> It's important to recognise that we're talking about a shovelware market
This. Where $3 are considered a high price you realistically can only produce apps that are worth their low price.
If you try anything different - making a great polished product and trying to strike a hit - all power to you. But then you are playing a lottery and not doing business.
> It's a shame that making any kind of high-end and higher-priced mobile app is probably a non-starter now.
This is what drove us (luckily I must say now) away from mobile to web based SaaS. When we build a mobile app now it's only a complement to our SaaS service and usually is given away for free to get users for our service.
Sadly the geek in me hates the web development stack ... but my inner business guy keeps the geek at bay ;)
This. Where $3 are considered a high price you realistically can only produce apps that are worth their low price.
If you try anything different - making a great polished product and trying to strike a hit - all power to you. But then you are playing a lottery and not doing business.
> It's a shame that making any kind of high-end and higher-priced mobile app is probably a non-starter now.
This is what drove us (luckily I must say now) away from mobile to web based SaaS. When we build a mobile app now it's only a complement to our SaaS service and usually is given away for free to get users for our service.
Sadly the geek in me hates the web development stack ... but my inner business guy keeps the geek at bay ;)