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Poll: What is the average monthly income from mobile apps?

29 points by wave 16y ago

If you have iPhone/iPad or Android apps on market, how much do you earn from it? Average monthly income:

zrgiu 16y ago
It would be a good idea for all voters to specify which platform brings them money, and if the money comes from ads or from selling apps. For me, it's Android, ad-based applications.
- amdev 16y ago
  iOS, actual app sales
- larrik 16y ago
  iOS, actual app sales. My ad-supported app has been going through review for two months! Ouch.
- thushan 16y ago
  iOS, actual app sales
- jrnkntl 16y ago
  iOS, actual app sales, only in the Dutch market.
- dpcan 16y ago
  Android, actual app sales
- swlkr 16y ago
  Android, two ad-based apps.
- notintokyo 16y ago
  ~$15 / month total from three apps in the app store. Two paid, one ad-based. Half comes from ads.
w-ll 16y ago
I'm around $150 a month with my android apps, Most of my apps are free with donation versions, but I just released my first paid only app 'POV Live Wallpaper' and curious to see what it will do ;) All my apps https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Kudzu+Mobile https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Kudzu+Mobile
yemkay 16y ago
Just wondering, if the graph would look like http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/02/26/Mobile-Money http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/02/26/Mobile-Mon...
- zrgiu 16y ago
  actually, for me the revenue is steadily growing. That's the advantage of ad-based revenue
  - gjm11 16y ago
    Tim Bray's graph isn't of revenue against time, it's of revenue against rank (i.e., whether the app is the best, second-best, third-best, in terms of revenue).
seanalltogether 16y ago
Just to throw my 2 cents in. With the new Mac App Store, it's not just about mobile apps only. There's good money to be found in all flavors of app stores. http://www.10millionapps.com/2011/02/anatomy-of-a-mac-app-store-launch/ http://www.10millionapps.com/2011/02/anatomy-of-a-mac-app-st...
jonpaul 16y ago
At the beginning of the football [American] season: about $5k. Around now: $2.5k.
- antidaily 16y ago
  How many apps?
- nvitas 16y ago
  what kind of app is it?
  - sga 16y ago
    It's in his profile. Visit http://reflect7.com/ http://reflect7.com/
Tichy 16y ago
I admit I grow tired of that kind of posts. Doesn't it depend on the app and how well you market it? It is already well known that you can earn a lot of money, but also not so much money, depending on your luck, effort and dedication.
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Corvinex 16y ago
I've had my one game app in the Android Market free and full for about 9 months now. Its making $400 a month now. $150 from actual sales $250 from ads. Only recently ad revenue makes more than sales and increasing. At the point when 50,000 users keep it on their devices is when ad revenue started making real money at around 20,000 impressions a day.
andjones 16y ago
Wouldn't the median be a bit more useful? The highest selling apps will tend to skew the average upwards. The median would be more useful to determine what the average app creator might make.
mikegreenberg 16y ago
The $83,332-83,333 seems like an odd boundary. Can anyone explain why this particular boundary is important?
- wave 16y ago
  You might get some idea if you convert it to annually.
  - mikegreenberg 16y ago
    Indeed. Thanks. The .333(repeating) should've given it away.

29 points by wave 16y ago

If you have iPhone/iPad or Android apps on market, how much do you earn from it? Average monthly income:

zrgiu 16y ago

It would be a good idea for all voters to specify which platform brings them money, and if the money comes from ads or from selling apps. For me, it's Android, ad-based applications.

amdev 16y ago
iOS, actual app sales
larrik 16y ago
iOS, actual app sales. My ad-supported app has been going through review for two months! Ouch.
thushan 16y ago
iOS, actual app sales
jrnkntl 16y ago
iOS, actual app sales, only in the Dutch market.
dpcan 16y ago
Android, actual app sales
swlkr 16y ago
Android, two ad-based apps.
notintokyo 16y ago
~$15 / month total from three apps in the app store. Two paid, one ad-based. Half comes from ads.

w-ll 16y ago

I'm around $150 a month with my android apps, Most of my apps are free with donation versions, but I just released my first paid only app 'POV Live Wallpaper' and curious to see what it will do ;) All my apps https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Kudzu+Mobile https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Kudzu+Mobile

yemkay 16y ago

Just wondering, if the graph would look like http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/02/26/Mobile-Money http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/02/26/Mobile-Mon...

zrgiu 16y ago
actually, for me the revenue is steadily growing. That's the advantage of ad-based revenue
- gjm11 16y ago
  Tim Bray's graph isn't of revenue against time, it's of revenue against rank (i.e., whether the app is the best, second-best, third-best, in terms of revenue).

seanalltogether 16y ago

Just to throw my 2 cents in. With the new Mac App Store, it's not just about mobile apps only. There's good money to be found in all flavors of app stores. http://www.10millionapps.com/2011/02/anatomy-of-a-mac-app-store-launch/ http://www.10millionapps.com/2011/02/anatomy-of-a-mac-app-st...

jonpaul 16y ago

At the beginning of the football [American] season: about $5k. Around now: $2.5k.

antidaily 16y ago
How many apps?
nvitas 16y ago
what kind of app is it?
- sga 16y ago
  It's in his profile. Visit http://reflect7.com/ http://reflect7.com/

Tichy 16y ago

I admit I grow tired of that kind of posts. Doesn't it depend on the app and how well you market it? It is already well known that you can earn a lot of money, but also not so much money, depending on your luck, effort and dedication.

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Corvinex 16y ago

I've had my one game app in the Android Market free and full for about 9 months now. Its making $400 a month now. $150 from actual sales $250 from ads. Only recently ad revenue makes more than sales and increasing. At the point when 50,000 users keep it on their devices is when ad revenue started making real money at around 20,000 impressions a day.

andjones 16y ago

Wouldn't the median be a bit more useful? The highest selling apps will tend to skew the average upwards. The median would be more useful to determine what the average app creator might make.

mikegreenberg 16y ago

The $83,332-83,333 seems like an odd boundary. Can anyone explain why this particular boundary is important?

wave 16y ago
You might get some idea if you convert it to annually.
- mikegreenberg 16y ago
  Indeed. Thanks. The .333(repeating) should've given it away.