15. Monetizing Apps

The market for apps is big and getting bigger. Vision Mobile has estimated the mobile app economy to be worth $53 billion in 2012 and growing to $143 billion in 2013. How do you get a piece of that pie? You’ve created and tested a great app. Now you want your efforts to pay off. What is the best way to do this? What options do you have to make money from apps? What do you have to do to start? In this chapter you explore the various avenues for monetizing apps.

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