Apps Questions

I'm in the middle of developing a site that focuses on restaurant reviews. My dilemma is whether or not to develop a mobile app and release it at the same time as the site launch. The site itself...

Marketing Bootstrapped Apps Business Process

asked May 5 '11 at 03:54

Sam
509 points

What are the best ways to promote apps that are mobile only? Most apps only have a 1 or 2 pager site that just links to their listing on the App Store. That isn't really a good way to bring in new...

Marketing Apps Mobile Apps Ios

asked Jul 14 '14 at 18:43

Alexandra Leong
2 points

I have an app for an idea that will require around $100K capital to completely build and launch. Should I try to raise money or figure out a way to invest my own money?

Venture Capital Apps Seed Funding Mobile Apps

asked Apr 4 '14 at 12:41

Alexandra Scalise
16 points

We are building an app that caters to the B2B crowd, and our initial research has shown that our audience is split evenly among the platforms.Both of us are non-technical co-founders so we will be...

B2B Apps Android Mobile Apps Ios

asked Jun 27 '14 at 15:42

John Moe
14 points

Is there any data (such as from app downloads or consumer surveys) that would help a developer decide whether people (consumers) will be more likely to use (download/install) a smartphone app (iOS...

Pricing Apps Ads

asked Feb 15 '13 at 18:24

User25036
1 point

I have a developer account already that I pay $99/year for. How can I (and should I) submit apps as my LLC instead?Does that offer any benefits apart from users seeing a company that made the app?

Apps Mobile Apps Apple App Store Ios

asked Jun 6 '14 at 00:26

George Lopez
9 points

I am looking to create a passive income stream. I have the skills to create both web and mobile apps. But I have been reading that making money from mobile apps is really hard and most iOS apps...

Website Apps Mobile Apps Income

asked Aug 6 '14 at 13:57

Dale Slocum
2 points

How can you incorporate light-hearted comedy into your apps? Any good examples of starts that do this in their UI?The only one I've seen do this is MailChimp. Do usually do this in their error...

Apps Copywriting Differentiation

asked Aug 25 '14 at 22:11

William Dalton
12 points

For founders who already have a product, where do you get inspiration for new features and improvements to your app?The only thing I've always done is look at competitors and decide which of their...

Development Features Planning Apps Design

asked Apr 20 '15 at 14:26

Matthew Bryant
19 points

Apple released Swift yesterday at WWDC. It's a high level programming language that is going to make developing iOS apps much easier for new programmers.I know neither Objective-C or Swift at the...

Development Apps Code Apple Ios

asked Jun 4 '14 at 14:43

Theresa Darrell
14 points

I have a free trivia app that I launched about three years ago, which generates about $90K in revenue each year. My costs are very little and most of it is profit. The only real cost is my time to...

Acquisition Apps Selling Business App Store Ios

asked Mar 29 '14 at 01:10

User32788
74 points

What are some of the most important things I should be doing after pushing games live to attract users?How did Flappy Bird get it's traction? All I've read in articles is that the game was live for...

Marketing Google Apps Android Ios

asked Mar 20 '14 at 19:57

Elizabeth Wilburn
25 points

What features make an app habit-forming? What are some examples of apps that have done a great job executing on this?... Except for the obvious giants like Facebook.

Apps

asked Mar 16 '14 at 16:13

Deanna Drayton
45 points

For the past couple of years I've been using Pancake for invoicing but now I'm reevaluating invoicing apps.So far I've looked at: Freshbooks BlinkSale Harvest Any others I should be looking at?...

Recommendations Tools Apps

asked Mar 13 '14 at 01:18

Lindsey Wilson
565 points

My co-founder and I have been working on a bunch of different apps for Android that just aren't going anywhere.While we both hold full time jobs and do this on the side, how do I break it to him...

Co-Founder Apps Failure

asked Mar 3 '14 at 22:36

Susan Wagner
60 points

Since Flappy Bird was taken down from the app store, tens of similar games have popped up. Two of which are currently the top free games on the app store!Is it legitimate to piggy back off Flappy...

Legal Apps App Store

asked Feb 18 '14 at 17:13

Bruce Schwartz
767 points

I'm creating a my first mobile app. What are some app store optimization tactics to get your app discovered? How can I stand out from the crowd in my category and potentially get to the top paid...

Apps App Store

asked Feb 9 '14 at 03:10

Chrissie Gray
1,107 points

I have a fairly popular app on iOS and launching the Android version soon. I read news to today about a developer whose really popular app was banned by Google just because they allowed their users...

Apps Android Apple

asked Feb 3 '14 at 13:32

Bryant Valdez
11 points

I, as an indie dev, own a set of Face Switch entertainment apps (free, paid and iPad) on the app store and one free Face Switch app on Google Play. I'm about to relese a new app on the app store...

Marketing Apps Release

asked Nov 28 '13 at 20:20

Radek
11 points

This is my first time on this part of SO. Go easy on me :) Say for example you know a company building a tool or app, but you discover that their way of doing it is flawed or in a more kinder way...

Features Competition Apps

asked Nov 22 '13 at 06:00

Joe
201 points