Every once in a while we hear about someone living in their basement making a simple app and next thing they know they are on top of the app chart and making thousands of dollars a day off an app they made in a couple of days. This is all because there so so much opportunity for the average Joe to make money creating apps but yet still many people think it is too complicated when they never tried it.
Pocket Gems
Pocket gems was founded in 2009, it has created many successful apps such as Tap Zoo and Pet Hotel. They did something unusual which is common with today's apps and that is the creation of gems, gems as we all know is what you get when you use really money to buy gems/coins within a app. This idea lead them to creating a revenue stream of over $50M and growing.
Pocket gems was founded in 2009, it has created many successful apps such as Tap Zoo and Pet Hotel. They did something unusual which is common with today's apps and that is the creation of gems, gems as we all know is what you get when you use really money to buy gems/coins within a app. This idea lead them to creating a revenue stream of over $50M and growing.
Lima Sky
Lima Sky was started by 2 brothers named Igor and Marko, they didn't know much about App development but had a passion for games so they started to learn simple coding created a game we all know as Doodle Jump and within 20 months they had gained over 10 million downloads which allowed them both to become multimillionaires. In 2011 Doodle jump was the 9th most downloaded app.
Lima Sky was started by 2 brothers named Igor and Marko, they didn't know much about App development but had a passion for games so they started to learn simple coding created a game we all know as Doodle Jump and within 20 months they had gained over 10 million downloads which allowed them both to become multimillionaires. In 2011 Doodle jump was the 9th most downloaded app.
Andreas Illinger
One guy and one app, a German developer made his way threw the and hit the top of the paid charts and stayed there for quiet a bit with a simple game we know as Tiny Wings which is simple yet addictive. Tiny Wings was the #5 top paid app in 2011 allowing the German developer to retire after earning $3M that year.
One guy and one app, a German developer made his way threw the and hit the top of the paid charts and stayed there for quiet a bit with a simple game we know as Tiny Wings which is simple yet addictive. Tiny Wings was the #5 top paid app in 2011 allowing the German developer to retire after earning $3M that year.
ZeptoLab
ZeptoLab started out in Russia, it had released many unsuccessful apps until December 2011 they had released Cut The Rope which was huge hit and had around 1.6 million unique visitors everyday. That one app allowed ZeptoLab to build their entire fortune. ZeptoLab later released different versions of the app which include the Christmas and Halloween special.
ZeptoLab started out in Russia, it had released many unsuccessful apps until December 2011 they had released Cut The Rope which was huge hit and had around 1.6 million unique visitors everyday. That one app allowed ZeptoLab to build their entire fortune. ZeptoLab later released different versions of the app which include the Christmas and Halloween special.
CrowdStar
They are really making it to the top with there latest apps Modern Girl and Social Girl which went to the top of the Grossing Chart in April 2012. There ideal audience target is for teen girls, which is working out great because there is such a large demand.
They are really making it to the top with there latest apps Modern Girl and Social Girl which went to the top of the Grossing Chart in April 2012. There ideal audience target is for teen girls, which is working out great because there is such a large demand.
Rovio
Ravio is one of the most known mobile brand in the world and has been true ever since of the creation of Angry Birds but now Angry Birds isn't just a mobile app but rather it has been spread threw multiple channels such has movies, products and even clothing.In 2010 they had produced around $10M and then a year later in 2012 they were earning around $100M, which means they had a 10x growth in a single year.
Ravio is one of the most known mobile brand in the world and has been true ever since of the creation of Angry Birds but now Angry Birds isn't just a mobile app but rather it has been spread threw multiple channels such has movies, products and even clothing.In 2010 they had produced around $10M and then a year later in 2012 they were earning around $100M, which means they had a 10x growth in a single year.
Zynga
Zynga pretty much owns the mobile app industry it has created many games such as Farmville and Words With Friends which have been a huge hit. Zynga has a shocking $1.4B in revenue which not only came from games on the App Market but also from games they created on Facebook's gaming market. Zynga Games are constantly on top of the Grossing charts, this allows them to bring an estimated income of around $200,00/day.
Zynga pretty much owns the mobile app industry it has created many games such as Farmville and Words With Friends which have been a huge hit. Zynga has a shocking $1.4B in revenue which not only came from games on the App Market but also from games they created on Facebook's gaming market. Zynga Games are constantly on top of the Grossing charts, this allows them to bring an estimated income of around $200,00/day.