arstechnica.com — Block is the author of the popular crossword puzzle application 2 Across, which sells for $5.99 on the App Store. Based on her iTunes Connect screenshots, Block has been earning almost $2,000 per day on the application, quite a bit more than she was expecting to make. Overall, these results are pretty encouraging for developers.
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metapopAug 5, 2008
this is pretty exciting... i'm a little surprised that no one has made some of the ideas i have for apps yet, either...
mactarkusAug 5, 2008
For many of these apps, it is certainly money better spent than on ringtones.
divisiblebyzeroAug 5, 2008
No, I work with the guy who developed it. He still gets like 200 downloads a day.
tomaroccoAug 5, 2008
The math is good, bca. We were just using different factors, my 5 days a week ($510,000) versus your 7 ($700,000). I did not compensate for holidays. I doubt this boom will last long for this particular app. Sooner or later people figure out how to play solitaire for free. Who pays for porn anymore, right?
rogerlyAug 5, 2008
Two things:1. Data was attributed to the referenced website: <a class="user" href="http://9to5mac.com/iphone-apps-developers-rich">http://9to5mac.com/iphone-apps-developers-rich</a> (the same place that macrumors got their info)2. There is also a information about Tap Tap Tap's data (as well as a reference to the website where it was obtained), which wasn't included in the macrumors post.Perhaps Ars is guilty of posting this data a few days late, but it is difficult to say that they are copying someone else's article and claiming it as their own. If that was the case, then macrumors is guilty as well.Honestly, how many websites out there legitimately get all their news direct these days? Most help aggregate news from around the web and present it to their users. And if they provide references to the places where they get their info, can you really complain?
brendansheehanAug 5, 2008
No, they can choose not to make money and sell them for free! :)
graemethickinsAug 5, 2008
how is this story a copy of the MacRumors story? they're both good...what I find amazing is that, by most reports, there are still only about a thousand apps up there to datewe're a developer with three apps so far on the App Store (doapp inc, <a class="user" href="http://www.doapps.com),">http://www.doapps.com),</a> and we heard from Apple almost two weeks ago that there were 4000 apps backed up awaiting their approval! kee-rist, how many must there be by now?hey, can we pick up the tempo a bit, Uncle Stevie? how about youhave Al Gore do something productive - he needs a job
oszoinfinitySep 23, 2008
Is not that easy, check this post out: <a class="user" href="http://latenitesoft.blogspot.com/2008/09/cruel-economy-of-app-store.html">http://latenitesoft.blogspot.com/2008/09/cruel-eco ...</a>