How Much I Made as an Indie iOS Developer in 2020
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- I walk through how much money I was able to make on the App Store in 2020 as an indie developer. I felt that it only fair to throw my stats into the ring after watching videos posted by others sharing similar information. Leave your questions in the comments.
If you want to see a more detailed breakdown I have posted the graphs from the App Store in an article on Medium - bit.ly/3rKAkcZ
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Congrats on a great first year, Tianna 🚀
Thank you!!
Just gotta say, anytime I'm using an app that i really like, if it has a tip jar option, i always leave something. You could charge for an app, or have in app purchases, and if i like what the app does I'll probably pay. But if there's something like a tip jar or donation, I'm more likely to pay more than you would charge. It has a vibe of "hey, I'm an indie dev, doin my best, hope you like it", and it feels more human, and i always wanna help out. It's weird haha
I’m starting in the iOS app development with an udemy course while i’m studing my degree and it’s been amazing and motivational to find your channel. I really appreciate people who shares experiences and knowledge. I hope you continue growing both in youtube and as a developer. Greetings from Spain!
Thank you I have benefitted a lot from others so figured I could share and someone see it and take something away.
GOOD VIDEO THANKS I would like you to help me configure an ios application so that I can embark on this adventure
Great video! Also love to see more women in the tech industry
Thank you, just glad to have the opportunity to share my experiences.
Congratulations 🎉 and thanks for sharing. Which apps were you talking about?
Awesome, you crushed it! I love this video. What is the name of your app if you don’t mind my asking. I would love for you to show us your app and what it does! Congrats and wishing you and even more prosperous 2021
Yeah of course no worries. It's apps.apple.com/ca/app/pomodoro-focus-timer/id1440911969
You are beautiful, smart, genuine, confident. ❤❤ I just become your big fan.
I love these type of videos & I'm not even an app developer
Me too!
Guys dont buy a course. Its all scams. Knowledge should be free and you can find it free! Also do urself dont just follow tutorials
Nice that you managed to make a decent amount of money with your app!
My app's don't really make me money, but they definitely paid for themselves in allowing me to learn new things, helped me gain interviews and gave me interesting projects to talk about at interviews.
And that can't be overlooked, there is real value in all of those things. I would say that earning money is a bonus considering what my goal was when I set out, making a full app from scratch by myself.
Apple’s cut + government tax. No less than 50% in loses.
Great content Tianna! I definitely agree that money and earnings shouldn't be a taboo and transparency can only help the community 💪 I should make a video like that myself 😊
Subbed, we should collab one day! ♥️
Thank you. We should!
Thanks very much for sharing Tianna. Nice to see a Canadian iOS developer posting TH-cam videos!
More to come!
You just motivated me to get back to coding. Thank you.
Like the video, but 443 minus 30% isn't 288.
Isn't it more than 30% as per calculation, or am I wrong
Why would anyone subsidice a billion dollar company like Apple? 30% ??? For what?
For the vast majority of apps the commission is 15%, but regardless yeah if that margin doesn't work for someone then I understand.
Subs!! to your channel Tianna :-)
How can I upload android app into the playstore and get paid?
This video has been very inspirational. Thanks again for sharing Tianna! This is organic, love it.
Thank you Sean!
Hey Tianna! Loved the honest content and subscribed immediatly, such a good channel. I wanted to ask, how did you manage to get traffic to your apps? have you paid for ads? did you promote them on social media? if its just organic, have you worked on ASO?
Thanks for subbing! And to answer your question I would say it's organic as I haven't done any ads or social media marketing. I think what helped was adding support for other languages which allows other regions to find and use it.
Really cool..info. Congrats on the success. Also great to see an African American woman succeeding in tech and sharing her story. Its very inspiring.
Glad you were able to take something away. I'm trying my best.
Hi, hats a great video I found ! Thank you for sharing !
share a name of your app ? So I can look 👀 at it ?
Do you still Google for syntax questions
@tianna do you have the roadmap to be an ios developer
You're not easy on the eyes if you know what I mean.
Income include only stickers or not ?
I will offer myself as a stay home husband to you. I will take care of your kids clean and cook. for real.
I watched the video. she made 400 dollar. the offer is off the table. I thought she was a millionaire.
