Tapulous says its series of games have been installed on 20 million iPods and iPhones, and 600 million songs have been played. ComScore says the game is installed on a full 35 percent of all Apple app user's phones or devices.
Even more importantly, the company is now profitable, joining a select few of app developers such as Zynga and PlayFish to make it big and remain profitable.
"It's going to be big and all of a sudden people are going to say, 'holy cow, where did those guys come from?'" adds CEO Bart Decrem.
Tapulous, which can be compared to a Guitar Hero-esque music rhythm game, makes money by charging for special Tap Tap games (such as a Lady Gaga or Dave Mathews Band version), through ad sales, and by selling individual tracks for the game.
Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 20 Dec 2009 14:43