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I don't consider $3.88/month to be "making money with Android". Granted, it's only the first month, but if this was on the iOS App Store at $0.99 he'd only have

by kylec 15y ago

I don't consider $3.88/month to be "making money with Android". Granted, it's only the first month, but if this was on the iOS App Store at $0.99 he'd only have to sell 6 copies to make that same amount of money (18 if he wanted to offset the monthly cost of being in the iOS developer program) rather than 965 total Android installs.

megablast 15y ago
He chose the advertising route, it is a lot harder to make money that way on either platform, unless he has a big hit.
- invig 15y ago
  So why would you not immediately switch to a paid model?
  - markokocic 15y ago
    Because only the citizens of a handful of countries are allowed to sell applications on Android market.
obviator 15y ago
That's true, I chose the advertising method for this app, although its probably slower than selling a paid app on the App Store or Android Market. The biggest factor that led me to decide on a free app was the ability to gather some useful analytics. Publishing a paid app might make more money in the short term, but only get a total of a few dozen installs. Since this was my first app, I thought it would help to do some market research first. Now there are about 1000 active users which gives me a good indication of where to focus future development effort. :)
- shareme 15y ago
  You need a bigger organic marketing push: 1. How many android app preview websites did you contact and send a demo to?
  - obviator 15y ago
    Haven't contacted any at this stage - thanks for the tip though, I'll definitely look at doing that in future. I guess with this app I was just so focussed on the development side of things, and getting the whole process working that I didn't spend much time marketing the app itself. Does anyone have a recommendation for some good app review websites? I've seen a few spammy ones around, just wondering if there's one or two sites people actually find useful?

by kylec 15y ago

megablast 15y ago

He chose the advertising route, it is a lot harder to make money that way on either platform, unless he has a big hit.

invig 15y ago
So why would you not immediately switch to a paid model?
- markokocic 15y ago
  Because only the citizens of a handful of countries are allowed to sell applications on Android market.

obviator 15y ago

That's true, I chose the advertising method for this app, although its probably slower than selling a paid app on the App Store or Android Market. The biggest factor that led me to decide on a free app was the ability to gather some useful analytics. Publishing a paid app might make more money in the short term, but only get a total of a few dozen installs. Since this was my first app, I thought it would help to do some market research first. Now there are about 1000 active users which gives me a good indication of where to focus future development effort. :)

shareme 15y ago
You need a bigger organic marketing push: 1. How many android app preview websites did you contact and send a demo to?
- obviator 15y ago
  Haven't contacted any at this stage - thanks for the tip though, I'll definitely look at doing that in future. I guess with this app I was just so focussed on the development side of things, and getting the whole process working that I didn't spend much time marketing the app itself. Does anyone have a recommendation for some good app review websites? I've seen a few spammy ones around, just wondering if there's one or two sites people actually find useful?