Where will the income be more android or web?

Question

Android

Hello! . I have been studying java and android for a year and a half, besides I know php/html/css/ and how everything works, I know the market. I always strive to create my own projects and further promote them. But I have vague ideas about the android market. I often hear about how the mobile market is growing, that more and more money is spinning in this market, but what does this give an ordinary developer? there are slums of applications that no one has ever heard of, drowning will not pull the competition, this scares me. My goal is to start earning from my projects. Is it true that on android you can't get out of these slums without major financial support?, the game can still take off, but with applications it's much more difficult, the market is oversaturated. Would I be right if I say that developing applications today is more profitable to order than spending time on your own development?. Maybe you should go back to the web? It seems to me that it is easier to promote your projects there and reach income. Help dispel the fog in my head. I will be grateful to everyone.)

Answer 1

Yes, do not chase after the loot! Programming is first and foremost fun. Choose what is closer to your liking.

Answer 2

Is it true that Android can't get out of these slums without big financial support?

No, but the result is not taken from anywhere, either finances, or one's own development and work.
Oversaturated with all sorts of filth, the games are no better, I met those that I could not play if I wanted to.
There can be no such categorical conclusions, but in the first years it is definitely better to have an ideologist and an investor, that is, a customer or a leader, because you still have no potential, no experience - there are no worthwhile ideas, and whether it will be at all, it still depends on you .
I am both. It is possible in the same project.

Answer 3

Hello.
1) When all the hysteria started with the iphone 3G and cheap androids, people went massively into mobile development. As a result, so much trash has already been created by now that rule 34 is almost being fulfilled. As a result, strong players have created large companies, learned how to pump in loot, get conversions, and so on.
On the contrary, customers are tired of all these applications, and the latest data shows that the proportion of those who use the standard set of applications + social networks is increasing.
Those. In order for you to earn something, you need to do something ingenious.
2) With the web, the situation is amusing. A lot of slag has already been created there, but the trick is that many projects use the 2006-2010 stack. As a result, the right hands can move the old man so well. But then again, the most profitable places have long been occupied, and in order for something to work out, you need a brilliant idea.
3) In general, there is now a trend towards the real world. Those. the niche of purely information systems is occupied - social networks, portals, accounting systems, business automation systems, and so on. Now there are many projects of the type: gprs receiver + software for it + management portal + mobile application for convenience.
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Start working to order (freelance or web studio) - it's more profitable to start. Doing your own thing is more profitable in the long run.
My very first project gave me about half of my salary per month. Then my next 4 projects were successfully bent (1 paid off the costs, and 3 just fell). As a result, I am now working for a salary, working on a project and looking for a job for a new venture.
So if you do something of your own on the forehead, then it is extremely unreliable.

Answer 4

Is it true that Android can't get out of these slums without big financial support?,

it's not only android, in any project the advertising budget is equal to or higher than the development budget
yes and no, but more stable for sure)

Answer 5

Revenues from private Android app development are falling, it's a fact, year by year. But the web is not all smooth sailing either. It largely depends on the product and your promotion budget. It happens that applications without promotion gain thousands of downloads, but it also happens vice versa. In many ways, the problem that you solve with your application / web service plays a decisive role. Here, as elsewhere, you need to conduct research, see who your audience is and who needs what you are developing.
Perhaps, development to order is a situation where you are more or less sure of the payment of the fee, otherwise, as in any business

Answer 6

It depends on you. Some manage to sell outright obscenities at exorbitant prices and not spend money on a bathhouse with beer.