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I have an application out for Android & iPhone both with same exact functionality. The Android version sells maybe 10 a day max while iPhone constantly sells 10

by Zaheer 14y ago

I have an application out for Android & iPhone both with same exact functionality. The Android version sells maybe 10 a day max while iPhone constantly sells 10x that. I'm becoming more and more convinced the Android market is just not that attractive.

dannyr 14y ago
For any kind of app or just your kind of app?
eavc 14y ago
What is your application?
- Zaheer 14y ago
  Sorta late but another commenter above linked to it.
rogerbinns 14y ago
Other than games, when I see apps available on both and that were ported from the iOS version it is very apparent they are not "proper" Android apps. Big clues are having menu and back buttons. Others are using builtin 3rd party integration (eg fb, twitter, dropbox) instead of the system. A well structured Android application is like a mashup of different screens, processing (services), event handlers (broadcast receivers), data (content providers), user accounts etc. And it works with other components on the system, not its own little island as on iOS. You haven't stated what your app is so this issue may not apply. A good example of a bad app is "Beat The Traffic" which is terrible on Android being an iOS port.
- chris_wot 14y ago
  I'm really not clear why this comment was voted down. If you disagree, I'm very interested in knowing what the issue is. Speak up!
  - Steko 14y ago
    I didn't downvote it but the nth "blame the developer" comment seems to be offbase. I did find the poster's app[1] and the Android one is higher rated by a full star so it's not a quality issue, it's a platform issue. [1] Tags for Likes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagsforlikes-copy-paste-tags/id566662729 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagsforlikes-copy-paste-tags... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tagsforlikes.tagsforlikes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tagsforlik...
- Zaheer 14y ago
  I didn't downvote this and I know that's an issue but mine was not a port. In fact I created the Android version even before the iPhone version. The app as Steko mentioned below also has a very good rating so its not quality as he mentioned.

by Zaheer 14y ago

dannyr 14y ago

For any kind of app or just your kind of app?

eavc 14y ago

What is your application?

Zaheer 14y ago
Sorta late but another commenter above linked to it.

rogerbinns 14y ago

Other than games, when I see apps available on both and that were ported from the iOS version it is very apparent they are not "proper" Android apps. Big clues are having menu and back buttons. Others are using builtin 3rd party integration (eg fb, twitter, dropbox) instead of the system. A well structured Android application is like a mashup of different screens, processing (services), event handlers (broadcast receivers), data (content providers), user accounts etc. And it works with other components on the system, not its own little island as on iOS. You haven't stated what your app is so this issue may not apply. A good example of a bad app is "Beat The Traffic" which is terrible on Android being an iOS port.

chris_wot 14y ago
I'm really not clear why this comment was voted down. If you disagree, I'm very interested in knowing what the issue is. Speak up!
- Steko 14y ago
  I didn't downvote it but the nth "blame the developer" comment seems to be offbase. I did find the poster's app[1] and the Android one is higher rated by a full star so it's not a quality issue, it's a platform issue. [1] Tags for Likes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagsforlikes-copy-paste-tags/id566662729 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagsforlikes-copy-paste-tags... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tagsforlikes.tagsforlikes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tagsforlik...
Zaheer 14y ago
I didn't downvote this and I know that's an issue but mine was not a port. In fact I created the Android version even before the iPhone version. The app as Steko mentioned below also has a very good rating so its not quality as he mentioned.