Alexa skills and AR / VR Apps

As of 2019 August, alexa and amazon developer rewards programs seem to be taking off a bit more than when launched.

Alexa:
Similar to iphone apps .. meditate and coaching tools are present

Lot of voice over apps obviously .. 

AR/VR is way more interesting!

https://jacksadvice.com/best-free-vr-apps-list/1282/

video games along the lines of sniper

consume video content, maps or earth applications, extending to space

and practically anything on the imagination space is what is there in the AR/VR.

There is relatively less paid apps or market in this medium. Again the usual suspects like Apple are on the front. And these guys or their marketing team will not get in unless there is a sizeable enough market participation or assets to develop. 

Summing up, if you are looking for paid version of the apps, go in the following order:

start with iOS and other Apple platforms

Then Alexa,

then other platforms like AR/VR slowly and feature wise

then android and other open source platforms.

Of course Linux and other truly open source technologies and platforms are different game altogether. Here in the enterprise market one can make money but forget about consumer platforms.

 

List of top paid apps and free apps in iOS and Android eco systems

This list is updated for August 2019

Top paid android apps:

file explorer/manager
creative: painter, developer, image editors
music player, radio, dj player
games and puzzles
sleep tracker
tasker
automate
casting/calendar
flight simulator - huh can this be married with a focusplane?

Sources:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/topic?id=editorial_meditation_apps_cep
https://www.techradar.com/news/best-android-apps-2019
https://play.google.com/store/apps/topic?id=editorial_productivity_apps

Top android apps in general
same as above

Quick review and research finds out that it is not profitable beyond a point to have lots of features on your android app. You can have basic features and then switch to paid version or web version or really any non-android version of the apps to break even.

Top paid iphone apps
slowly is interesting with old world pen pal idea
libby is the best app .. for library lovers
yoga wake up
deliveries
handwriting note taking apps
way better than the rest ...
productivity apps linked to scheduling and focus, yoga,
flight simultor, farm simulators
lots and lots of games
stay fit, workout and medical/health services app
pocket build is fantastic!
forest - stay focussed is good .. similar to my app!
more simulators
utilities like scanner apps
dark sky weather
hyperlocal weather apps
education apps - test prep with questions or essays,

http://www.popvortex.com/apps/charts/top-paid-apps.php
tons of great apps lists there.

top iphone apps in general
similar to above with in app purchases ..

In general, location based services or photo services are profit making offerings in this space. As well known by now, the app in order to make money needs to be in iOS. It is okay to have iOS only app too. Android is strictly optional and is mainly for user adoption. Or maybe monitizing using location and ads. But it hardly breaks even. While iOS in general is vastly more profitable platform.

The strategy employed is similar where there is a version of free apps that take something in exchange like location or access to contacts or photos (Creep alert!) or a cleaner paid version typically in the 0.99 or 1.99 range.

Note: spy app like the anti kidnapping location tracker app is good .. also pair it with gadgets which will auto detect wifis and pass on the info. There are not much good tools in this space.