Developer experience · Qualitative study

Logic Pluralism in Mobile Platform Ecosystems: A Study of Indie App Developers on the iOS App Store

Information Systems Research · 2017

Yixin Qiu, Anandasivam Gopal, Il-Horn Hann

Original paper ↗

Summary

Indies manage competing professional and market logics while operating under Apple rules.

For your marketing

Possible founder application

Design policies and monetization that respect craft/professional identity as well as growth.

Reported result

What the study found

Indies manage competing professional and market logics while operating under Apple rules.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Qualitative study

Sample and setting

Indie iOS developers

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Indie iOS context.

Research sources

abstract_only

Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.