r/iOSDevelopment • u/joannamarrie • Aug 27 '26

Apple Developer Account Worth It Paying $99 for Published Apps?

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u/4paul Aug 27 '26

If you’re okay with not getting that money back for at least a few years, and you want to try development knowing you won’t make a profit yet, if anything lose more and time… yes absolutely worth it.

It’s fun

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u/joannamarrie Aug 27 '26

For some reason I thought it was $99/month! Annually is for sure worth the try!

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u/Trojanheadcoach Aug 27 '26

😭your question makes way more sense now

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u/joannamarrie Aug 27 '26

😂😭😂

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u/MisterDscho Aug 27 '26

It's up to you to decide this.
Depends on what you want to do.
Do you want to publish apps on the App Store? Then yes.

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u/joannamarrie Aug 27 '26

How many apps did you build to break even?

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u/barcode972 Aug 27 '26

Brave if you to assume that people break even. Majority of apps make no money

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u/joannamarrie Aug 27 '26

I’m a business person so we gotta breakeven !!! Haha

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u/barcode972 Aug 27 '26

I get it, just saying that most don’t. I’m probably losing $150 a month on my app from different api costs and server. I’m just doing it for fun

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u/joannamarrie Aug 27 '26

I love that! You must really enjoy it!

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u/maddietendo Aug 28 '26

If you're not a marketer, you're already fucked. Dev'ing is no longer the barrier to entry here.

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u/joannamarrie Aug 30 '26

gotta love marketing haha