How Much I Earned as an Indie iOS Developer in a Year
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Жыл бұрынThat's how much I earned in 2022, and doubled that in 2023, learn here how 👇
▸ Build your iOS App Business: www.indiesolopreneur.com/part...
▸ Part-time Solopreneur Newsletter: aivarsmeijers.substack.com/
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@AivarsMeijers 5 ай бұрын
That's how much I earned in 2022, and doubled that in 2023, learn here how 👇 ▸ Build your iOS App Business: www.indiesolopreneur.com/part-time-indie-app-building-system
@richardalbury Жыл бұрын
Such a well-made (and inspiring!) video, Aivars. Thanks, and congratulations! 👏
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Thanks Richard! Glad you like it.
@bootyclapofficial6986 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic work mate :) keep up the good stuff !!
@ommmsome Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your insights on this and other videos, was trying to decide between two boot camps and will go for the IOS mobile 😊 also it’s great not just to hear your insights but also watch such well made videos 🎉🎉🎉
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the feedback and good luck going trough bootcamp.
@davidvillegas5519 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! I think it's important for others to see. Years back I saw a lot of people say you couldn't survive on indie dev income. Now I know that to be wildly untrue. But if if gad listened to those folks I wouldn't be where I am today.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly. It is way easier to do something if you saw that others already did that. That's why I'm sharing this
@devs1357 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this, it was just what I needed to hear. I’m going to keep pushing forward.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Keep shipping.
@stasmaksimov9531 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Aivars ! Cheers! 🍻
@svyberg Жыл бұрын
I’m not writing comments usually. Thanks that you really can inspire new joiners crew. In simple and clear way. Its really important for many people who starting or already on the way in the beginning.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Awesome, many thanks for taking time to write a feedback! Appreciate that.
@tahsiny.9273 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this inspiring video. 👍
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Thank you for support! Appreciate that 🙌
@FloWritesCode Жыл бұрын
This is very inspiring, thanks for sharing!
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Ivan-gm3gf Жыл бұрын
Very useful advices, thank you, now creating my own app. It already solve my solution, but needs to modify to become more comfortable to people, thanks for your video! Wish you luck🤞
@diegonarrador Жыл бұрын
Hello, I'm here from Brazil! I don't understand English clearly, but I like to follow your videos, I use subtitles to understand better. Congratulations on your incredible setup, it is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and inspiring I've ever seen, I'm still subscribed to the channel, following every new thing, a hug from São Paulo-Brazil!
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@wahyujus 10 ай бұрын
i love how u explain ur thought process while working on this side project, its nice to see how coder should be productive in the free time and making money passively
@AivarsMeijers 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the feedback!
@denisblack9897 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, dude! You are doing god’s job inspiring other iOS developers to pursue the dream)
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@dainismichel 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much, Aivar, I'll be coding and releasing a few apps this year, and I'm glad to have found your channel!
@AivarsMeijers 3 ай бұрын
Good luck Dainis!
@noname-vt6fy Жыл бұрын
Thanks for suggestion!!! And for the explanation!!! worth pure GOLD ! :)
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@noname-vt6fy Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers "Solve your own problems", I can't with a mobile app. What can be solved: there are mobile app solutions, which meet my needs. Lack of idea of app? - Well I have. for who I presented and it was told his business it really needs it, he / she says doesn't needs. :) "Identify a problem which worth solving" - yeah identified, but the customers not wiling to listen me :) - so no reason to speak about payment. 100% Agree with you: you need insider information to solve the problem. The niche and the start small: you have to find an idea - of improvement of an app - which. worth solving AND is used by many AND is not solved as how it needs to be solved. Otherwise :50$ /year is the income. So, I don't have any viable ideas, because ... I don't pay enough for enough apps? - or I dont know. I see others busineses and they problems and their solutions, but the CEO / founders don't want to hear my voice :) Kinda sucks :)
@paulmelnyk6897 7 ай бұрын
Completely agree ! , thank you
@mochamellow1470 Жыл бұрын
How did you gain the traction from users to try out your apps? Does app store just push it out?
@Metrodragon Жыл бұрын
So cool, good job
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@87Avantgarde 11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much ❤
@First.Last.99 8 ай бұрын
Please do more videos on this topic
@rmcf3972 Жыл бұрын
Hope I can start now and follow your steps.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Sure you can, let's go!
