iFart app making almost $10,000/day

Cleve Nettles
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December 23, 2008
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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)

 

Comments (13)

pater (not verified) | December 23, 2008 - 6:20pm

That's some bullshit, imo.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 25, 2008 - 8:42am

Thanks for information ;)

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Dan Birchall (not verified) | December 23, 2008 - 7:14pm

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

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 12:29am

How sick is the world we're living in?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 26, 2008 - 3:11pm

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!

Darran (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 2:05am

Makes you want to cry.

PeterVk (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 2:17am

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.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 3:45am

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

Bloody sad really.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 6:01am

Don't hate...celebrate!

terry (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 9:59pm

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.

9to5Mac Poob (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 11:04pm

BUUUURPPP!!!

Monocle (not verified) | December 27, 2008 - 7:32am

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...

DipDog3 (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 1:33am

UPDATE iFart is making $27,249 a day!
http://www.redrome.com/iphone-news/3-iphone/45-ifart-mobile-set-record-w...