What is the name of your app?
Create an app to shoot str8 greenz on nba2k
Are you using native code or JavaScript to build your apps?
I am using Swift so going all native.
Thank you so much for this video. Its so nice to see beautiful brown women that look like me in the tech space.
Thank you for watching and for engaging in the comments.
That is pretty cool Tiana. I'm trying to update some apps I made for Android. I like how you made a decent amount of money from your app. Take care.❤🎉
The most honest girl in the world.
Great job and thank you for sharing! I am a professional dev on the fence of starting but your experience was very encouraging! Hope 2021 is going great!
Thank you Paris, glad it was helpful if even only a little.
great story and hope your income will keep increasing!! to support you and as a thank you for your video, could you share with us the name of your app?
Yeah my latest video is sharing more about the app, check it out if you haven't already.
Great to see other women in tech, especially women of color! Love it :) Keep the videos coming.
Thank you Amy!
Just say “black women” smh🙄🙄🙄
Can I build an app for $1000???
I want you to make a beginner friendly course building app music 🎶 a like Spotify 🇯🇲
Hey Tiana , first of all I appreciated that video , it's inspiring me a lot. I'm graduating with a degree in IT engineering
and I'm currently starting my iOS app journey. How did you start your journey ? Did you take a course or use an official Apple swift developer book? thanks
Would love to hear about your process for developing app ideas or defining your product. Thank you. Love to see this content from BIPOC women as I am a BIPOC woman.
thank you sis. im an indie game dev too
If you wanted to secure every dollar made from your app, where would you go to publish your app? Apple seems to take a healthy cut of profit, so what could you do/ where could you go to combat that?
Then you should have your own website or host from where people can download your app but it's going to be really hard tho because you can't drive organic downloads unlike established stores like the play store and app store.
^ This
Also unless it's a Mac app you won't really be able to do that. Side loading isn't supported quite yet for iPhones (not sure about the play store)
Very inspiring.
wright apps for iPad
"A CUPPA CUPPA CUPPA" XD
=)
That's awesome! Best of luck!
Subscribed to a fellow Torontonian
Great video. Best wishes with your TH-cam channel.
Thank you, much appreciated.
Omg I love content regarding experience. Thank you.
Thanks, me too.
Thanks for sharing Tianna, just keep it up.....hugs from Brazil..;)
Tianna you’re awesome and I love your content!
Thank your for the kind words and encouragement!
what is your app?
That’s dope. Thanks for sharing your experience
Thanks for watching!
You are very smart
Thanks for sharing your experience, Tianna!
Your welcome. I have always sought out similar content so felt it only fair to add my numbers to the mix once I was able.
Very inspiring ❤
To earn more develop an app that cut apple's cut. Lol
That's a strategy lol.
Thank you Tiana.
Dont look indian
Tianna Lewis for the win!
Thanks for this, extremely helpful.
I'm working on an app at the moment, love this sort of realism these videos provide.
So would you recommend the tip jar vs. flat out direct payment?
I'm developing for Android, as I'm a Java student... So apparently android is even harder to make money on. I don't want to splurge ads on the app, I hate that on apps that I use so why would I do it to other people... But... It would be nice to cover costs and make a little extra off the app
After having done both, I would say the tip jar is a great approach for a very simple app where it wouldn't make sense to put anything behind a paywall, because the core function of the app would then be unusable. However, if your app is structured in a way where implementing in-app purchases would make sense one way or another then I would go the in-app payments route.
@@tiannahl thanks heaps for the reply! Great to see others sharing info like this. My app is trying to do one simple thing really really well, so I don't see any function that I could reasonably charge for... But a tip jar seems like the most reasonable way to cover costs
@@progtom7585 Yeah give it a try only one way to find out. Just be clear in your messaging that it is a Tip Jar so people don't misunderstand and you should be fine.
You are awesome
Very encouraging. I will also look into this and try something out. Thank you
I'm impressed actually to actually find a good video done by a woman on this topic, keep at it Tianna
Just trying to add more insight into the pot.
@@tiannahl you are doing great, hope to see more content from you, Im also working on an application, just looking you count those figures is just motivating.
What is your app? You should have put a link in the description as this is a way to drive traffic towards your app.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing! Since November I publish my first app and I'm learning everyday. That kind of videos are very wellcome. Thanks!
