Screen Time has been released
Well, the app (ScreenTime) is in the app store and it’s doing fairly well. I had set some pretty low expectations, so I’ve been surprised to see downloads every day of the free app and a few sales already. I’ve been spending most of my time lately networking and learning the marketing game, trying a few things, and unfortunately, spending some more money.
I see the spending as paying for my own education. I hope I can make money on the app, but if I don’t, then many lessons learned. I’m doing a lot of the let work myself, though, building relationships with bloggers for my target audience, using developer groups and forums as platforms for learning what works or doesn’t for other people, and all the while trying to come up with new ideas for new apps.
Twitter has been my main source of referrals so far. The original press release did create a lot of hits to my web site, but that didn’t seem to influence the downloads much. It seems most downloads come from my followers on twitter, as far as I can tell.
I’ve also received some great feedback already from people using the app and have just released an update with some of their ideas. It’s been really fun, on top of everything.
I just ordered Learning iOS Game Programming by Michael Daley and have a project lined up with a graphic designer friend. It seems like a great idea for a kids’ game and a great way to get my feet wet into this side of iOS development.
Well, now that I have some more time, I’ll update the site a little more often with news from the app world, so stay tuned.
