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I have an app called SongCleaner (to delete double MP3s) that I sell at $5. It floats around in the top 20 of the Music Category. Peaks at around #14 then goes to #30 and so on.

I make about $35 a day on that app. Peak was $70 and bottom was $17. That's about 10 downloads to 20 downloads a day.

I'm quite satisfied with the income considering it took barely 2 weeks to develop (part-time), but consistently brings in a steady income.

There is a competitor who sells at $20 and also does the same floating around that my app does. So I guess he's making 4 times as much money as I do, but I personally don't think $20 is a fair price for something you use once or twice.



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