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Android devs are keeping their financial figures close to the vest I believe, which results in a lot of people thinking there's no money to be made on Android.
by dpcan 15y ago
Android devs are keeping their financial figures close to the vest I believe, which results in a lot of people thinking there's no money to be made on Android.
It's smart. When the iPhone's App Store launched people were spilling their guts. Stories left and right of millions being made out of the gate. Land rush on!
This time around, indie devs realized that if they keep their mouths shut about their successes, the competition will take much longer to get there.
I will say that I've done very well in the Android Market. It's been an exciting year, but every week there's new competition, there's more apps to choose from, and my income is getting much harder to maintain. I'm making about 2/3 as much as I was just back in January, and 1/2 of what I was back in October.
I'm creating updates and new apps in hopes of staying the course even as I imagine the landscape is going to change drastically.
- jdq 15y agoI realize you are talking about Android phone apps, but maybe what Android tablet apps need is a few devs bragging about the money they are making to attract more tablet app developers. Having less than 100 apps (last figure I heard) doesn't help to sell more tablets.