The Ongoing Saga of ZATZ – And a Solution…

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On October 18, 2008

Let’s face it, there is a whole lot of garbage coming in to the App Store every single day. Day after day, new applications appear and a large number of them are absolute garbage. Don’t get me wrong- there are a few stellar ones, but unfortunately, those are the exception, not the rule.

And if that’s not bad enough, there are certain developers who are responsible for an abundance of these crApp Apps.

A number of weeks ago I wrote about one of the biggest offenders, ZATZ Publishing. This developer had basically been releasing a number of apps every single week that do exactly the same thing- it tells you how many days there are until some upcoming event. Each ”new“ app had a different name, a different event to count down to, and a new image. Of course, the developer charged an additional $.99 too. At the time, there were just four such apps. That was bad. Since then… that number has grown to 31 different ”apps“.  ZATZ’s just wrong! 

I have a hard time believing that anyone is actually spending .99 on any one of their awful apps, but the degree of app-pollution this company ZATZ Publishing is spewing is a joke.

It gets better, however…

This past week saw the release of a similar application. Like ZATZ’s crApps, this app tells you how many days there are until some upcoming event. The difference here is that this isn’t a crApp App. Why? Because this new application allows you to determine which event you are counting toward. According to its description…

Day Count is an app with one purpose: to count the days until you reach a goal. You set a completion date and the name of the goal or event, and Day Count does the rest. It evens shows you the remaining days that were computed the last time the app was run on a small icon on your home screen.

While I don’t see this app being useful for me, I can see how it might be great for some. This single app does exactly what ZATZ’s 31 (and growing) crApps do. In fact, it does it better and with a less cartoonish graphic. 

It is why I was going to call this post– "This app makes those apps look like even bigger crApp apps.

What I really want to see is an app called ”Dat’s Until Apple Gets Rid of ZATZ“

Get Day Count Here