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If you live in an iOS world, you'd think all startups or apps have gone iOS first. As an Android user, I have been witness to a number of startups who went And

by dannyr 13y ago

If you live in an iOS world, you'd think all startups or apps have gone iOS first. As an Android user, I have been witness to a number of startups who went Android first and found success. Why? Because they ignored advice like this post. While most developers focus only on iOS, some developers filled the void on Android by building apps Android users want.

goronbjorn 13y ago
> I have been witness to a number of startups who went Android first and found success. Can you cite some examples?
- dannyr 13y ago
  On top of my head: Any.Do Life360 AllTheCooks They subsequently released an iOS app & they are doing really well on the App Store. I know of a bunch of Twitter clients (i.e. Falcon, Plume) built by indie devs that earned a tidy sum of money. There are also a number of apps that are only possible on Android (widgets, homescreens, etc) and have generated a good sum of money for the creators.
Systemic33 13y ago
I can't be the only one who was on Android and was hoping for some iOS devs to make their nice apps on Android. While a lot of users on Android are very cheapass and won't buy anything, there's also a big amount of people who won't mind paying for an app, but don't want to pay the absurd prices an iPhone costs. I since moved to Windows Phone, which although smaller amount of apps, they generally seemed to suck less than the default quality on android. Most apps are following OS style, which make the phone seem nicer (same trick as iOS).
- Nerdfest 13y ago
  I don't think it's that android users won't buy anything,I think they just think about purchases more carefully as they're not used to being to pay for everything. Something must have real value to deserve real money.
  - Systemic33 13y ago
    That's' quite an interesting point of view. Seems to be well supported by the fact that there are significantly fewer good and free apps on AppStore than PlayStore. Maybe startups are more afraid of adding ads onto their beautiful app prototype when they are used to the iOS culture of always paying for apps and not thinking of ads, whereas Android users maybe in a higher degree accept ads on their app.

by dannyr 13y ago

goronbjorn 13y ago

> I have been witness to a number of startups who went Android first and found success. Can you cite some examples?

dannyr 13y ago
On top of my head: Any.Do Life360 AllTheCooks They subsequently released an iOS app & they are doing really well on the App Store. I know of a bunch of Twitter clients (i.e. Falcon, Plume) built by indie devs that earned a tidy sum of money. There are also a number of apps that are only possible on Android (widgets, homescreens, etc) and have generated a good sum of money for the creators.

Systemic33 13y ago

I can't be the only one who was on Android and was hoping for some iOS devs to make their nice apps on Android. While a lot of users on Android are very cheapass and won't buy anything, there's also a big amount of people who won't mind paying for an app, but don't want to pay the absurd prices an iPhone costs. I since moved to Windows Phone, which although smaller amount of apps, they generally seemed to suck less than the default quality on android. Most apps are following OS style, which make the phone seem nicer (same trick as iOS).

Nerdfest 13y ago
I don't think it's that android users won't buy anything,I think they just think about purchases more carefully as they're not used to being to pay for everything. Something must have real value to deserve real money.
- Systemic33 13y ago
  That's' quite an interesting point of view. Seems to be well supported by the fact that there are significantly fewer good and free apps on AppStore than PlayStore. Maybe startups are more afraid of adding ads onto their beautiful app prototype when they are used to the iOS culture of always paying for apps and not thinking of ads, whereas Android users maybe in a higher degree accept ads on their app.