Are Android Developers Making Money?
I read about a survey of iPhone developers which found that a third had made under $250 and 52% under $15,000. Not exactly reassuring for anyone wanting to earn a living with iPhone apps.
As far as I know, there hasn’t been any similar studies done of Android developers, so I decided to set up a simple poll to see how we compare. I couldn’t find out what the iPhone survey counted as earnings, but I am limiting my first poll to just application sales and in-application advertisements. I have read Mark Murphy’s 40 Android Business Models posts, so there are definitely more ways to make money, but let’s start with the survey I set up.
With that set up, head over to the poll page.
Hannes Bischof:
Hi,
I found a studie about this topict, maybe it’s exactly what you are searching for:
http://metrics.admob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/AdMob-Mobile-Metrics-July-09.pdf
Greetings Hannes
October 13, 2009, 9:33 pmHeikki Toivonen:
@Hannes: Thanks for the link, it shows interesting information about mobile users. However, I did not see anything about how much are developers making money, which my poll is about.
October 13, 2009, 10:24 pmJoe:
Both these links look very useful. You could be a super-talented programmer with no idea which way to go, and the 40 possible business models is great.
February 18, 2010, 11:33 pmLikewise so is Hanne’s AdMob link. Thanks for the info! It’s better than flying in blind and wondering “what happened? Anybody out there?”