Why developers love iOS more than Android?

But for the general public and consumers, a freeware app is always better than a paid app!

” A paid app is certainly much better than an ad-supported app from a developer’s perspective.”

Not necessarily. Especially with apps that are frequently updated, ad driven revenue should be a better model as users will still be using your app as long as you provide content updates. With a $.99 model, users keep playing and getting updates for free. Unless the updates are released as paid DLC’s which I don’t is what angry bird does.

After all, android itself is one big ad-supported app and is now positive revenue.

If the paid app model of ios will bring in more money to developers, then why did they choose to release Angry Birds free and AdSupported on Android? I can’t see the logic of that assumption.

i think it’s also due to a fact that Android doesn’t have an APP STORE that works similar to iTunes, where you sign in with your credit card details thus much easy to buy apps anywhere in the world.

^ I agree

Rovio and other developers may earn more than $0.99 a download on Android in the long run from ads…

Listen to Steve Jobs Slamming Google’s Android, RIM and Rival Tablet Makers.

Steve Jobs on Google Android:

Google loves to characterize Android as open, and iOS and iPhone as closed, we find this a bit disingenuous and clouding the real difference between our two approaches.

In reality, we think the open vs. closed argument is just a smokescreen to try and hide the real issue, which is, what’s best for the customer, fragmented versus integrated. We think Android is very very fragmented and becoming more fragmented by the day.

We also think our developers will be more innovative if they can target a singular platform rather than 100 variants. They can put their time into innovative new features rather than testing on 100s of different handsets, so we are very committed to the integrated approach, no matter how many times Google tries to characterize it as closed and we are confident it will triumph over Google’s fragmented approach.

On RIM (Research In Motion):

We’ve now passed RIM and I don’t see them catching up with us in the foreseeable future. They must move beyond their area of strength and comfort into the unfamiliar territory of trying to become a software platform company. I think it’s going to be a challenge for them to create a competitive platform and to convince developers to create apps for yet a third software platform after iOS and Android. With 300,000 apps on Apple’s App Store, RIM has a high mountain ahead of them to climb.

On Rival 7’’ Tablets:

The seven inch tablets are tweeners, too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with an iPad.

Our potential competitors are having a tough time coming close to iPad’s pricing even with their far smaller, far less expensive screens. The iPad incorporates everything that we’ve learned about building high value products from iPhones, iPods and Macs. We create our own A4 chip, our own software, our own battery chemistry, our own enclosure, our own everything, and this results in an incredible product at a great price. The proof of this will be in the pricing of our competitors products, which will likely offer less for more. These are among the reasons why we think the current crop of 7” tablets are going to be DOA. Dead on arrival. Their manufacturers will learn the painful lesson that their tablets are too small and increase the size next year, thereby abandoning customers and developers who jumped on the 7-inch bandwagon with an orphan product. Sounds like lots of fun ahead.

via Redmondpie

Kung ako developer… I’ll go for Paid Apps rather makipagsapalaran sa kikitain sa Ad-supported Apps. Ads only appear when the user unit is connected on the internet. Hindi naman lahat ng handset naka connect lagi sa internet all the time. I agree with Abe.

Paid apps would be good if it were on a worldwide market. However, paid apps are restricted to certain countries only on the Android Market. I would guess that the move to a free service was to get the app to as many users as possible, then hope to get enough revenue through ads. Theoretically, they can earn more from ad usage since this will be a continuous source of income. It’s like selling vs renting property. You can either get a huge lump sum or get smaller amounts over a period of time.

As for internet connections on mobile phones, mobile internet usage is only going up. It might be slow to catch here due to our sorry Internet infrastructure but in other countries, a lot of users have data plans.

Bottom line is, it would be interesting to see if they profit and how much these profits translate to. The numbers might seem low at first, but when you factor in that these will likely be repeated every month, then it will be a profitable long-term venture.

if you’re an App Developer, would you rather make your apps free but ad-supported or go straight for a paid app?

i go straight for a paid app – i guessing android will go from free apps to freemium apps later on i bet

apple apps on the other hand goes from paid apps to free apps (ad supported) after the pay out

I agree with Whatif. Article/argument is flawed period.

The iPhone offers a consistent experience vs the Android’s where the experience depends on the version of the OS, the carrier, and the manufacturer. Also, Phone users tend to understand most of the features of their phone.

As for the business model, utilities with long shelf time tend to go the advertising route, while games go with the paid route.

Paid apps for android are available in limited territories (when not using services such as slide.me) as compared to apple’s app store. This is why some developers prefer ad based software to overcome this limitation. If the android paid-app market were to expand, I think it will give apple’s app store a good shake-up

Just my two cents

Regardless of the arguments presented, I laud Rovio for their boldness. By releasing the full game for free on Android, they’ve certainly established themselves as a game-changer in the Android field.

i downloaded the angry birds for my android motorola phone i think last monday lang.

sana marami pang free apps na lumabas

I agree with you.

sakin cguro my free version din tapos if the user want to get the full version they have to pay.

@kill3rfill3r
“Paid apps is definitely more rewarding for developers. Nakakapagod mag-code tapos wala ka man lang makukuha in return.”

afaik meron ding developers sa Apple appstore na di kumita yung paid apps nila.

Developers: Do Not pretend you code for free, especially if your day job is programming-related and you are given a monthly salary.

Reason you would give an app for free: You are already paid well, OR you do it for fun, OR you do it because it has ads.

Rule of business here: Do something that does Not feel like work, yet you earn from it, and people are willing to pay you for it.

If you give software for free, and then feel bitter for other software that earn money, that’s a sign you wanted to earn money for your software in the first place.

So, if you give software for free, be sure you do it wholeheartedly.