Re:Bootstrapping My Side Project to $6k/Month
by dnate on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:33AM
(#15713996)
The reason he doesn't link to any apps is, that appygen is mostly used to make spam apps.
Re:Bootstrapping My Side Project to $6k/Month
by EO-IO on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:03PM
(#15714308)
The reason I don't link to any apps is that it wasn't the point of the story.
Not sure what you mean by "spam" apps, but that's not the case. Nobody is spamming anyone.
Re:Bootstrapping My Side Project to $6k/Month
by username223 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:49PM
(#15714761)
> Nobody is spamming anyone.
Really? I'm sure at least some of these are made using (cr)AppyGEN: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=dog%20simulator&c=app...
Re:Bootstrapping My Side Project to $6k/Month
by arkades on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:01PM
(#15714885)
> (cr)AppyGEN
This is HN, not reddit.
Re:Bootstrapping My Side Project to $6k/Month
by EO-IO on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:53PM
(#15714785)
Could be, but how is this considered spam ?
Re:Bootstrapping My Side Project to $6k/Month
by username223 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @06:36PM
(#15717697)
AFAICT someone realized that it was possible to make money with an animated dog app, and it got popular. Then dozens of others heard of it and made knockoffs, some just using the idea, some going farther and publishing apps with confusingly-similar names and icons. So now there are dozens of confusing, bottom-feeding apps swarming around this little pile of money when there used to be just one, and the Android app store is a worse place for everyone.
Searching an app store is about as effective as seeking medical/dating advice in your spam folder, so I don't bother.
1. What are some of the apps made? Even the website doesn't show any link.
2. How do they (himself and his customers) get users for the app they made? I've built android apps, and I'm telling you, making the app is the easy part (even when coding yourself from zero).