[HN Gopher] My apps were listed at the top of Developers Tools (...
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My apps were listed at the top of Developers Tools (iOS/Mac), I
made $60
Author : yarapavan
Score : 35 points
Date : 2021-05-20 13:25 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| paintstripper wrote:
| I think the large part for me, is that I don't see these tools as
| useful. regex101.com , the "history" command and Mackup provide
| these things for me and they are free. How do these paid apps
| provide more value?
| paxys wrote:
| I think the main takeaways here are that (1) developer tools
| don't sell well on mobile platforms (which makes sense) and (2)
| the Mac App Store isn't very popular.
|
| The demand for good developer tooling has never been higher.
| Companies and individuals won't think twice before throwing money
| at an app or service which offers even the tiniest bit of
| improvement to their existing process. Sales and distribution,
| however, is still mostly an unsolved problem. Steam I think is
| the only company which has managed to crack that code at scale.
| spicybright wrote:
| Wonder if it would make sense to make a steam for computer
| programs. Just copy it straight out.
|
| I actually remember for a bit steam dipped it's toes in non-
| game software if I remember.
| isiahl wrote:
| You can still purchase software on Steam, although the
| selection isn't great.
|
| Wouldn't you say the Mac App Store and Windows Store are the
| "steam for computer programs"?
| tonyjstark wrote:
| I'm not sure how it is now but a few years back I had an app in
| the Mac App Store that got in the 'Top Grossing' top 100 for two
| or three days in a few European countries. I got super excited
| but when I saw the proceeding, reality pulled me back quick...
|
| It was probably 180EUR per day after Apple Tax. I canceled the
| order for the Lambo and accepted that there is just not much
| going on in the Mac App Store.
|
| I still miss the days of having conversations with users on
| MacUpdate. In my nostalgic dreams users back then where also more
| likely willing to pay proper prices for software.
| ArchOversight wrote:
| I've used RegExp for testing regular expressions and absolutely
| loved it.
|
| I didn't even know where was a "Pro" upgrade for only $2.99. I
| can't find what features it unlocks though.
| ehutch79 wrote:
| A happy user can't even find why they would buy the pro
| version? That sounds like more of the problem than anything
| else.
| Jakobeha wrote:
| The App store top charts are mostly broken. The iOS top free /
| paid games are a mix of old games (like Geometry Dash and BTD5)
| and absolute garbage (see https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rob-
| master-3d/id1561184462). The top free apps are all common social
| medias except for some random video editor (Cap&Cut). Other
| categories and the Mac App store are usually worse, because there
| are a lot less apps.
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| Part of it is just the lack of apps and games I really need in
| general. But the iOS app store has curated tabs which have much
| better content. Top charts just aren't that meaningful.
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