Attribution for a custom iOS app

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I’m part of a group that maintains a TestFlight build of NetNewsWire with fixes and customizations. We’re going to publish the app in the App Store. How do you want us to attribute your app in our about screen?

We don’t want people to confuse our customized build with NetNewsWire. We’re setting the price at $100 to discourage purchases but donate most of the money. Only about 1/3 of our 700 users are interested in converting.

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Thanks for asking!

First thing — the name should not include NetNewsWire or anything like it (NetNewsFire, for instance, would be too confusing). I figure you’ve already got that part dealt with, but thought I should mention it just in case.

Second thing — here’s how I’d like the attribution to read. This app is based on the NetNewsWire open source project, but is not a part of that project. If the word NetNewsWire can be a link, it should link to https://netnewswire.com/ — but if it can’t be a link, add a button or something that opens https://netnewswire.com/ in the browser.

Last thing — I’m super curious. What are the fixes and customizations?

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We’ll comply with that and post screenshots of the App Store description and app before publishing. Thank you for developing this app!

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We have a small set of fixes. Most of the patches are design changes.

  • Patches pulled from NetNewsWire PRs
  • Prevent 429 rate limiting for metadata on services like GitHub
  • Remove read items in pull to refresh when filter is unread only
  • Columns in landscape mode
  • Text wrap for the git commit message on GitHub commit feeds
  • Show YouTube video links as video embeds
  • Article layout changes
  • Localization

Timeline Layout

  • Disable unread dot
  • Dim read items like Reeder
  • Ungrouped folder list view like Reeder
  • Favicon borders like Feedbin
  • Vertical align favicon to first title line like Feedbin
  • Blog favicons
  • YouTube channel favicons
  • Podcast episode favicons
  • Customize text size of title description author/date
  • Customize number of lines of title description
  • SF icons and icon colors for smart feeds
  • Change favicon size slider to buttons for xs sm md

Article Layout

  • Theme switcher
  • Disable swipe navigation
  • Disable article navigation buttons
  • Disable next article button

App Settings

  • Soft white and dark gray themes from Feedbin
  • Customize accent and link colors
  • Customize app icon color
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Thanks for that list!

Another thing I thought of: please don’t include NetNewsWire in your user-agent. (You probably already thought of that, but I figured I’d mention it just in case.)

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Another thing — if you have article themes that are compatible with NetNewsWire, it would be a nice gesture to the community if you made those publicly available.