Speaking of popular things, last year, Apple released iOS14 and with it, widgets, which were the hottest feature for the rest of 2020. A few apps were born to offer widgets, and a ton of apps added widgets, but one came out the undoubtful winner.
That's Widgetsmith, the app that became the way to add custom widgets pretty much overnight.
A year later, I was curious to see whether it's still successful. To do, that I'm going to look at revenue estimates because a download is nice, but a paying subscriber is nicer.
The simple answer is yes, based on the numbers, it's still earning money.
Cumulative net revenue since the app was released hit $3 million this month. It got to $2 million back in June and earned its first million of net revenue back in December of 2020.
So, the pace slowed down quite a bit, but it's still looking pretty healthy.
I love seeing the success of Widgetsmith because it wasn't made by some big-name company with a big marketing budget. It was developed by an indie developer who was at the right place and the right time + knew what to build. That last one is key.
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