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I don't doubt that advertising and IAP are more successful monetization strategies than selling your app, but if I got into indie app development it would be be
by sharkjacobs 10y ago
I don't doubt that advertising and IAP are more successful monetization strategies than selling your app, but if I got into indie app development it would be because I wanted to make apps which I myself liked, respected, and would want to use. That immediately precludes advertising and makes IAP very challenging.
- biztos 10y agoAs I recall from his podcast[0], the author is specifically trying to make a business of indie apps, as opposed to making the best apps he possibly can. Or, to put it another way: he's making the best apps he can within the constraints of his business model. (I'm not saying the apps are any better or worse for it; I haven't used them.) He's probably right that in order to make a living as an indie mobile-app developer you have to go with the flow, but it does imply that making an app to satisfy your own standards would not make you any money. [0]: https://www.relay.fm/radar https://www.relay.fm/radar
- tobltobs 10y agoThen obviously you shouldn't do indie app development.
- sharkjacobs 10y agowe have reached the same conclusion
- prawn 10y agoDitching app development because one more successful monetisation strategy doesn't suit you is a bit odd. Maybe BuzzFeed makes more than a highbrow monthly-fee publication, but they can both still have their place. You can still make money with a straight-up paid app, no ads and no IAP.