Getting users & How your app survives & Marketing

General (non-technical) Off-Topic
#21

Yeesh. 

So, your question is: if Apple/Google Play/Other store features your app, is that enough to make your app profitable? There are still too many variables for this to be conclusive. However, the  likelihood of your app being successful is certainly increased. 

If you think about your question a bit more, the answer is obvious; It’s the equivalent of asking, if you owned a pizza store, and they just happened to build a high school directly next to your store, would you sell more pizza? Well, of course you’d sell more pizza, just by virtue of an exponential increase in foot-traffic, through no effort on your part.

#22

I didn’t see any question about getting the app featured.  He just asked if people would find your app once you’ve uploaded it.  Unless I missed something?

#23

He’s talking about “built-in marketing” and how “apple has a great money system”, which makes it sound like he’s talking about getting the free bump of having a featured app. You’re right though, I’m grasping, because I’m not 100% sure what he’s asking. I’m doing more procrastinating so I figured I’d take a swing at an answer for him.

#24

Probably because neither of us have experience with this apparently :wink:

#25

You know it, bruh. I am waiting for the day when I can have experience with some of that sweet, sweet free marketing. 

#26

Okay let me explain this step by step.

  1. You create your app

  2. You create your developer console account

  3. You upload your *.apk file

  4. You manage & publish your app to google play

  5. Your app will be searchable on google play

If people know the name of your app they find it by searching on google play.

Now the question is; will your app be shown anywhere else on google play, other than manual search for the name?

#27

No.

Google or Apple may feature it, but don’t count on it.

An example… I have a rather decently downloaded money calculator.  For the past several months, Apple has featured money calculators on their Utilities section of the app store.  My app is not included.

About 6 months ago, Apple featured “retro space games” on the App Store… not mine.

I would not rely on getting featured.  It’s a combination of downloads and a lot of luck and magic to get featured.

–john