There’s a very good article over at macenstein about this whole Wobble vs. iJiggles thingy. It is a very good read: http://macenstein.com/default/archives/2484

I sent them a bit of a clarification email which I’ve reprinted here:

Hey Doc,

That was a VERY good article. It was very well balanced and fair. You are
absolutely right that this is completely immature.

I would like to clarify a few bits though, if you don’t mind:

1. My name isn’t Tod Martin. It’s Tod Baudais.

2. iJiggles was never intended as a “boob app”. It was originally developed as
an image manipulation toy – hence the interface. I did realize, however, that
it would probably used for boobs 90% of the time at first, but I was hoping
that it would wear off and people would find more entertaining uses for it.
The whole concept of a “Toy” is why the interface is how it is. It was meant
to be fun. At the same time I realize it is not for everyone. This “not a boob
app” thinking is why the first images of the app on the app store were of my
6 month old son.

3. I’m a little disappointed in Jon for his comparison of Wobble vs iJiggles.
I have an equally biased image here: http://www.smellslikedonkey.com/images/interpolation.jpg.
In fact, his image shows a feature of iJiggles! It allows you to push and
stretch images like they were putty which he has obviously done here. That
and this screenshot is from iJiggles 1.0. The new version is MUCH smoother
and prettier. Shame on him for misrepresenting this.

4. Speaking of features, iJiggles does everything that Wobble does and a lot
more. He makes no mention of the iJiggles stretch mode (which he used in his
comparison), the “inflation” feature, full support for multi-touch, interactive
simulation, settings for springiness, camera interface right within the app,
etc. Instead his argument is always “it does boobs” which iJiggles does as well.

5. His assertion that any sales spike can be attributed to his name and he is
absolutely right – sales stayed flat at around 100 copies a day. Some noise,
but nothing to write home about. Maybe there’s a lesson in there for other
developers. In the end it doesn’t really matter though, the whole point of
the name change wasn’t to drive sales, but to send a clear message to play
fair.

The funny thing about this whole episode is that on thursday, I was content
to let iJiggles fade out of existence. I’ve made more than I put into it and
I wasn’t willing to go the full distance and market it as a boob app. But the
name change on Friday, the personal attacks and weak legal threats from Jon
is what has inspired all of this. So the blog will stay up and the bully will
get a little bit of bad press.

So what is next? I think he got a taste of his own medicine. I’ll change the
name of iJiggles back at some point – iJiggles-3D-Wobble *is* a stupid name
after all. I’m also thinking of adding a “Wobble Mode” that changes the
interpolation scheme a bit – without all of the ugly artifacts of course
I’m also pondering a free, ad-supported version. We’ll see.

Take care,
Tod B.