You’ve probably heard about the Newsweek article about the realities of the App Store, and I’ve seen a couple of good responses to the piece from Ilium and Edible Apple. My favourite so far, though, is the one from bjango (iStat!). They reached out to various indie developers to try and collect their own real-world […]
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iPhone developer bjango discusses “Gold digging on the App Store” in response to Newsweek

Oct 8th 2009 by

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You’ve probably heard about the Newsweek article about the realities of the App Store, and I’ve seen a couple of good responses to the piece from Ilium and Edible Apple. My favourite so far, though, is the one from bjango (iStat!).

They reached out to various indie developers to try and collect their own real-world examples about how much time and money it took to create some of the wicked apps we know. The Newsweek article states that “Most apps take at least six months of full-time work and cost between $20,000 and $150,000 to develop, according to Forrester Research, which covers the tech industry.” As you’ll see on the bjango blog, there are a lot of different ways to run an iPhone-based business, but you don’t necessarily need $100k and half a year to do alright.

The article covers quite a bit more about the App Store environment and what it’s like to be a developer who’s in for the long haul. It’s absolutely worth a read.

[bjango blog post]

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