Sound Grenade: An App Success Story

A software engineer who wrote what he calls a "terrible" and "crap" app in less time than it typically takes to eat lunch has since watched it shoot to the top of Apple's App Store, where it's now generating over $200 an hour despite being a free download.

Sound Grenade gives you instant crowd control. Plug your iPhone into some speakers and crank up the volume. Sound Grenade generates a really, really annoying nauseating and headache producing high pitched sound.

... At first, Sound Grenade was completely free. Once it entered the Top 50, High said he decided to switch to an ad-supported model. Now, after processing a million ad requests in 24 hours, the app is generating upwards of $200 per hour in clickthrough revenue. In order to keep the app popular, he is looking into a few strategies.

[via Apple Insider]

emily | 6:37 PM | Cell Phone Apps Reviews |
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