Features of the iOS 6 App Store

The Apple App Store has always won recognition as one of the best marketplaces for downloading mobile applications. After the launch of the latest version of Apple’s operating system, iOS 6, the App Store has experienced one of its major overhauls. The change in the design has led to significant improvements in the features provided by the Apple App Store. The under the hood changes introduced in the redesigned version has drawn an increasing number of mobile users towards trying the added features of the iOS 6 App Store. Below is a brief review of Apple’s new creation:

1. A revamped user interface – The most notable feature of the new iOS 6 App Store is the redesigned UI. The change in the user interface was introduced by Apple immediately after its acquiring of the Chomp app. According to reports of mobile market researchers, the developers of the Chomp application had been working in coordination with Apple to deliver the new store experience that one now enjoys as part of iOS 6. Indeed, most of the user interface features of the redesigned App Store have been inspired from the Chomp application. Some notable UI changes that a user will notice are:

2. The ‘categories’ tab has been replaced with the ‘genius’ tab. Under this, the featured apps appear as a slideshow from the top of the screen. The user can also avail the services of curated lists of the most popular iOS mobile applications appearing just below the featured app section.

3. The ‘top 25 / top charts’ tab has been removed to be replaced with ‘charts’. Under the improved version, the free, paid, and top grossing segments appear in vertical columns; this means that a user will no longer have to scroll horizontally for taking a look at the features of the iOS apps listed in the ‘charts’ section. This has led to a cleaner, fresher, and more fluid looking UI, rather than a cluttered user interface.

4. The ‘purchased’ section has received an update in design but not in content and functionality. In case of an iCloud integration, all iOS apps that users have installed beforehand or downloaded can now be seen under this tab; just by clicking on the iCloud icon that appears on the right hand corner of the screen can the user install these iOS mobile apps to the current device they are using.

5. Details of the app info pages – The info pages for the iOS apps uploaded to the new iOS 6 App Store has experienced several prominent changes. In the previous App Store versions, a user had to scroll down in order to view information such as screenshots, size, and such other description in details. The ratings button is also present on the same screen unlike the previous App Store versions where users had to visit another page for viewing the app ratings or adding ratings of their own.

The above features are all part of the new refreshing design of the iOS 6 App Store. Though the App Store has always been very popular among iOS mobile application users because of the superior techniques Apple editors use for selection of the software to be uploaded to this marketplace, the iOS 6 App Store update has drawn the attention of an enhanced user base since it is more appealing in design and content.