Why does App Store take so long to provide updates?

Like many Mac users, I've taken to purchasing software through the App Store. I'm now beginning to wonder whether that's terribly wise!
Three apps are classic examples.
On App Store, CCleaner is at version 1.03.131. The current version, as of 7 July (it's now 21 August), is 1.04.148. Still no update.
On App Store, Gemini is at version 1.1. The current version, as of 8 August, is 1.2. Still no update.
On App Store, Mental Case is at version 2.3. The current version, as of 16 August, is 2.3.1. Still no update.
And if I have three such cases on my computer alone, I'm imagining there must be more.
What are other people experiencing? Has anyone heard of any reasonable justification from Apple? Should I, as I'm seriously thinking of doing, refrain from purchasing from App Store until this sort of thing is sorted out?
I'd be grateful for any feedback. (Speaking of which, I have sent feedback to Apple via their feedback page, but they don't have a specific section for App Store, so I had to use the OS X bit.)
Cheers!

First, and with no disrespect intended, I think we're having a discussion, not whining.
Second, I've checked with a number of developers about this, and with Apple (and it is not straightforward to contact Apple about these types of issue).
Apple takes your line, Hackintosh, saying that it's up to the developers to send in their updates to the App Store in timely fashion.
However, when I investigated with the developers of some of the apps that were slow to update, every single one informed me that they had supplied the update to Apple but it hadn't been passed on to consumers yet. In one case, we were talking at least a month of wait time. The developers of a couple of apps actually got me to send the App Store receipt to them and then provided me with another serial that would work with a download from their website, to bypass App Store.
Perhaps some developers are slow to provide the updates to Apple, but I'm also pretty sure that isn't always the case, and that there are bottlenecks in the App Store process.
Interestingly, in this and other forums, there are increasing numbers of consumers that are refusing to buy from the App Store until issues like this are resolved. I'm taking a middle path. I'm not happy with slow updates, but I'm still buying certain products from the App Store and living in hope that the updates will come on time.
Some do, some don't.

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