“Android Developers Who Charge for their App Can Say Goodbye to Revenue”

Written by Nilisoft on May 29, 2011 in Dev Blog - 4 Comments

Recently read the post here:
http://blog.inner-active.com/2011/05/android-developers-who-charge-for-their-app-can-say-goodbye-to-any-revenue/

It is a bit discouraging reading regarding earning revenue from Android apps…

"80% of all paid apps have been downloaded less than 100 times until now."

That sounds alarming… So for MOST developers (except the 20% that gets more than “100″ downloads) the revenue is practically near zero.

So how do you earn from Android apps? With ads like admob etc? I’m not sure I believe the ads will generate any large kinds of income from apps that would fall into those “80%”. With ads (as far as I can tell) you need SHITLOADS of users using your app ALL THE TIME. Perhaps I am wrong…?

Anyways, I’m curious about which way would generate the best income from releasing apps in Android Market.

Edit: test

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Nilisoft

May 30, 2011 • 9:15 am

Actually will give http://inner-active.com/ a try with the next Android app that is in the pipeline.

The iPhone version will probably be a tier 2 paid app. And the android version with ads instead. Perhaps an add free paid version of the android app as well.
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Shady

June 4, 2011 • 8:39 am

Perhaps releasing a good number of apps into the market, then using ads… putting them into as many venues as you can as well could help. It may not be something you’d wish to rely upon for most of your income. Games that get played often, or other apps that are used most often will give the most time for your ads to generate revenue.