The average rate first mentioned is roughly what we charge as well. Personally, I think it's absurd that people are willing to fork out that much money on an ap

The average rate first mentioned is roughly what we charge as well. Personally, I think it's absurd that people are willing to fork out that much money on an app. The gold rush is over, people; look at the recent analyses: most apps don't make that much money, so unless you're app is "revolutionary" enough to make it to the lucky Top 100 or it serves some greater purpose than making you money (ie the Obama app)... "Mobile is not an easy platform. It has lots of constraints that normal PC's and the Web do not have to deal with, and so it's harder to train qualified devs for it still." Personally, I find it much easier to do development for iOS than for regular Mac OS X. Yes, there are constraints and the workflow is quite different, but once you get over those I have found it to be a much easier system to understand.