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[G-Factor]

Not sure if this is the right forum. Apologies if not!

I'm just curious. For those that have released on both platforms, what percentage of your revenue came from each platform? I know a lot of devs don't even bother with Android. Is it really that bad?

[Columbo]

I think it depends. If you have a premium model (i.e. pay up-front for your game), then I think that sales can be very poor on Android, plus you have the problem where you'll never be able to make sure your game runs well on thousands of handsets, so some people are going to be angry at paying up-front for something that doesn't work on their device.

For a free game with IAP and adverts, or for a free game with a single unlock IAP (i.e. the shareware model), I think there's much less in it. You can expect to more downloads on Android than on iPhone, but probably less revenue from it. However, the revenue gap isn't that massive and the trend is toward the gap closing.

Currently, our title is making more per day on Android than it is on iOS, but it's nowhere near catching up the iOS revenue because we released on iOS a while before Android, and we got a good feature from Apple when we launched as a premium app.

[G-Factor]

Thanks for the info!

I read all the posts on your website, interesting stuff indeed.

I plan to release a free demo AND a premium version on both Google Play and the app store. Neither version will have ads or in-app purchases.

[Muz]

Google Play is more "viral".
App Store has a much higher percentage willing to pay.
Depends on your strategy.

For games, the technical difference is quite big though, and you'll probably end up releasing on iOS first.

[nikwin]

I'm sure it depends on the style of game. The last I heard was about a 60-40 split favoring iOS for a Farmville-like F2P game.

[Oddball]

Stats for my app Hack, Slash, Loot:

Store	Units sold
iOS	922
Google Play	1,322
Kindle App Store	62,539

NOTE: The stats for the Kindle app store are a bit skewed as Amazon ran a lock screen feature promotion for the app. The other services have never run a feature promotion for the app.

[G-Factor]

For games, the technical difference is quite big though, and you'll probably end up releasing on iOS first.

My game was developed on Android. The original demo's been downloaded over 100,000 times without many complaints so I THINK it should work on most devices. I need to convert to iOS next. Technically it should be fairly simple but going through the hoops with Apple however...I have no idea.

NOTE: The stats for the Kindle app store are a bit skewed as Amazon ran a lock screen feature promotion for the app. The other services have never run a feature promotion for the app.

That is a huge number for Amazon! Did they simply choose your game randomly to feature or did you have some sort of partnership?

[Oddball]

That is a huge number for Amazon! Did they simply choose your game randomly to feature or did you have some sort of partnership?

They contacted me and we worked together to create the promo media. I haven't made any attempt to promote the mobile version, as I see it as more of a desktop game, so I have no idea how they came to contact me. They ran the promotion in North America and Brazil first, then did a second run in Europe and a few other countries. They also featured the game in their Kindle Fire segment on QVC as part of the promo.

[G-Factor]

Ah I see!

Thanks for the information!

[J-Snake]

Stats for my app Hack, Slash, Loot:

Store	Units sold
iOS	922
Google Play	1,322
Kindle App Store	62,539

NOTE: The stats for the Kindle app store are a bit skewed as Amazon ran a lock screen feature promotion for the app. The other services have never run a feature promotion for the app.

And what are the stats for Steam (excluding bundles), if you don't mind sharing. Just to have a comparison.

[Oddball]

Total Steam direct sales at the moment are 158,691 units. Of course that will include Steam sales/daily deals as there's no way to exclude them from Steam stats.