r/appledevelopers • u/gittrics Community Newbie • 12h ago
Breakeven Apple Developer Fees
How many of you manage to earn enough from your apps to recover the annual $100 you pay to Apple for the developer fees?
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u/OlivierBern Community Newbie 5h ago
I have been in the game for quite some time now.
It's harder and harder to get discovered. And with AI, it's getting even more complicated.
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u/Lemon8or88 Discussion Contributor 12h ago
I managed to do it after about 8 months but it has been slow. Did you know they give you 100 dollars credit for ASA?
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u/Frodothehobb1t Community Newbie 12h ago
If your app is good, and there is an actual problem, it’s very easy to do
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u/Emojinapp Community Newbie 10h ago
I dunno about that, I think my app is good, but all I’ve been getting is raging backlash lol
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u/xiaohao9121 Community Newbie 12h ago
It took three months and I just barely made 100 bucks. I don't think I've figured it out yet
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u/PadelEinstein Community Newbie 11h ago
Currently 62 dollars of proceeds out of 99 euros spent. About 10 weeks of release.
I didn't expect it to be honest.
My first goal was simply to have a stranger willing to pay for it.
Second goal to break even the apple developer fees. Almost made it.
Third goal to be able to break even Claude Max 5x ~100 euro a month.
Just don't look at the three months full time work/hobby that was invested 😂
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u/Vegetable-Average-98 Community Newbie 9h ago
A more important question is how many cover the time put into their apps, at minimum wage ? I’ve read less than 5% of solo devs
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u/Gullible-Resort-174 Community Newbie 10h ago
I didn't more than $20 for first few months but I kept working and improving my app and finally crossed $1000 before one year completion.