Thanks to the efforts of Brandon Mol and a few dedicated testers, AutoRate 1.5.0 is ready for public consumption. Sporting a brand new rating algorithm and shiny new interface, this new version features more intelligent, more adjustable rating.

After a long hiatus, it’s time for a new version of AutoRate!

AutoRate 1.5.0 introduces a new, more sophisticated rating formula, thanks to the fantastic efforts of Brandon Mol (read about his changes here). It’s still currently in beta, until it can be confidently dubbed bug free.

Download the AutoRate 1.5.0 beta over at the Google Code project.

Update: Beta 2 now available, which fixes a bug with the min/max rating setting.

Last Thursday I did an interview with Dan Grigsby from Mobile Orchard; the interview is now online.

Highlights from this interview include: From UIView to OpenGL: the seven different implementations it took to finalize its unique ? and Best App Ever award-nominated ? UI. From audio-queues to Remote IO: the four different architectural approaches he tried before finalizing audio subsystems. The travails of trying to implement echo cancelation. The business of making a living off of a $10 app

Listen to it here, or subscribe in iTunes (30 min.)

This is part 2 of a series following the development of Loopy, my iPhone app.

In part 1, I wrote about Loopy’s interface. Part 2 will be more technical, and will cover some challenges encountered during the evolution of Loopy from concept and mockup to working software. Or, more specifically, the stupid things I did along the way.