Both Blue and Illusion have been talking about iPhone app development and saying I should give it a go. Today after watching Blues Hello World app, I figure that providing the app doesn’t get too complicated (which is the main idea behind cheap iPhone apps) and the fact theres a lot of code snippets of code on the net, that it shouldn’t be too difficult to develop an iPhone app.
So to develop a simple app which I could sell, could only take a couple of weeks.
However, I don’t think theres many market niches left open. Also from past experience, I’m not skilled at coming up which great program ideas.
If I’m only going to develop a simple program, its a fact that someone will develop something better and the technology will change fairly soon.
Therefore if I’m luckly in a year I reckon I could expect to make a thousand pound or two at most.
This seems a lot of time and effort to make such little money, granted, what else would I do with my time, well I can develop my skills and get a good job and I can concentrate on my kids program which perhaps may only need a couple of months to reach completion.
If I start yet another project other goals and projects suffer.
by JM
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Well the niches which exist are few, but you can build on
what other people have made. There are plently of apps
which look rubbish, don’t work like they are supposed to
etc. If you have a look through iTunes and read the
reviews which people put, you will find at least 20% of
buyers didn’t get what they expect/wanted… which
means you can make a program which does what the app
does, does what they ACTUALLY want to do and more.
Also you have the advantage of being experienced with
kids programs, you’re sitting on a huge niche right there.
Granted 4yr olds arn’t able to buy apps, but their parents
are. So have a look for kids programs which you could
make, or even make a iPhone version of what you are
selling. At the very least putting that on your site will
attract visitors who search for iPhone apps for kids.
By DN
I mainly learnt my iPhone coding from a few books I purchased, at first I followed
examples until I was at the stage to know how to search for stuff I need then it was
just a case of putting the app together.
To date I have not had an original idea however I have made an app which is more
simple to use.
However I now have an original idea at the moment which I will be coding soon, it
has only come to me after weeks / months of playing around with the iPhone XCode
etc.
DN is right you could target kids apps, a lot of parents do let their kids use their
iTouch or iPhone whilst travelling or waiting around etc.
To date I have made £450 since the 1st August from a none original idea iPhone app
it is possibly the most user friendly one on the app store and perhaps why it does
well, development time was short as well around 3/4 evenings at a guess. My app is
flawed at the moment and I only get sales from the UK hopefully with V2 it will
attract sales from the rest of europe and bring in more cash.
Is it worth it ?
Simple answer. Yes!
Why?
Well as Blue said, a simple unoriginal idea made basic
and easy to use nets him £450 a month pure profit. How
many other programs on their own can do that?
By DN
But how long will that last ? before something else comes along and blows the platform out the window.
well based on the news, they say the app market will last
for about 20 years before it all dies out.
That’s why you build simple apps, if they can supplement
your income or provide extra for your programs you sell
on the pc then it’s all good.
Yeah nothing is forever, that’s why you have to make the
most of the gold rush
By DN
“supplement your income”
I think thats the main point.
I know your a student and thats what you need at the moment.
But to commit to something you have to have goals and I’m not sure that as such this is something I’d like to invest into.
Having said this I may well have no better thing to do and may give it a try, but its not something you want to invest a lot of time and effort into.
Again maybe.. if you feel that supplementing your income
is earning about £3/4 thousand pounds a week, then I
would love your real job
Cant see that happening
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