Developer Pulling in $10k a Month Thanks to Android
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Something tells me I should have stuck with computer programming courses past high school, as one successful Android developer has made quite the living off of just one offering in the Market. Aaron La, developer of Advanced Task Manager has pulled in just over $77,000 dollars through sales and ad revenue related to the app.
At $0.99 for the paid version of the app, 2009 saw gains of $18,060 while the first half of 2010 has netted $30,400. Ad revenue since November 2009 brought in $28,640 as of August. Quite the impressive figures.
La attributes the exponential earnings to new Android versions that made the market easier to use, though also stating there is a long way to go in terms of providing a better experience for customers to locate new and useful software. Better payment methods and paid apps in more countries are a just a few of thing complaints Aaron La registers.
[via TalkAndroid]
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Ya I figure those Robo Defense guys must be in the high thousands, easily.
-Brad
Congrats Brad!
How about those Robo Defense guys? They’ve sold over 250,000 copies (maybe even over 500,000 copies) of their game at $2.99 each. They deserve it too, that game is awesome.
Correction, since April 2009, when My Electrum Drum first came out, until now, I’ve made $32,219 (after the 30% cut) so far. Not bad…And the most money has been this year. Last month I made 4300
Love all the developers and their apps on Android. I used to buy apps on iPhone but no more. All my money goes to Android apps now.
I’m the developer of Electrum Drum Machine, and so far this year I’ve already made over $20,000 (after the 70% cut), I expect to reach $45K by the end of the year.
-Brad
amazing success story, i was astonished by the numbers of the ads revenues, it definitely encouraged me to work on a free app that’s ad supported
I assume nobody proof reads their atricles before posting?
Regardless of one’s computer science background a successful app is more of a crap shoot than anything else. Someone else posting the same kind of app at the wrong time or with a few variations may not have had the same success at all. Another way to get rich is to get a dime for every idea that some software company had that they were sure was going to make money and didn’t.
@Eddieistheillest
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Seriously?!?!
What app?
Oh man, developing makes lots of money and has a bright future.
But the problem is that I am not that into programming, what to do?:<
Good for him.
It’s good to see a success story like this. It might attract more developers to the Android Platform.
The market could use some help though…