App Annie - App Annie. The Majority Of Today’s App Businesses Are Not Sustainable. Though the app stores continue to fill up with ever more mobile applications, the reality is that most of these are not sustainable businesses. According to a new report out this morning, half (50%) of iOS developers and even more (64%) Android developers are operating below the “app poverty line” of $500 per app per month.
This detail was one of many released in VisionMobile’s latest Developer Economics report (for Q3 2014), which was based on a large-scale online developer survey and one-to-one interviews with mobile app developers. This report included the responses from over 10,000 developers from 137 countries worldwide, taking place over 5 weeks in April and May. That mobile app developers are challenged in getting their apps discovered, downloaded and then actually used, is a well-known fact.
The report’s authors detail the specifics around the trend where a tiny fraction of developers – actually, it’s 1.6% to be exact – generate most of the app store revenue. Have Nothings. Créer une application iPhone : combien ça coûte ? - Le Journal du Net : e-Business, Informatique, Economie et Management. My First Year in the App Store « Trevor McKendrick.
This is post #1 of my 8 post series on my first year in the App Store. You can read the full series here I released my first app one year ago yesterday. It started as a small side project with the explicit goal of paying my rent. As of yesterday it’s done $73,034 in net revenue, after Apple’s cut. While not considered “VC” successful, I’m extremely happy and proud of how well it’s turned out thus far. Today I’m going to give a brief history of our apps and talk about why I got into mobile apps in the first place. Meeting Cameron In February of 2012 I went to a family dinner where I learned a relative was doing $8k to $10k a month in the App Store.
But I figured if he could do it so could I. For the next few weeks I thought a lot about what I’d make. You read that right. It turns out that most of the Spanish Bible apps out there are really bad. Who Launches on Sundays? Because I’m selling the Bible, I launched on a Sunday. But remember: my goal was only to pay my rent. From there I expanded. Inside The App Stores: Apple, Android & The Hottest App You've Never Heard Of. What app broke through to become one of the most popular in 2012? If you live outside Asia, chances are you've never heard of it: Naver's Line Pop, a matching game that an analyst report this week estimated at 1.75 million downloads in just over 72 hours. Line Pop's success overshadowed the success of Draw Something, 2012's other most-talked about app. Draw Something reached 1 million users in 9 days early in 2012, and was instrumental in convincing Zynga to spend $180 million to acquire developer Omgpop. The report this week by Distimo attempted the chart the success of apps residing on the two most popular platforms: Google's Android app store, Google Play, and Apple's iOS App Store.
Unfortunately, the year-end look didn't touch on smaller, less popular app platforms such as RIM's BlackBerry Store or Amazon's own powerful rival to Google Play. The report indicates that both Google Play and Apple's iOS are growing strongly, though Apple's iOS platform still generates more revenue.