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Re: Ask HN: Number of iPhone apps you published & income you get from them

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Post by jcollins »

dhess wrote: post #30
jcollins wrote: post #15

This could be interesting if enough folks post. Here is my info. I've published 2 apps, one paid (Whiteboard Capture Pro), one free (Picture Me). Picture Me code is open sourced as well ( http://bit.ly/7rmKdT ). Originally I did some marketing with Google Adsense but it's too hard to track its success so I stopped. I've had some free marketing thanks to mentions in blogs, etc. Recently Apple even made a super awesome…

Has anyone republished your free app as a paid app? If so, how do you feel about it?

No one has that I'm aware of. At least not just taking the code and submitting it as-is. I've had many people email me about the code because they were trying to use it for their app.

If somebody did just re-submit it as a paid app I'd be fine with that. It is open source after all. I do think that's unfair to end-users though who probably wouldn't know it's free and it would add to the clutter of the App Store.

Re: Ask HN: Number of iPhone apps you published & income you get from them

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Post by macms »

fairlyodd wrote: post #24
tlrobinson wrote: post #23

I spent maybe 5 hours programming Silver Revolver (originally Russian Roulette) http://silverrevolver.com/ and it has made probably $30,000 over the last year, most of which was during a two week period when it was on the top 100 charts. I'd say I got pretty lucky.

No offense, but that app really blows. Really good on you if you were able to milk 30k out of it :)

i think it's pretty cool

Re: Ask HN: Number of iPhone apps you published & income you get from them

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Post by chc »

fairlyodd wrote: post #24
tlrobinson wrote: post #23

I spent maybe 5 hours programming Silver Revolver (originally Russian Roulette) http://silverrevolver.com/ and it has made probably $30,000 over the last year, most of which was during a two week period when it was on the top 100 charts. I'd say I got pretty lucky.

No offense, but that app really blows. Really good on you if you were able to milk 30k out of it :)

His app may be a silly toy, but it's still more useful than "blows" is as a criticism.

Re: Ask HN: Number of iPhone apps you published & income you get from them

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Post by paul9290 »

tlrobinson wrote: post #29
conorgil145 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you not care? If someone thought that an app that I wrote sucked, then I would definitely want to know why. I would strive to write only quality apps and I could use the feedback to make my next app NOT suck.

Well yea, that's why I asked, but I'm not going to bother fixing it at this point.

You made 30K; good for you and congrats. Why all the snark here?

Simple and mindless(pardon not meant negatively) sells. Make apps for the audience who buys apps; males 18 to 34(though 34 might be a bit high) if you aim is to money. Something that makes people laugh and want to share it with their friends who buy it and share it with their friends and so on. iFart & Fat Booth(though idea is mindless but tech isnt) are further examples.

Re: Ask HN: Number of iPhone apps you published & income you get from them

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Post by dpcan »

paul9290 wrote: post #38
tlrobinson wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well yea, that's why I asked, but I'm not going to bother fixing it at this point.

You made 30K; good for you and congrats. Why all the snark here? Simple and mindless(pardon not meant negatively) sells. Make apps for the audience who buys apps; males 18 to 34(though 34 might be a bit high) if you aim is to money. Something that makes people laugh and want to share it with their friends who buy it and share it with their friends and so on. iFart & Fat Booth(though idea is mindless but tech isnt) ar…

Your demographic may be off. I sell apps on Android, and I am pleasantly surprised by the number of women who buy my sports related apps.
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