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

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

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Post by blumer »

sirrocco wrote: post #49
blumer wrote: post #5

Don't know if Android numbers are helpful to you too (maybe just the contrast will be interesting), but here's my experience in the Android market: a) 1 b) paid c) I posted in a dozen message board threads or so where people were looking for such an app, and I've diligently answered every e-mail I get about it. d) It's been in the Market for about a month and a half, and I've made a little over $2000. Hard to give a…

A link to the app so we can have a look ?

Sure--here's its profile on cyrket, though the number of downloads cyrket reports is incorrect: http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.blumer.bb643/

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

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Post by mattmillr »

a) One app, basically a dedicated RSS reader for a client's blog. b) Free. c) My client has promoted it on a weekly radio show. d) I was paid by the client for developing the app. I think I made about $1500. I consider that pretty good for subsidized Objective-C training.

The app has had a few thousand downloads, so it's one of the more visible things I've been able to work on and is rewarding in that way. (most things I do at my day job are for a handful of users at most.)

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

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Post by AmberShah »

tom_ilsinszki wrote: post #45
macms wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i think it's pretty cool

Why did the "No offense, but that app really blows." comment got down voted, and the "i think it's pretty cool" comment up voted? They both voice opinions, only difference: one is positive, the other is negative. Aren't people allowed to not like an app?

It is downvoted because it's a useless criticism with no value to anyone. Original poster "put himself outthere" in a way that is helpful to the community, and that guy was just trying to be mean and probably hasn't done anything himself. Downvoted to show original poster that we appreciate his response and do not support troll-like behavior.

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

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Post by chc »

tom_ilsinszki wrote: post #45
macms wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i think it's pretty cool

Why did the "No offense, but that app really blows." comment got down voted, and the "i think it's pretty cool" comment up voted? They both voice opinions, only difference: one is positive, the other is negative. Aren't people allowed to not like an app?

Pointless negativity is generally much worse for a community than pointless cheerfulness. You're allowed to dislike anything at all, but this community requires that you express that dislike in a way that's a little more thoughtful than "Your app blows." fairlyodd's comment was wildly inappropriate for the context it was in.

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

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Post by granata »

a) 1 (Audio Footnote, http://audiofootnote.com) b) 1 paid, 0 free c) ~$200 on Google and Facebook ads. Plenty of emailing to blogs. Small email list. A few reviews on app blogs but nothing huge. d) negligible income, but I am still in the red on development and marketing costs so I would not call it income. Here's hoping something positive happens;-)

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

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Post by drewcrawford »

justliving wrote: post #48
drewcrawford wrote: post #25

I'm wondering if this would work better as a Google Apps survey. In particular, there's a big difference between an app that takes one guy an afternoon to write and an app with man-years of development time. To get some insight on that, I've thrown together something here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dF... Please look at it and make suggestions about what I am missing. I will of course publi…

looks quite complete! Did you already publish the results somewhere? I'd be interested :-) thanks a lot!

Only got one response. My comment didn't get enough upvotes for enough people to see it. Considering reposting as a new submission, but I suspect one app survey on the front page is enough for this week.
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