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I recently decided to port some apps to Android and Windows 8 to lower my Apple only risk. Diversification is good right? It's been a really mixed bag so far. 1
by clarky07 14y ago
I recently decided to port some apps to Android and Windows 8 to lower my Apple only risk. Diversification is good right? It's been a really mixed bag so far. 1 of my apps is doing better than it's iPhone counterpart, the rest might as well not exist. [1]
[1] - http://www.entrelife.com/2013/01/case-study-of-android-vs-iphone-app.html http://www.entrelife.com/2013/01/case-study-of-android-vs-ip...
- cageface 14y agoVery interesting. Thanks for sharing numbers. Are you using something like Mono to share code among platforms or are you doing total rewrites for each port?
- clarky07 14y agoSo far I've done native rewrites. Initially everything was designed specifically for iOS, so when porting I've just gone with native. I may consider some kind of cross platform option for the next completely new app. I haven't decided yet. (In general I think native is better, but there are obviously benefits to writing one version.)
- jmspring 14y agoThanks. The interesting math is the intersection of "what app" and "what platform". Popularity of platform is played off with discoverability of the app on said platform.