Hey, this is the Daily Overpass! My name is Eric and I make apps!
Now today, let's talk about how not all of your apps are equal.
Alright, so last night, we had our weekly Livestream at 5 p.m. UK time and once again it was really long.
It was like an hour and 15 minutes but during the livestream I said how I might
miss today for a video because I couldn't think of a really good topic.
Well, this morning, I got an email from Rauno Jarvinen with a really good
question. Rauno writes, "I've just finished watching
your livestream while doing chores and had a suggestion for tomorrow's video.
I'm trying to decide what to work since I have quite a few apps in the store and
I'm having difficulties prioritizing my time. How do you choose which of the many
apps you work on or how do you decide on new projects?" This is a really good
question because if you have a lot of apps, you have to prioritize which ones
you work on. And just two different types, there's the types that you really like
but they don't get a lot of downloads. And there's the ones that get a lot of
downloads but you're kind of tired of and that's the situation with me.
It's always the ones that have a lot of downloads that I have to to work on.
Because we're, as app developers, we're always putting things out there.
Some things are gonna really stick, they're gonna start generating
revenue and those things you need to water and care for them and make sure
that they're taken care of. Make sure every time there's a new library out, you
have to take care of that one. Some of the other ones that you even though
you might like them more and they might not even get noticed very much. So,
whenever I show you, guys, my Google Play Developer Console, a lot of times you'll
see the yellow triangles on the right. It's because those are apps that are not
getting a lot of downloads. They're still in the App Store and I need to make
little changes to the libraries in them. They haven't been removed yet, so I'm just
like, "Okay, I need to get around to doing that." And they're like low on my priority
list because they don't get a lot of downloads. They're just out there.
Then I have the ones that are really important where every time something new
like GDPR comes out, I have to do this one now. Because this is - I can't miss
this one up. This one can't mess up because the majority of the revenue
coming through even though it might be one that I
like to work on something new, or something that is a bit more - bit more
passionate about or something I work on. I think about this as being like as
music singers do. Like years ago, my kids got into I guess it was like
twelve, twelve or thirteen years old got into Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi had
come to the UK for a big tour so it was at in London and I was like, "God, Bon Jov!i Bon
Jovi! He was around when I was a kid. This is - but so we went to go
see Bon Jovi and of course, you know, so they had a new album out at the time
so they kept trying to play the songs from the new album which nobody really
cared about. But if they didn't play Living on the Prayer at the end,
everybody would freak out. Like that's the one that - and I'm sure after all
those years, whatever, twenty, thirty years of singing it, I'm sure they're sick
of it. But that's what they have to do because that's the one that makes them
the most money. And I think the same way as apps. There are some apps so you're
like, "Oh, you know what, I want to move on from this and do something else." But you
know, this is one that makes you the money, so you can't - you can't take that
for granted. If you have something special which is generating
revenue or generating downloads or even if it has more potential of
generating the revenue and downloads, you have to get that more attention to than
the others. I mean, not all apps are created equal and the downside of that
is a lot of times, I'll have people go through and say, "Hey Eric, I was looking
at your apps and I downloaded Secret Agent Typing or one of the ones..." And
I'm like, "Dude, I haven't have an updated that thing in years. It's kind of
embarrassing, but it's still out there. And they look, yeah, you know and
they'll say, ""I think you should change this, this, this and this." And you're like,
"Yeah, no, that's a really good point. I should change those things, but it's
really low on the priorities. And one day, I might. But it's likeit's
not really something because you don't need to have anybody ever download that
app, is when they're looking at all of my apps together. They're thinking that
one looks interesting and they go into it, but it's not like a big - it doesn't
generate a lot of revenue. So that's - I mean, that would be my answer to that
question. You have to prioritize based on that. And in terms of new projects,
whenever something new comes along which i think is worth investing in, then I
will. But it's been a while since we released anything new to be honest with
you, because the stuff that I look I think, oh I'm not quite sure
about that one yet. And we've been focusing a lot on client work lately,
also updating the current ones trying to get those up and up the stores, because
after the fiasco with Apple rejecting everything because I have too many apps,
I'm a bit worried about putting any more apps out there just yet, just on my own.
Because I have over a hundred on the App Store and - but Google Play's,
Google Play's fine. So anyway, hope that answers the question. Let me know what you,
guys, think. How do you prioritize which apps to work on if you have many. And
that is it for today. I'll talk to you, guys, tomorrow!