Though the survey's methodology is a bit on the light side, numerous developers that we spoke to agree that the results—59 percent of apps don't break even, and 80 percent of developers can't sustain a business on their apps alone—are close to accurate.
So still better than the conventional wisdom that "90-95% of business fail".
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So 40% do break even. I'd guess that is better than web or other platforms.
Read the article, it says close to 90% don't break even.
Though the survey's methodology is a bit on the light side, numerous developers that we spoke to agree that the results—59 percent of apps don't break even, and 80 percent of developers can't sustain a business on their apps alone—are close to accurate.
So still better than the conventional wisdom that "90-95% of business fail".