What type of Developer are you? (52 responses)
| iOS |
52
|
100%
|
| Mac |
10
|
19.2%
|
| Android |
4
|
7.7%
|
What type of iOS apps do you develop? (52 responses)
| Productivity/Business |
43
|
82.7%
|
| Utilities |
21
|
40.4%
|
| Games |
8
|
15.4%
|
| Entertainment |
8
|
15.4%
|
| Health |
2
|
3.8%
|
| Social Networking |
1
|
1.9%
|
| Education |
1
|
1.9%
|
| IOT |
1
|
1.9%
|
| Music |
1
|
1.9%
|
Are you using Swift yet? (51 responses)
| Some |
27
|
52.9%
|
| Not Yet |
14
|
27.5%
|
| Only |
10
|
19.6%
|
| Never! |
0
|
0.0%
|
I asked what people were using to develop apps. e.g. Xcode, App Code, Xamarin.
4% were using App Code. Everyone else used Xcode.
How do the apps you have developed recently make money? (52 responses)
| App doesn't need to make money directly (e.g. banking app) |
22
|
42.3%
|
| Paid App |
15
|
28.8%
|
| Other |
3
|
5.8%
|
| IAP |
7
|
13.5%
|
| Ads |
1
|
1.9%
|
| VC Funded |
1
|
1.9%
|
| IAP+Ads |
1
|
1.9%
|
| Both Paid and IAP |
2
|
3.8%
|
How do you primarily make money from apps? (52 responses)
| I develop apps for a company |
33
|
63.5%
|
| I publish apps myself |
9
|
17.3%
|
| I do contract app development |
7
|
13.5%
|
| I work for Apple |
2
|
3.8%
|
| Teaching |
1
|
1.9%
|
Do you do contract app development? (52 responses)
| Sometimes, on the side |
32
|
61.5%
|
| No |
15
|
28.8%
|
| Yes, full time |
5
|
9.6%
|
What is your (or your employer's) hourly rate for contract app development? (37 responses)
The average rate was $104. If I remove some of the outliers, the average is $112.
Salaries and benefits poll (35 responses):
This poll ran separately from the above.
The average over the whole dataset was $105,000. I tried to exclude some of the outliers ($85k to $130k) and the average was $112,000. But that is a pretty strong signal at $120k.
Benefits:
| Health Insurance |
31
|
91.2%
|
| 401k/Retirement |
22
|
64.7%
|
| Free iDevices, as needed |
18
|
52.9%
|
| Stock Options |
19
|
55.9%
|
| Profit Sharing |
6
|
17.6%
|
| Pays for service plan for iPhone |
5
|
14.7%
|
