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Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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Yes, Qt and C++.

Fellow indie Qt developer here, curious to learn more about your apps.

The apps I sell are:

https://www.easydatatransform.com

https://www.hyperplan.com

https://www.perfecttableplan.com

Note that while there still is a market for desktop software, it is shrinking. Many Indie developers now sell web-based products (SaaS).

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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I'll say, this has been the worst part of my little indie dev adventure. I knew I'd be uncomfortable with a lot of it, but I also didn't realize how flat out bad I am at it. I've spent so much time fiddling with keywords, refreshing splash pages for app stores, making a good landing page, buying ads, adjusting paywalls, etc. But the uptake has been depressingly low. A few people downloaded the app, but not only have…

What is the app, if you don't mind sharing?

https://scoreconnect.app

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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IIRC quite a large percentage of apps in the Mac apps store have 0 downloads. You definitely can't rely on the app store to do your marketing for you.

I have done OK on the Mac App Store, but I can tell you that selling two or three copies in 1 day is enough to make you top 5 in the Education Category.

I'm surprised to hear that, given the size of the market.

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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Fellow indie Qt developer here, curious to learn more about your apps.

The apps I sell are: https://www.easydatatransform.com https://www.hyperplan.com https://www.perfecttableplan.com Note that while there still is a market for desktop software, it is shrinking. Many Indie developers now sell web-based products (SaaS).

That's awesome. Glad to see successful Qt desktop apps in the wild. I'm working on: https://get-notes.com

And yes, that's true. But Qt can differentiate among the web apps that try to integrate into the OS (aka Electron apps).

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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Fellow indie Qt developer here, curious to learn more about your apps.

The apps I sell are: https://www.easydatatransform.com https://www.hyperplan.com https://www.perfecttableplan.com Note that while there still is a market for desktop software, it is shrinking. Many Indie developers now sell web-based products (SaaS).

>https://get-notes.com

Looks cools. Note taking/outliners/productivity is a super competitive market, but I guess you know that already.

I'm a bit confused by the pricing. How is a personal license potentially more expensive than a commercial license?

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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I think it would only matter for something that is quite significant. And in that case, you would probably quit long before it mattered.

Careful, you can still be sued by your past employer even after you quit.

How can they prove when where and what. Ive never seen this happen and largely think its FUD.

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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I have done OK on the Mac App Store, but I can tell you that selling two or three copies in 1 day is enough to make you top 5 in the Education Category.

I'm surprised to hear that, given the size of the market.

I should clarify, top 5 in paid.

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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Careful, you can still be sued by your past employer even after you quit.

How can they prove when where and what. Ive never seen this happen and largely think its FUD.

I mean if you have git commits from that period it’s pretty easy to track it

Re: Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development

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The apps I sell are: https://www.easydatatransform.com https://www.hyperplan.com https://www.perfecttableplan.com Note that while there still is a market for desktop software, it is shrinking. Many Indie developers now sell web-based products (SaaS).

> https://get-notes.com Looks cools. Note taking/outliners/productivity is a super competitive market, but I guess you know that already. I'm a bit confused by the pricing. How is a personal license potentially more expensive than a commercial license?

> How is a personal license potentially more expensive than a commercial license?

What do you mean? The personal license is billed at $4 a month paid monthly or $24 paid yearly. The commercial license is $24 per year, per user.

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