Ask HN: Can you still make money on appstores?

2 points by clockwork_189 13y ago ↗ HN

Hi, I was wondering if pushing apps out on the apple/blackberry/android/windows appstores still earn you money? I remember when the appstores were first opened up to developers, people were raking in profits. But now that the markets are getting saturated, do you still earn a decent revenue from your app sales?

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stray 13y ago ↗

If you make something people want badly enough that they'll pay for it -- and put it in the app store for them to buy -- then yes.

kvishnubhatla 13y ago ↗

Of course. Depends on what it does. The app store is certainly more competitive than when it started, but it's still fairly "new".

[dead] parasitius 13y ago ↗

The future is porn. I can't remember the last time I was able to find something awesome like Leisure Suit Larry or Rapelay on Apple's rubbish app store, but I"ve been searching for AGES