app developers or people interested in the industry. But we want to build the very best companion app to track app store analytics.

We were initially planning to leave Appstatics only free for a week and then price it at $1.99. But we had an even better idea. We’re going to leave it Free for ever. We’ll introduce instead premium features by way of in-app purchases. Features that we’ve already built for ourselves to better track the performance of an app and features we’ll introduce very soon.

And for those who still don’t know what Appstatics does, check out our trailer.

Appstatics free forever. Fanstatics!