My experience with the Windows Phone Marketplace seems to fit this pattern. A little over a year ago I started teaching myself C#, so I starting creating WP7 apps and releasing them.
As of today I have released 10 apps for the WP7 store (and two for Android), making a total of seventeen 99 cent sales for the paid apps and about $2500 in ad revenue for the ad supported apps. The total download numbers for all ten apps is about 17,000 (1500 Android), with about 500k impressions for the last 7 months. At best, when the apps were most popular, I was making $35 a day in ad revenue which has settled down to about $5.
However, I must note that the apps are not very good. As I was new to C#, each app took less time than the last, but the first took about 3 months of my free time. It was a cool way to learn to code while giving myself a tiny boost in income. However, now that I know I can write crappy apps, I would like contribute to something bigger/better and work with a team. It would be monumentally helpful to have a designer to work with as that is the hardest part for me.
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My experience with the Windows Phone Marketplace seems to fit this pattern. A little over a year ago I started teaching myself C#, so I starting creating WP7 apps and releasing them.
As of today I have released 10 apps for the WP7 store (and two for Android), making a total of seventeen 99 cent sales for the paid apps and about $2500 in ad revenue for the ad supported apps. The total download numbers for all ten apps is about 17,000 (1500 Android), with about 500k impressions for the last 7 months. At best, when the apps were most popular, I was making $35 a day in ad revenue which has settled down to about $5.
However, I must note that the apps are not very good. As I was new to C#, each app took less time than the last, but the first took about 3 months of my free time. It was a cool way to learn to code while giving myself a tiny boost in income. However, now that I know I can write crappy apps, I would like contribute to something bigger/better and work with a team. It would be monumentally helpful to have a designer to work with as that is the hardest part for me.