iFart app making almost $10,000/day

Tue, 12/23/2008 - 7:01pm — Cleve Nettles

iFart has hit the top paid app spot and has recieved over 13,000 purchases on Dec. 22nd. according to MR. That means $9200 went directly into developer Joel Comm's pocket.

Joel's climb up the "ranks"

12/14 - 841 units - #76 overall
12/15 - 1510 units - #39 overall
12/16 - 1797 units - #22 overall
12/17 - 2836 units - #15 overall
12/18 - 3086 units - #10 overall
12/19 - 3117 units - #9 overall
12/20 - 5497 units, - #4 overall
12/21 - 9760 units -#? overall
12/22 - 13274 units, #1 overall

Interesting. These facts bring in a wealth of reactions. Good for independent app developers. Green with envy for a dumb app. Also, the number two app Sim City costs ten times as much. That means it has approached $100,000/day in income. Oh, and Apple is taking in a few bucks as well. The App store is certainly the technology breakthrough of the year. Thoughts?

ifart Mobile (iTunes Link)

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Comments

That's some bullshit, imo.

Tue, 12/23/2008 - 7:20pm — pater (not verified)

That's some bullshit, imo.

Thanks for information

Thu, 12/25/2008 - 9:42am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Thanks for information ;)

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Ehh... call me old-fashioned.

Tue, 12/23/2008 - 8:14pm — Dan Birchall (not verified)

I won't be buying it, since I can fart for free without even using my phone. :)

How sick is the world we're

Wed, 12/24/2008 - 1:29am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

How sick is the world we're living in?

Why? This is great news!

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 4:11pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

I think this is awesome, when someone can be that successful. I hope I can do the same one day. God bless him and viva Capitalism!

Really...

Wed, 12/24/2008 - 3:05am — Darran (not verified)

Makes you want to cry.

I'd like to meet this guy

Wed, 12/24/2008 - 3:17am — PeterVk (not verified)

I'd like to have a drink with this guy.

"Wow, man. How'd you make your money?"

"Umm... Urgh..."

Maybe Schiller will Demo it at Macworld.

Pathetic. People actually pay

Wed, 12/24/2008 - 4:45am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Pathetic. People actually pay for this crap? Especially in these bad economic days.

Bloody sad really.

Don't hate...celebrate!

Wed, 12/24/2008 - 7:01am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Don't hate...celebrate!

not accurate

Wed, 12/24/2008 - 10:59pm — terry (not verified)

I think you'll find you've made the common mistake of confusing revenue with profit. The sim city developers are taking in $100k in revenue on a good day, if your calculations are correct: NOT 100k in profits. I know, you're talking about the money flowing to the developer after apple takes its share from app store purchases. But that's not profit: the company has overhead, the cost of developing the application, etc. There could be a big, big difference in its actual profit and what you're reporting.

Does that diminish the dramatic profitability of some iPhone apps, or the weirdness of a farting app bringing in $10k in revenue in a single day? Not at all. But if we're writing about business, let's use the biz terms properly.

BUUUURPPP!!!

Thu, 12/25/2008 - 12:04am — 9to5Mac Poob (not verified)

BUUUURPPP!!!

This only goes to show nobody

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 8:32am — Monocle (not verified)

This only goes to show nobody ever starved by underestimating the intelligence of the Great Purchasing Public. Is there any way of making the iPhone/iTouches of the buyers of this app change colour? It would be a useful tool for determining social compatibility and IQ...