• iPhone App Developers Consolidate: Double Encore Buys Up Massively Overrated

    Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

    Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    iPhone app developer and consultancy Double Encore has acquired fellow iPhone app developer Massively Overrated. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

    Massively Overrated has developed Coathangr, which is designed to serve fashion-centric microblogger; and the iPhone version of Typewar, a multiplayer typography game that is popular with graphic designers. Double Encore has developed a number of popular iPhone apps including the PGA Championship application for Turner Sports, the NBA Game Time iPhone and iPad applications for NBA Digital and the Brightkite iPhone app.

    Double Encore, which recently ventured into iPad app design and development, says that revenues are up 220% from last year. The acquisition of Massively Overrated just expands its offerings and resources to create popular apps for both the iPhone and iPad.

    With so many app developers around the Apple ecosystem, it makes sense for smaller iPhone app developers to pool their resources and talent and consolidate. I suspect we may be seeing more acquisitions and mergers in the near future.

    Company: Double Encore
    Website: doubleencore.com
    Launch Date: July 15, 2008
    Funding: $25k

    Double Encore was one of the early movers in the iPhone app consulting space. The company has a design-driven process, which it believes results in higher quality apps. The company also focuses on iPhone strategy through a program called “Start to Market” which recognizes that high-quality development alone does not guarantee success on the App Store. Double Encore is perhaps most well known for developing the 91st PGA Championship application for Turner Sports. Additionally, the company...

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    Launch Date: July 20, 2009

    Massively Overrated is an iPhone app development shop in Denver, CO.

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