Android app brings in $13K a month
 

Android app brings in $13K a month
It's not just iPhone developers who get rich

One Android developer is earning more than $400 a day from his find-your-car application, proving it's not just Apple fans who'll pay for basic apps.

Much has been made of the millions awaiting those who decide to develop for Apple's iPhone: the UK government even sponsored a help guide. But Google fans will be pleased to hear that there's money in Android too with one developer reporting earnings topping $13,000 a month for an application that remembers where you've parked your car.

read the full story here in The Register website.

source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03...id_app_profit/

Hope this story incentives developers on n900 also.

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

Obviously you haven't been following the status of the Ovi store for n900...

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

We Got It 4 Cheap ... http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/easypark/

guess those $13K make you think about your dedication to open source ;)

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

Two-edged sword...

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

How is that a two-edged sword?

To my knowledge, no other Maemo based or Ovi Store app (Sygic excluded) that is pulling in high numbers as such.

This shows that other platforms are as viable as some others in terms of products offered through their respective app stores. To me, this is a very good thing and one day a Maemo/MeeGo dev will be able to say the same thing.

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

is there that many dumba55 out the who forget where they park their car that much that they need an app?

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

@gerbick: oh, It was directed at the comparison between easypark (which I assumed to be free/OSS) vs the commercial android app.

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

no wat? me tink their mite be.

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The register. Who still reads that. Anyway ... Trust me this is not the norm in the android world. Most devs do not get rich, hell most of them are lucky to get enough to keep up with the new devices. I know I didnt.

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

Obviously you never lived in the center of a city, having a car and no private parking.

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

no good where i live, after an hour the chances are your car wont be where you left it anyway!

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

It's the same for the iPhone too. As with any platform, it's part product and part luck.

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Oops. I publicly apologize for my misunderstanding.

As far as the whole "who's a dumbass for buying this app" - why not congratulate the guy for supplying an app that's putting money into his pocket. As a programmer, hell... I'm impressed.

If you're not... then how about this. Give me $13k a month and I will praise the living **** out whatever you come up with. Deal? ;)

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too bad we don't have a working app store, or a device that appeals to the market at large, or a company that actually wants to compete in the marketplace with Google and Apple.

Re: Android app brings in $13K a month
 

People do want to buy the N900... take a look around here.

But it's obvious that people don't think they should pay for software... again, take a look around here.

Sorta odd that each N900 purchase makes Nokia richer, but nothing comes back to the developer other than notoriety. Hmm...

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I think in the N900 environment, you have to make your program stand head and shoulders above the free stuff to make any sales. And quite frankly some of the free stuff, while lacking polish, will be hard to compete with. It's a numbers game and N900/Maemo is lacking. OTOH there is a vacuum for great software and if a dev team puts in the hard yards and polish, there is a chance of a decent payoff. Just don't expect consistent revenue after the first month of launch.