I've been making iPhone apps for about 7 months now. My third app was approved less than 2 days ago. Here is a brief summary of my experience: First app - a

I've been making iPhone apps for about 7 months now. My third app was approved less than 2 days ago. Here is a brief summary of my experience: First app - a 0.99 cents novelty app - 1 month dev time - 3 months wait for approval - sold about 1500 copies to date - received about $300 from Apple (more on the way) - sales are down to about 10 copies / day Second App - simple, innovative 0.99 cents game that wasn't polished - 1.5 months dev time - 2 days wait for approval - sold about 150 copies in the first few days - received small amount of money from Apple - sales immediately dropped to < 1 copy / day after the first week - app removed from store 3 weeks after release Third app - super-simple free noise making app a la sound grenade, ifart etc - 5 hours dev time - 1 week wait for approval - 250 downloads the first day (today is the second day) - no money yet... an ad-supported version is awaiting approval into app store