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"You obviously don't make money on Day 1."

I don't know about Android, but I made hundreds of dollars on Day 1 of my app being available on the iPad App Store and know a LOT of friends who have made thousands of dollars on Day 1 from their iPhone apps. Please don't generalize about app sales revenues across Android and iOS because it's like comparing raindrops to a downpour.

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I was talking about documenting the whole journey from day 1. Nobody makes money on the first day of their journey. I am sure many people make significant money on the first day their app is available, and I congratulate you for being one of those people.

billforsternz's generalizations are probably based on available data.

Where is your story?

My story isn't unique (for decent iOS apps) so I didn't bother writing about it. If you want information from iOS developers making buckets of cash read tap tap tap's blog or Tapbots' blog or Loren Brichter's Tweetie stats chart or Trism's story or Pocket God's blog or...

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