> "Android had market-share, but will you get paying customers?" The age of direct app sales being profitable enough to float a startup are long over. iOS user

> "Android had market-share, but will you get paying customers?" The age of direct app sales being profitable enough to float a startup are long over. iOS users are still massively outspending Android users, but overall profitability has sunk like a brick on both platforms over time. Like you said, "companion apps" and games are pretty much the only viable routes now. Direct app sales at this point in the market's lifetime is a great way to make a modest pittance and then be committed to support forever.