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# Yup, You Can Make Money on Android
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/making-money-on-android/
- Published: 2014-12-21T07:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-12-21T07:21:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Russell Ivanovic (of Pocket Casts fame) on the viability of Android as a platform for developers to make money](http://rustyshelf.org/2014/12/17/2015-the-year-of-android/?ref=birchtree.me):

> We could argue all day about growth rates, profitability and which platform is ‘winning’ right now. The real thing I pay attention to as a developer is this: can you be profitable on Android? To me the clear answer, with many years of actual revenue flowing into our company is an emphatic ‘Yes’.

As [I mentioned on Birch Bark](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/558e2322e4b0f74ef3e717b7/558ea28be4b08a526530b76c/558ea2a2e4b08a526530c1e3/1435411106401/bb018?format=original&ref=birchtree.me) this week, there is a bit of unrest in the Apple app ecosystem right now, and Android is finally maturing into a viable place to not only build a great app, but to make money. I [still don't think the apps on Android are as good as iOS](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/558e2322e4b0f74ef3e717b7/558ea28be4b08a526530b76c/558ea2a2e4b08a526530c1e6/1435411106418/app-ecosystems?format=original&ref=birchtree.me), but I wonder what would happen if more of the great iOS devs tried their hands at an Android app.