@angelinafriz3977 Жыл бұрын
thank you very much for this video, it's priceless for the amount of inspiration people can get from it! I wonder also if you could share some tips of promoting the apps, what tools or approaches do you use. Thanks in advance!
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
I have that in my backlog - promotion and AppStore optimization Thanks for the feedback!
@angelinafriz3977 Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers this is incredible! Could you please give some forecast when it can be live ? No pressure, just some approx. dates or months
@angelinafriz3977 Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers many thanks for what you’re doing 🙏🫶
@leoingson Жыл бұрын
Motivating! How can you differentiate between MR and MRR - lifetime purchases vs monthly ones?
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
MRR is tricky metric, I'm using it just because most of the indie hackers sticking with that. MRR report is generated by CharMogul from AppStore reports, so that's automatic. One time purchases probably are not included, but I didn't check.
@RC-qr8bn Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring. Did you use any paid advertising or were all the sales organic?
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
All is organic and content marketing.
@RC-qr8bn Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers oh wow that’s great
@opshankaprabath 3 ай бұрын
My inspiration channel.😍 I am following you.
@EDemircivi Жыл бұрын
Good video. Thank you for being open about the income also. My new year goal is to make a couple of profitable applications on the App Store and eventually work for only myself in the future, perhaps. I don't know if it is just me, but I feel more motivated when developing my own apps.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Best of luck! I feel the same when working on myself. About openest, I was on fence about sharing, but that's what everyone really want to know. Also, that is the best motivator cause you can drop day job and start to work on own apps full time. So, it is useful, therefore I share. If someone ask how much I make in total per month I do not answer, cause that helps to no one.
@EDemircivi Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers Definitely! Agree! This really motivates me; one day, my own indie app will be profitable, so I won't have a day job anymore.
@oscarescam 23 күн бұрын
Have you some video talking about what saas you use as backend, like firebase, supabase, etc
@AivarsMeijers 23 күн бұрын
Nope, because on freelance projects there is dedicated backend team and for indie Apps I'm trying to avoid that in all costs. I used Firebase before, but now I'm mostly sticking with CloudKit
@alals6794 Жыл бұрын
Great video and I'm making my way through more of them. By the way, I noticed you have a respectable number of KZfaq subscribers, crica May 2023, and I am curious how the revenue stream from KZfaq compare to your apps in the app store?
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
KZfaq revenue is close to nothing if you asking about money from ads. It is in $200...300 range. But I like making videos, and KZfaq may be a good sales channel for my courses. Didn't try to market them, so don't know yet if that works.
@alals6794 Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers Ok. I like your channel though. Have a good day from Los Angeles, CA, USA.
@akseldeveloper Жыл бұрын
So good, wow.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Jimmy-pw9vi Жыл бұрын
What do you use as database for your apps? Firebase or cloudkit
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
ClodKit
@amitgill8421 Жыл бұрын
Great video. I'd love to know how much you make in general from being an iOS developer in 2022.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
That's not related to the topic and will not help you or any indie developers in any way. Besides that iOS development and indie apps are not my only revenue sources.
@gnktspnk1334 11 ай бұрын
What do you think about no-code solutions to quickly ship and validate the idea? I am an iOS Dev myself and am trying to launch my own MVP. I am thinking about Adalo/Glide or FlutterFlow to ship and gather feedback. But they need some time for learning and with SwiftU aloneI I can go pretty fast. It's just that I would need some BFF and DB on top if I go with native iOS. So my question is are you able to go with iOS only alone?
@AivarsMeijers 11 ай бұрын
I don't mind no-code solutions. In your case if you already know the iOS development, why do not start with iOS and see later if you really need Android app? Sure I have no idea what is your product, but Android could be postponed for later or even never.
@gnktspnk1334 11 ай бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers thanks for the answer, yes exactly what I was thinking. Clubhouse did that and some other big apps too :)
@afar5y Жыл бұрын
How did you get so many downloads at the very beginning? Did you do any kind of marketing for your app?
