Feeds link directly to the desired application inside the App Store

Jul 17, 2008 10:50 GMT  ·  By

Along with the release of the iTunes App Store, a logical necessity for handheld owners browsing the application venue was an RSS feed for apps. In a natural approach, the guys at Pinch Media have set up not one, but four such RSS iPhone app feeds for handheld owners, enabling them to view the newest software additions by multiple categories.

"We're happy to announce today the release of a few new RSS feeds which provide a way to view activity in the Apple App Store without having to load up iTunes or the App Store on the iPhone yourself," Pinch Media says. "We just started aggregating this data yesterday so the updated application feed is only based off of applications we've seen updated since yesterday. This feed will grow as we discover more applications releasing updated versions."

The feeds below link to a list of the newest applications and newly updated applications, respectively. Pinch Media informs that the links inside both of these feeds will take you directly to the App Store, where the apps are just a tap away from becoming yours.

New applications feed

Updated applications feed

"If you're using NetNewsWire on the iPhone, you'll need to click 'Open in Safari' for it to work," Pinch Media notes. "Loading the feed directly in mobile safari and clicking will load the application in the App Store just fine," the providers of the feeds assure users.

These two feeds below are updated nightly and show the top 100 list of free and paid applications. Also displayed is their ranking, as of when Pinch Media updated the list the previous day. Like the previous two feeds, the application titles take you straight to their downloadable selves within the confines of the App Store.

Top 100 free applications

Top 100 paid applications

You may use the feeds to your heart's content. They are free of charge.