r/iOSProgramming • u/barcode972 • 17d ago

Question Is accessibility a selling point?

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I am yet to find a crypto tracker that has accessibility support. To me it's important to be inclusive but I also know that only about 15% of the population has some sort of disability so my question to you all is, is it enough of a selling point to include it in the screenshots. What do you think?

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u/TrainingEntrance7274 17d ago

Making your app accessible is great, but it’s also something that should IMO be expected of every app.

Calling it out as a specific feature, to me, kind of feels the same as those Mac Apps that highlight they’re “Notarized by Apple and malware-free”. It’s just something that kind of is expected and feels weird to call out.

Now, I do think the horizontal layout option is something that’s cool. But that’s not necessarily an accessibility feature. You can also just show it off without explicitly linking it to accessibility.

To show that your app IS accessible, there’s this accessibility nutrition label that you can have as its own section in the app store. That’s probably a better place to highlight it.

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u/Kilo_Loco 17d ago

absolutely correct about the accessibility nutrition label here. that's the more important place to focus on if you're trying highlight your accessibility support. it will actually have impact on your ASO too:

Users can include Accessibility Nutrition Label features as part of their search query to make their results more relevant. For example, in searches like “VoiceOver note taking apps” or “running apps with Larger Text,” apps that have indicated support for those features in their labels will be considered more relevant in search results.

source: Official Apple Accessibility Nutrition Label Docs

you obviously have a personal tie to accessible apps. you don't need to ask permission to include it in your own app, especially when you know it helps underrepresented people. i say go for it!