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I fell victim to the line offered by certain indie devs along the line of, "Sure, it's hard to get a big piece of the pie, but with a BILLION users even a small
by LVB 2y ago
I fell victim to the line offered by certain indie devs along the line of, "Sure, it's hard to get a big piece of the pie, but with a BILLION users even a small piece is significant."
I'm seriously considering a simple web app for my next project. Yeah the UX will be worse, but I'll completely bypass trying to appease Apple, and it will get into the world much quicker, mostly likely. If it's a dud, I might as well fail fast.
- hermitcrab 2y agoIf you rely on the Apple app store, you have a single point of failure and have to jump through whatever hoops Apple decides. Which rather calls into question just how "indie" you really are. BTW it is possible to sell Mac apps and not use the Mac app store (I do). But I sell for Windows as well.
- cageface 2y agoHave you found the extra work to also sell on windows to have been justified by the sales on that platform?
- hermitcrab 2y agoWindows is a bigger market. So I think it is more a question of 'is the extra work to sell on Mac justified'. It is hard to give a precise answer, because: -I don't know how the sales exactly split between Windows and Mac (my licence covers both), but I have an idea from downloads. -It is more work to develop cross platform. -Cross platform development always results in some compromises. But, on the whole, I am happy that I choose Windows + Mac, rather than just choosing one or the other.
- LVB 2y agoWhat framework did you settle on?
- indieofone 2y agoI know it to be Qt
- hermitcrab 2y agoYes, Qt and C++.
- rubymamis 2y agoFellow indie Qt developer here, curious to learn more about your apps.
- hermitcrab 2y agoThe apps I sell are: https://www.easydatatransform.com https://www.easydatatransform.com https://www.hyperplan.com https://www.hyperplan.com https://www.perfecttableplan.com https://www.perfecttableplan.com Note that while there still is a market for desktop software, it is shrinking. Many Indie developers now sell web-based products (SaaS).
- rubymamis 2y agoThat's awesome. Glad to see successful Qt desktop apps in the wild. I'm working on: https://get-notes.com https://get-notes.com And yes, that's true. But Qt can differentiate among the web apps that try to integrate into the OS (aka Electron apps).
- hermitcrab 2y ago>https://get-notes.com https://get-notes.com Looks cools. Note taking/outliners/productivity is a super competitive market, but I guess you know that already. I'm a bit confused by the pricing. How is a personal license potentially more expensive than a commercial license?
- rubymamis 2y ago
- hermitcrab 2y agoShould also mention that I am very experienced at cross-platform development.