Side Project Spotlight

The Trio are inspired by a PhillyCocoa Slack discussion to venture back into the world of modern app monetization strategies. What options does a budding indie developer have for making money on the App Store? Along the way, we highlight many great examples of apps employing a variety of strategies and innovative monetization techniques.

## Topics Discussed

- App Monetization Strategies

- Paid Upfront

- Procreate Apps - https://procreate.com/procreate

- Things 3 - https://culturedcode.com/things

- Games (sometimes)

- Free + ads / consumables

- Many games

- Dividend Calc (Kotaro’s old app!) - https://tomatoboy.co/dividendcalc

- Fav10 (Kotaro’s other old app!) - https://tomatoboy.co/fav10

- Duolingo (free + ads OR subscription) - https://www.duolingo.com/

- Subscriptions

- Slopes - https://getslopes.com/

- Overcast - https://overcast.fm

- Fantastical - https://flexibits.com/fantastical

- Sketch - https://www.sketch.com

- Innovative Examples

- OmniFocus - https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus

- Nebula - https://nebula.tv

- Pinboard - https://pinboard.in/

- Pixquare - https://www.pixquare.art/

- Experiment with pricing / sales

- Final Thoughts

- Wrap-Up / One More Thing

- Happy Scale - https://happyscale.com/

Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.