Achievements
Renkara Media Group has been publishing applications for the iPhone and iPod touch from the day that the App Store first opened. Renkara Media Group has delivered over 300 applications since July 2008, has been featured several times by Apple, and maintains consistently high rankings in both sales and customer satisfaction.
- iPhraseBook™ is selected by Apple as a New & Noteworthy application for the US, Canada, Brazil, and other App Stores around the world. (March 2011)
- iPhraseBook™ is featured by Apple as a New & Noteworthy Travel application in both the iPhone and iPad App Stores. (March 2011)
- iPhraseBook™, the world's first expandable audio phrase book application is released as a Universal application for both iPhone and iPad. (March 2011)
- Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT® reaches the Top 10 Free Education applications list in both the iPhone and iPad App Stores simultaneously. (October 2010)
- Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT®, built in partnership with Prestwick House, is released for both iPhone and iPad. (October 2010)
- The AccelaStudy product line passes 3 million installations worldwide. (August 2010)
- Contig for iPad reaches the Top 20 Paid list iPad Educational Games. (August 2010)
- Contig for iPad is featured by Apple as a Back to School: Math Madness application. (August 2010)
- Curious Facts for the Factual Intellectual reaches the Top 20 in Free Lifestyle applications. (July 2010)
- Renkara Media Group President Charles Sieg is quoted in the Wall Street Journal article "Managing at a Distance". (June 2010)
- Contig for iPad is delivered in time for the Grand Opening of the iPad App Store. (April 2010)
- Translate Now! is selected as a Staff Favorite in the Germany and Austria App Stores! (January 2010)
- Flashcard Champion Basic Math becomes the #1 Top Paid Education app in the world after being featured as New & Noteworthy by Apple. During this time, the app also ranked as high as #70 in the overall Top Paid list. (January 2010)
- Renkara Media Group is featured in the Chicago Tribune article "Virtual hiring climbs despite threat of a jobless recovery from recession". (November 2009)
- AccelaStudy is featured in CNN’s Technology segment as a great way to learn a foreign language on the go. (October 2009)
- Renkara Media Group forms a content partnership with Michael Rowley to deliver his award-winning Kanji mnemonics to the iTunes App Store. (August 2009)
- A record-breaking 11 Essentials by AccelaStudy applications are in the Top 100 Free Applications list under Education at the same time! (May 2009)
- Renkara Media Group is ranked 5th worldwide by number of applications in the iTunes App Store. (February 2009)
- Renkara Media Group forms a content partnership with Soundview Executive Book Summaries to deliver their excellent business book summaries to the iTunes App Store. (February 2009)
- AccelaStudy is selected as the #1 application of the Top 10 Application for January 2009 by BlogCritics.org. (January 2009)
- Renkara Media Group forms a content partnership with Versaly Entertainment to deliver beautiful, licensed wallpapers to the iTunes App Store. (December 2008)
- Chuckisms, created by Renkara Media Group in approximately 12 hours, reaches #70 in the Top 100 Paid Applications in the iTunes App Store. (October 2008)
- GRE | GMAT Vocabulary Builder by AccelaStudy is selected as a New & Noteworthy application by Apple. (Fall 2008)
- Renkara Media Group has 5 applications in the iTunes App Store on Opening Day, including the first foreign language education app and the first exam vocabulary builder app. (July 2008)
- Renkara Media Group submits AccelaStudy version 1.0 to the Apple Design Awards, the first year for iPhone applications. (April 2008)
- Renkara Media Group is one of the first 2,000 developers to receive permission to publish in the iTunes App Store. (March 2008)