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How many hours did you put into this app? How much money have you made from it? If it really can be written in a couple days (with or without AI) I would say y

How many hours did you put into this app? How much money have you made from it? If it really can be written in a couple days (with or without AI) I would say you're lucky to make what? A few thousand dollars? (I'm assuming a top 100 app that got talked about sold at least 1000 copies for at least a few dollars each)

lapcat 1y ago
> I'm assuming a top 100 app that got talked about sold at least 1000 copies for at least a few dollars each No, this is a vast overestimate for top 100 paid utilities in the Mac App Store. And there's no actual evidence I can find that the app was "talked about" anywhere.
- lelanthran 1y ago
  > No, this is a vast overestimate for top 100 paid utilities in the Mac App Store. Where can I find estimates of revenue for the 100th most popular app on the iStore/play store?
  - lapcat 1y ago
    I don't know, but the author's app is not "the 100th most popular app on the iStore/play store". A few things to note: 1. Mac App Store volume is separate from and vastly lower than iOS App Store volume. 2. Upfront paid apps in both stores have vastly lower volume than free-with-IAP apps. 3. Utilities is just one of many categories in the App Store. 4. I've been a Mac App Store developer myself for 8 years, so I have a ton of empirical data, though it's private.
    - lelanthran 1y ago
      Yeah, I just wanted to get an idea of just how much money he was making. If he was averaging a dollar a week since release (which I was once told is above average for mac tools) it seems unlikely that cloners would continue cloning his app as long as he kept maintaining the original.
      - lapcat 1y ago
        > If he was averaging a dollar a week since release (which I was once told is above average for mac tools) it seems unlikely that cloners would continue cloning his app as long as he kept maintaining the original. With every comment the developer makes, it becomes more and more apparent to me that the developer's story is a lie, and this HN submission was just a publicity stunt, perhaps in a desperate attempt to escape from App Store oblivion. There are no links or concrete proof given of any of the developer's claims. Unfortunately, the audience appears to have taken the story for granted with no skepticism.

lapcat 1y ago

> I'm assuming a top 100 app that got talked about sold at least 1000 copies for at least a few dollars each No, this is a vast overestimate for top 100 paid utilities in the Mac App Store. And there's no actual evidence I can find that the app was "talked about" anywhere.

lelanthran 1y ago
> No, this is a vast overestimate for top 100 paid utilities in the Mac App Store. Where can I find estimates of revenue for the 100th most popular app on the iStore/play store?
- lapcat 1y ago
  I don't know, but the author's app is not "the 100th most popular app on the iStore/play store". A few things to note: 1. Mac App Store volume is separate from and vastly lower than iOS App Store volume. 2. Upfront paid apps in both stores have vastly lower volume than free-with-IAP apps. 3. Utilities is just one of many categories in the App Store. 4. I've been a Mac App Store developer myself for 8 years, so I have a ton of empirical data, though it's private.
  - lelanthran 1y ago
    Yeah, I just wanted to get an idea of just how much money he was making. If he was averaging a dollar a week since release (which I was once told is above average for mac tools) it seems unlikely that cloners would continue cloning his app as long as he kept maintaining the original.
    - lapcat 1y ago
      > If he was averaging a dollar a week since release (which I was once told is above average for mac tools) it seems unlikely that cloners would continue cloning his app as long as he kept maintaining the original. With every comment the developer makes, it becomes more and more apparent to me that the developer's story is a lie, and this HN submission was just a publicity stunt, perhaps in a desperate attempt to escape from App Store oblivion. There are no links or concrete proof given of any of the developer's claims. Unfortunately, the audience appears to have taken the story for granted with no skepticism.