I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment?
Clearly it's not trivial enough such that hundreds/thousands of people are willing to pay for it!
Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month
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#42I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment?
> I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment?
Not OP but to counterpoint: I loathe apps that want to be supported by ads. Give me a one-time payment or a subscription. Let me choose if your service if worth paying for. If it's not worth paying for then it's also not worth ads. I'll use adblockers and use your service without ads anyway or else not use it at all.
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#43The Android version seems abandoned, it hasn't been updated in several years and there are several reviews complaining that paid features no longer work. Are there any plans to update it?
I do personally apologize for this. The android app was built by a very close friend of mine as a favor/side project back in the early days, and you are correct, it has been abandoned :( The plan is to just take it down. I need to contact him but don't want to offend him! Let that be a lesson of going into business with friends!
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
how did you do the experimentations? some kind of AB testing?
I'm embarrassed to say that I never used any formal a/b testing tools. I just fully converted to subscriptions, and ran it for a few weeks, and compared it to the previous few weeks (which were one time purchase.)
You don't need A/B testing tools. Most people don't like being tested on. Trust your gut, listen to your users, and just beware of vocal minorities. It seems like you're doing well already.
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#45From your comments, you turned from a one-time purchase to subscriptions. Can you share your attrition rate? Also, how many want to pay per-month VS the full year (heavily discounted price)? Thanks!
Yes happy to. From the app store analytics over last 30 days Retention rate: 82% Monthly subs: 93% yearly subs: 7%
Thanks! I just can't wrap my head around the fact that someone is willing to pay $5 a month for a meme app! XD
Are the users active? Have you thought / analyzed if they pay and forget that it's a subscription? :-?
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes happy to. From the app store analytics over last 30 days Retention rate: 82% Monthly subs: 93% yearly subs: 7%
Thanks! I just can't wrap my head around the fact that someone is willing to pay $5 a month for a meme app! XD Are the users active? Have you thought / analyzed if they pay and forget that it's a subscription? :-?
Yes the users are quite active. The main thing people are paying for are the video features and the video scraper. There is some code which allows the app to pull videos from youtube, instagram, facebook, twitter, reddit, etc, and I think that is really the thing that separates this app from other generic image editors.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes happy to. From the app store analytics over last 30 days Retention rate: 82% Monthly subs: 93% yearly subs: 7%
Thanks! I just can't wrap my head around the fact that someone is willing to pay $5 a month for a meme app! XD Are the users active? Have you thought / analyzed if they pay and forget that it's a subscription? :-?
Same, but on the other hand memers do seem to take their craft seriously. While I wouldn't want to pay monthly for this app as I would use it a few times a year (I'll just fire up photoshop), I guess its not too much cash for users serious about creating. Apparently you can make some good cash focusing on a niche user market.
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#48The Android version seems abandoned, it hasn't been updated in several years and there are several reviews complaining that paid features no longer work. Are there any plans to update it?
I do personally apologize for this. The android app was built by a very close friend of mine as a favor/side project back in the early days, and you are correct, it has been abandoned :( The plan is to just take it down. I need to contact him but don't want to offend him! Let that be a lesson of going into business with friends!
You’re making a healthy revenue, any reason you don’t want to just contract out a few updates? I work full time but I've also run a small contracting business for years, happy to do it at a reasonable cost.
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#49For some time I wanted to make browser-based utils/time wasters in the same vein (think Photopea but simpler, or .io games) - to generate some passive income, even if it'd be $100 a month or so. Has anybody succeeded in that and can share what was key to achieve income? I mean, most savvy people have ad blockers these days.
Personally I think app would be the way to go, and charge some in app fee or subscription. I don't think anyone would pay for browser apps, and you would require massive volume to be ad supported.
I guess the adblock usage percentage for mobile is much lower due to the hassle required :)
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do personally apologize for this. The android app was built by a very close friend of mine as a favor/side project back in the early days, and you are correct, it has been abandoned :( The plan is to just take it down. I need to contact him but don't want to offend him! Let that be a lesson of going into business with friends!
You’re making a healthy revenue, any reason you don’t want to just contract out a few updates? I work full time but I've also run a small contracting business for years, happy to do it at a reasonable cost.
I have considered this, I don't see anywhere near the same purchase conversion on android that I do on iOS. But that could also be due to build quality. Do you have any insight on how successful pay models are on android apps?