Congrats on the release, your almost at the 1 year mark, and yeah you'll learn so much. What's the app, would love to check it out.
@@tiannahl Thanks! I start my journey learning as iOS developer during the lockdown in Spain on my freetime. I’m consultant at EY. My first app is Bullets: apps.apple.com/es/app/bullets/id1536420851 I love your feedback and advices! Thanks a lot! Apologies for my english!
@@JosaVicente Your English is really good so no worries and no need to apologize. Checking out your app and you did a really good job. Keep it up.
@@tiannahl Thanks a lot! Markwting and promote the app is my pain point. A video about it sounds interesting ☺️
Congratulations with good growing! It will be interesting to see your progress and app developing process in 2021. It is great idea!
Thank you. I'm really looking to have a better 2021 so just have to put in the work.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Can you let me know what type of app you developed which netted you the results shown in your video?
This is top quality content. Great job
Glad you think so!
now this is great video i would watch for junior flutter dev, thank you tianna much much love
Is it better to make your own apps than working for someone as an iOS developer?
Thank you 🎉 for your honesty and clarity 👨🏽💻📱🎉
Thanks for sharing !!! How did you market the app ?
Late to this, but good video: thanks, Tianna, and glad you’re still at it.
What’s the name of the app on the AppStore?
None of these channels say what app they have.. 😂
Really great video, waiting for 2021 edition !!!! :D
thank you, it's like you read my mind.
Nice really inspiring me to press on.
You can do it!
Thank you for sharing :) subscribed
Hey Tianna! Thanks a bunch for sharing - very informative! I love it! I'm interested in learning more about how Indie developers handle reviews on the App Store (eg How to find the time to deal with it, reply or no? keeping reviews or start over? implementations of the "Review us"-ask, etc). Would love to hear your thoughts! I subscribed, looking forward to following your successes in 2021!
Okay I will note that down to talk about in a future video.
Great Video!, Planning on doing 2021 update?
I have a question!!
I'm from Bangladesh..can I become swift developer..
Please replay me back if you know..thanks you.Please mam
If you want to be a Swift Developer I don't see why not. What it comes down to is if you want to, and if you put in the effort. If you want to just work on your own projects then just get started. If you are looking for a more formal employment situation then it will be if there are jobs available in your area, or if not then at least remote being an option. Good luck with your pursuits.
Thanks a lot!! very motivating!
You're welcome!
Informative channel!
Glad you think so!
Awesome video! Really appreciate your insight
I developed and published few mobile games on android play store, but no luck!! any suggestion would you like to give? it will be very helpful.
Games can be hard to stand out because there are so many. And as I haven't really released any games i'm sorry but I don't have a ton of advice. It seems like for games marketing is a big part.
Happy to be the 500 Th subscriber. Have a background music it’s can reduce background noise
Happy to welcome you aboard🍾 Thank you for the tip, will keep it in mind.
Thanks for sharing this Tianna! It is really inspirational to me 🤩
You're welcome Irene.
Wonderful to see this ! I’m developing an augmented reality music app starting on iOS. This is motivating. Do you recommend building multiple small apps or 1 big app with multiple features?
I recommend taking on a project that you can finish. So be careful the scope of the project. Start with the core features and you can add new features with future updates. This way you spend time actually making features your users want.
@@tiannahl Thanks! yes everyone's advice was that too, but I still went and added everything hehe. Now I just need to cut back and focus on making everything work smoothly/user-friendly. If some of these keep causing errors, I'll just remove them from the first version. Before this, I did much smaller projects that were able to release but the main critique was usability. So it really needs to be a focus from now. keep up the great work!
This was interesting
Thank you for sharing this, needed to see this!
Your welcome, hopefully something you can take away and keep in mind when working on your own projects.
just started my journey as iOS developer
Thank you very much tianna
it really inspires me
What about no-code apps?
I have seen some of the stuff on offer but haven't done anything serious with them. Although I have heard of some products/apps whose origins were no-code.
Nice!
i thought it would be more lol
That would've been nice. But I figure it's a process and have to start somewhere.
What’s the name of the app?
Hi, I shared that in an updated video on the channel.
great video. You're such an inspiration to me.