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I made about $5K selling a live wallpaper that showed local weather radar. I originally just made it for myself, but then decided to release it on the app store
by ryandvm 4y ago
I made about $5K selling a live wallpaper that showed local weather radar. I originally just made it for myself, but then decided to release it on the app store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appidio.radarlive&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appidio.ra...
I never marketed it properly though and so the bottom fell out of my sales to the point that I was making almost nothing from it, so I made it free.
That was project that taught me that marketing is more important than technical achievement.
- david422 4y agoI've made a few apps. Some were even quite popular. But eventually they all lost traction. So I agree - marketing is a _very_ large part of app development that I wasn't interested in/neglected. To make an app successful, it really needs to be _the_ focus, with constant support and updates.
- giarc 4y agoWhy not find someone and give them 50% cut of future revenue? You can show proof that it would make money, and there's no downside to you if they are able to extract more out of a dead app (unless it needs a bunch of updates and maintenance).
- arlcode 4y agoJust a side question: Any reason you did restrict it by country? I suppose you have only data for certain locations so that would be the most logical explanation to me
- ryandvm 4y agoNo reason other than that it uses public domain imagery from the US National Weather Service. It could certainly have been expanded to use other countries' radar data if I had the resources.