App Bazaar

Every App You Need, Minus Thirty Percent

Made by Orchard

Known for

Rejecting apps for 'duplicating core device functionality', then shipping the same feature. A 30 percent cut, plus a rule against telling users it's cheaper on the web. Losing in court over that rule and replacing it with a 27 percent fee for linking out.

Character

A marketplace where Orchard is the landlord, the competition and the referee. Polite, opaque and paid on the way in and the way out. Review notes read like haiku about compliance.