I about ready to release my new app and thought I would get some opinions and do a little testing before I do.
The app is called Minimalist Shortcut. It is a cusomizable shortcut widget. The idea is to be able to have simple minimalist icons to launch apps or folders from.
You can download it here.
I plan on doing a lite/pro version. The main thing I wanted opinions on is what features should I make pro. I want to make sure that users would think the features are worth upgrading to the pro version for, but I also want to make sure the lite version is still worth having. After all if I don’t get good downloads of the lite version I won’t make much money even if half the users upgrade. And I will get alot more downloads if the users are happy and the install percentage is high. It is a fine line between giving away too much where nobody wants to upgrade and giving away too little where nobody wants to download it.
I would rather error on the side of giving away too much. Since getting just 1% to upgrade of 100k users is better than getting 10% to upgrade of 5k users.
Currently the features I have as pro are:
Backup/Restore
Use Custom Fonts
Use custom icons/images
This current apk is beta and has all features enabled so you can try them out.
The next question I have is should I include any ads in the lite version or not. And if so what kind. Given the nature of the program where you only open the settings occasionally to set it up or to tweak the look, I won’t get many banner ad impressions. I don’t want annoying ads like notifications or icon drops because that would hurt the adoption rate and hurt sales of the pro version. An app wall on exit of the settings may work but would it be worth it or should I just focus on converting users to the pro version for revenue?
Check it out and let me know your thoughts and any bugs you find.
Thanks