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    Is there good Money in Android Development ?

    I have been following various blogs and magazines to understand the numeration of app developers. what I found out is that except a handful of developers not every one is making money.

    On a average 3%-5% people pay to get a paid version of an app thus, an app developer can only make money if his app is downloaded in high numbers.

    Kindly share if you have had a different experience ?

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    what I found out is that except a handful of developers not every one is making money.
    O_o

    You could replace "Android Application Developer" with any profession related to computers and find that "not every one is making money" holds true.

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    Do you mean an independent developer selling their applications? It seems logical that not everyone would get a large return, it would depend on what people want, how you market it, and also a lot on exposure I think. I've heard it's common on digital distribution platforms for an application to sell or not depending on it's search ranking, and what the front page offers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by phantomotap View Post
    O_o

    You could replace "Android Application Developer" with any profession related to computers and find that "not every one is making money" holds true.

    Soma
    And Android Application Development is probably one of the worst when it comes to making money.

    The market is almost unregulated and most of what's in the market is total crap.

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    Truth be told, I don't know how any programmers still make money. I don't think I've paid for any software in like two years. I use Linux which comes with all the free-ware I could ever need.

    OS? Free.
    Microsoft Word clone? Free.
    IDEs? Free.
    Music players? Free.
    Steam + DotA 2? Free.

    Oh wait, I bought the game Outlast and will buy anything made by Frictional Studios.

    Okay, so I buy some things.

    But all in all, I hardly ever pay for anything anymore. Including apps. My mom made me upgrade phones so now I have a smartphone and I've yet to buy an app. I have a friend in game design who only got $10,000 to make an Android game and the returns were abysmal. I say "only $10,000" because with the hours he actually worked, I think he was making like minimum wage at the time.

    I'd say it's really just a fad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MutantJohn View Post
    Truth be told, I don't know how any programmers still make money. I don't think I've paid for any software in like two years. I use Linux which comes with all the free-ware I could ever need.

    OS? Free.
    Microsoft Word clone? Free.
    IDEs? Free.
    Music players? Free.
    Steam + DotA 2? Free.

    Oh wait, I bought the game Outlast and will buy anything made by Frictional Studios.

    Okay, so I buy some things.

    But all in all, I hardly ever pay for anything anymore. Including apps. My mom made me upgrade phones so now I have a smartphone and I've yet to buy an app. I have a friend in game design who only got $10,000 to make an Android game and the returns were abysmal. I say "only $10,000" because with the hours he actually worked, I think he was making like minimum wage at the time.

    I'd say it's really just a fad.
    Hardly anyone uses Linux though, it's something like 2% of worldwide users as of 2015. A very large amount of the free programs for Windows will have a paid upgrade, or be a timed trial. Including some that I would consider necessary, such as decompression programs.

    Believe me, outside of the Linux world you get pestered non-stop to buy software. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy it either, but any program that advertises itself without an option to turn that off will just be deleted from my Windows machine.
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    Believe me, outside of the Linux world you get pestered non-stop to buy software. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy it either, but any program that advertises itself without an option to turn that off will just be deleted from my Windows machine.
    O_o

    I'm sure that you aren't wrong, but the "Linux" in "outside of the Linux world" doesn't fit.

    I have very few applications running on my "Linux" box that doesn't have a "Windows" version.

    I have the common internet applications for browsing websites, checking my email, reading published fees, and similar.

    I have the development applications for multiple languages and environments.

    I have the office and related productivity applications.

    I have the modeling, painting, and rendering applications.

    With the exception of my file manager, terminal emulator, shell, and desktop widgets every other tool I use on a daily basis has native "Windows" builds.

    The point is that "Linux" is not a requirement for a free stack; the other applications MutantJohn was likely referencing are all freely available to "Windows" users.

    Including some that I would consider necessary, such as decompression programs.
    I have to ask for specifics. What format are you talking about that necessitates a commercial decompression application?

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    Quote Originally Posted by phantomotap
    I have to ask for specifics. What format are you talking about that necessitates a commercial decompression application?
    I was thinking of Rar files, the program I got to handle those turned out to be a limited time trial (I'm not sure if you wanted the program as well, but add an abbreviation of 'Windows' to 'Rar' and it's probably the one I'm thinking of ).

    It would allow you to continue using it after the time limit ran out, but you couldn't access the GUI anymore, you had to run it from the right-click context menu. There might be other ones that don't do this, but it was the most recommended at the time I installed it, so it came to mind.

    Quote Originally Posted by phantomotap
    I'm sure that you aren't wrong, but the "Linux" in "outside of the Linux world" doesn't fit.

    I have very few applications running on my "Linux" box that doesn't have a "Windows" version.

    I have the common internet applications for browsing websites, checking my email, reading published fees, and similar.

    I have the development applications for multiple languages and environments.

    I have the office and related productivity applications.

    I have the modeling, painting, and rendering applications.

    With the exception of my file manager, terminal emulator, shell, and desktop widgets every other tool I use on a daily basis has native "Windows" builds..
    You are probably right, I do have many that work on both anyway. There are some Window's specific ones like anti-viruses that have paid upgrades, some with annoying ads that pop up. I'm not sure how fair it is to bring anti-viruses up while comparing free software between Linux and Windows though.

    I'm not complaining that everything with Windows costs money though, just that there seems more solicitation or chances where a user might buy software on Windows (to explore the idea that people might not need to buy it anymore).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpo
    A very large amount of the free programs for Windows will have a paid upgrade, or be a timed trial. Including some that I would consider necessary, such as decompression programs.

    (...)

    I was thinking of Rar files, the program I got to handle those turned out to be a limited time trial (I'm not sure if you wanted the program as well, but add an abbreviation of 'Windows' to 'Rar' and it's probably the one I'm thinking of ).

    It would allow you to continue using it after the time limit ran out, but you couldn't access the GUI anymore, you had to run it from the right-click context menu. There might be other ones that don't do this, but it was the most recommended at the time I installed it, so it came to mind.
    7-Zip, which is available at zero price, handles unpacking of RAR files.
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