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
There wasn't many downloads when I satrted to release apps. ASO helps
@aqibos Жыл бұрын
Goal of 2023: Launch more products
@mrpakat6103 4 ай бұрын
Is it true that even when you create lowcost and non that good apps but considering the amount of your apps created and stored on the app store, you can still earn more each month whether they are from in-app purchases or ads?
@AivarsMeijers 3 ай бұрын
Sure you can . There are plenty of examples for both approaches. One earner or many smaller apps which generate revenue.
@tomzsx Жыл бұрын
Do you plan to put apps also on play store
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Unlikely this year, here I wrote post why: twitter.com/Aivars_Meijers/status/1619213736622919680?s=20
@deaftechcorp8786 Жыл бұрын
do you think there is any revenue in making android apps for play-store?
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Yes, but is is harder because android users are less open to pay for the apps. I wrote a post on twitter about this topic, check comment s as well: twitter.com/Aivars_Meijers/status/1619213736622919680?s=20
@muhammada.noorani7672 Жыл бұрын
Can I also go for being an indie app dev with flutter? In the app industry if you have any idea, give me some insights.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Sure, there are plenty of indie Flutter developers.
@AdamSowinski Жыл бұрын
No lightbar on the Studio Display anymore?
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Nope, I moved that to the gaming monitor. I like clean look of Apple Studio Display a bit more that great lighting on the work space :) Also I moved you to the room corner to the front of a window.
@alenayoutube1574 Жыл бұрын
im new to ios app development(swift ui ) ,how can i get into a company faster through smarter work, give some suggesions
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Build portfolio and share your work online
@bruhmoment3731 8 ай бұрын
Did you ever have to market your apps?
@AivarsMeijers 8 ай бұрын
Yes, content marketing is marketing as well,
@ishandutta2045 Ай бұрын
to publish they would still charge $99 per year, is there a way where multiple developers can share one apple Id ? they allow unlimited apps with one account.
@AivarsMeijers Ай бұрын
You can upload an endless amount of apps. Perhaps there is limit, I didn't hit it yeat
@Teting7484f 5 ай бұрын
Do you localize your apps?
@AivarsMeijers 5 ай бұрын
No, I don't
@luke-urban Жыл бұрын
More Notion and I’ll be there as well 😂 For now client work and dreams 😅
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Oh dude, I just stretching my self thin. Still doing consulting and all the stuff. I had 3h night last night to post this video today 😅
@luke-urban Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers Recording and editing ?🤯
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
@@luke-urban Yep. I had thumbnail ready. But I recorded video on evening and finished editing at 3am.
@tiagodev5838 Жыл бұрын
Be careful with burnout and insomnia mate! I’m still recovering from it after stretching myself to the extreme for 7 years! Thank you so much for the great content!
@tiagodev5838 Жыл бұрын
Be careful with burnout and insomnia mate! I’m still recovering from it after stretching myself to the extreme for 7 years! Thank you so much for the great content!
@ianrickey208 Жыл бұрын
Tried to subscribe to your newsletter, "Something went wrong" each time. :( Update: received the subscription email prompting me to upgrade, still have the ding message of "Something went wrong".
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
I see that 6 persons subscribed today. Maybe try another browser or clean cookies.
@ianrickey208 Жыл бұрын
@@AivarsMeijers I switched from Brave to Safari and it seemed to work.
@matusseidl Жыл бұрын
do you read script ? or not
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Yes, I wrote script for this one, otherwise I would ramble way longer
@SC-ut1zj Жыл бұрын
You meant earning from Google AdSense?
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Nope, that's from in-app purchases.
@alenayoutube1574 Жыл бұрын
hai sir
@EpicLib Жыл бұрын
Labs insaits, paldies ka dalies.
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Ņem par labu!
@nat.serrano 4 ай бұрын
23k??? That’s not even mininum wage!
@AivarsMeijers 4 ай бұрын
Depends on country of course. But even if we will look on US it is not bad for part time job. Also, I doubling the revenue every year which is hardly possible working full time job. Check numbers from 2023: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p56Zi8x3kt6Rl4U.html
@tarzan6678 Жыл бұрын
6:33 train has "fuck the police" sprayed in Polish 😆
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
Hooligans from Poland are everywhere :)
@jekaterinaleitarte4987 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this inspiring video. 👍
@AivarsMeijers Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
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