Android App Development Not Profitable
2 December 2009
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Android app developers are not making money and they are unhappy according to one survey taken by Skyhook Wireless. Google’s Android Market has only a fraction of volume of apps in Apple’s App Store, but Android Market is still the second place app store.
The survey sampled 30 Android developers and found that 57 percent of developers said they are not satisfied with their profits on Android. There are thousands of Android developers who have built more than 15,000 apps — but if the trend holds true across the majority of apps makers, it’s very disturbing.
Here are some of the key findings from the survey of Android developers:
- 57 percent of developers said they are not satisfied with their profits on Android.
- 90 percent of developers reported individual app downloads of 10,000 or under on Android.
- 52 percent of Android developers’ apps were downloaded fewer than 5,000 times.
- 43 percent feel that they would sell more apps if Android used a carrier billing or another simpler billing system.
- 68 percent of those surveyed are somewhat or not likely to put further work into their apps, compared to when they first released their app.
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