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I'm wondering why you've chosen such a competitive category. You're in the same league as Runkeeper, Nike, Fitbit, and all the other fitness trackers and they m
by physcab 11y ago
I'm wondering why you've chosen such a competitive category. You're in the same league as Runkeeper, Nike, Fitbit, and all the other fitness trackers and they make their income through the sale of devices so they can afford to put their app up for free.
How about picking a niche that doesn't have their need satisfied yet and charging money directly for that? Maybe designing a grader for teachers, or a tool for gov workers to submit reports, or a business expense tracker. There are lots of categories looking for a design overhaul and with just a little bit of research and effort you can make your app stand out from the pack of existing shitty solutions.
- clarky07 11y agoPerhaps it's a poor choice, we'll find out I suppose. The reason is mainly that I know it well, and already have an app that is featured by Apple with great ratings already. To be fair I "picked" the category 4 years ago, and I've made a lot of money in it so far. As for the current choice I suppose I could start something new from scratch, but I felt like it made more sense to pick a current app that I think has the most potential. Runkeeper, and most of the other competitors (outside nike) make their money on IAP's for advanced features. I don't actually consider fitbit a competitor per se, it's a slightly different beast.
- supercoder 11y agoOn the flip side its competitive because there's a large market. It also means people will be searching out such apps. The problem with a niche, especially on the app store, is that if you can't get people searching your app out then it's hard to break through.