I love hearing your whole story Aivars! ❤️❤️ such an inspiration! My goal is to make an indie app that makes enough money that I can live off of too! This is the year it’s going to happen!

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was long and bumpy ride :) I'm still working to feel comfortable to cut freelancing work, hope to be there in 2025.

Big nerd Ranch. That’s the OG of iOS books. Sad that they are not actively publishing new versions now. You have taken us Seniors back to nostalgic moments

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

Yep, they were strong and well known back in a time.

You're the best, Aivars!

Hey Aivars this video is top notch. You have actually reignited my interest in indie app development. Like you, I have been at this for over ten years. During the first few years, I tried my hand at indie app dev and even mobile games but since it made me no money, I gave up and started freelancing as a developer. I am ready to try again.

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

My indie apps were cooking on slow burn during the years. I guess it dosen't hurt to play around a release small indie apps time to time. Eventually that can replace freelancing. Glad this video inspired you!

Tere, That dog pic make my day :))))) I guess many people are stuck at "girls & beer" stage 😬

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

Oh, boy. Few of my friends stuck in that stage forever :(

Inspirational. 🎉

How do you find a category or a niche for the first app? I have a crazy idea about building a simple warehouse/stock management system for small businesses. It would be an app and web-based solution that integrates with 2 to 3 large e-commerce platforms.

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

If you have real customers who needs this product you can try to build it, but sounds like a big and complicated project.

Thank you for your content, it is truly inspiring! I would like to ask you what criteria you use to know if it is worth continuing to invest time in a particular app or starting a new project.

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

That really depends on many aspects and sometimes you would like to work on the app just because you build it for yourself.

Thanks for sharing your journey Aivers🙏 I very enjoyed listening to it! Hope you will have the time to answer, I have questions which bother me for few days now: how indie mobile devs make profitable businesses? More precisely, do they ship “a lot of iOS apps” with average designs and no monetization and then, analyze which ones have the most potential and push them? How did you do on your side? Did you monetize at the very beginning (first release)? Or just shipped and see how it goes?

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

When you implemented inApp purchases once it takes a few hours to add them to another app, so usually I have them in all new projects. But approach is the same, build a few smaller apps, see which one has potential and start generating sales and downloads, double down on winners.

@jean-pierrealary4999

2 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@AivarsMeijers I see Aivars, thanks for you answer 🙏 I’m gonna ship few apps and see how it goes. Then select the ones who have potential for monetization and ASO improvements.

Hello Aivar, great story. thanks for sharing. Is your app revenue driven mostly by one app?

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

My revenue is split between multiple apps, but in almost every App portfolio are a few main apps.

Hi, Aivars! 1. Do you try to create games? Maybe simple logical games. Is it good idea in your opinion? 2. What kind of monetization in your opinion is the best for the app?

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

I do not develop games because that is completely different category and it is very competitive as well. Subscriptions works the best for my Apps.

Hello Aivars, which kind of apps tends to be more profitable?

@YngGreen

4 ай бұрын

The ones that you yourself would like to use

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

There is saying that if you build products you should create painkillers and not a vitamins. So try to address and solve real problem, solve it and users will be happy to pay. If you are looking fastest way to earn money, that will be in games with micro transactions. Selling gems, etc.

@rananaskar306

4 ай бұрын

Solve problems of other people it's the only way. No matter what app you make it, might be clone of another app to some extent but you need to address the problem of apps you are competing with. How am I saying this?, already own dating startup which makes 100k USD a year in sales. Failed 4 apps too. As I tried to copy other apps without solving issues, so it's a lesson.

Oh Aivars, Soviet Union, I am 37 and remember all that time. By the way, may first PC was ZX Spectrum, it was a keyboard connects to TV and tape recorder with games on film cassette - and yeh, I played games and etc. and only in 27 years I came to programming, now I am Web developer mainly in GO language. It's cool to meet you, I see, you may be older than me and it is nice to know that years are not threat for IT guys) never the less, tell please, which book, it's name, did you mention in the video ?

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

I'm 47 now, so spent a bit a time in USSR before we got our country independent again. I learned Objective-C and iOS development from - iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide That book was great back in a times, but they are not publishing new versions anymore.

@ikhalizov

4 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers 47! So young) OK, thank you for your reply, nice to follow your videos, thanks for your content

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How did you earn money from some of your apps and not anything from other ? Can you share what makes some of your apps in future makes money which did not in the begging ? Some hints or things you think influenced that you earn this time ?

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

This is hard to answer in the comment, I did 1h+ course to talk about that :) I will try to make a YT video on this as well.

It happens . Burnout is real