Is $1k/month possible as indie iOS developer?
I'm having fun working through swiftui tutorials, but am curious on what kind of side income this could produce. I know that writing the right app at the right time with the right marketing matters. Second question, what online resources should I know about to be involved with the iOS community and more knowledgeable about the business side of app development? Why $1k/month? I'd like to take extended time off and have my expenses covered except for healthcare. This type of work seems like it would allow for travel by working on apps a few hours at night. Maybe I'm better off taking a 3 month contract gig at robert half international once a year? Either way iOS development looks like a fun hobby. Thanks Current TC:$415k as backend SRE Future TC:$105k (interest income) + unknown_ios_money
You probably can generate any reasonable income as soon as you a) select category where people are ready to pay for a subscription b) are able to craft a delightful experience. Also, c) have some starter money to spend on user acquisition and testing hypotheses. For example, I've launched gpt chatbot app earlier this year but was a bit too late to the market and my layoff happened almost at the same time so I decided not to spend what I planned on traffic. As for the business side, I would recommend something like appmagic (screenshot attached) - the tool to discover how much revenue/downloads apps get and what ads they buy.
This is great info. Thanks for sharing
The public iOS developer slack and discord. Slack seems to be a little higher quality with some people seen to be actual professional iOS SWEs. Also working on indie app. Would love to monetize. Good luck π
Thanks. I'll look for those channels. The subreddit I found is just okay.