I am considering to make this "passive wallet" open source and as a free application in the App Store. But I would prefer to have there some paid advanced option, content or service included. Some option what could earn some money back for the hard development time spent and invested in this project. Maybe some affiliate program or some service of some kind included. Maybe some third party service. What do you think about such options?
Do you have some ideas?
Do you have some ideas about how to make BitcoinViewer free and open source and at the same time to offer some option to earn money back?
So I can make it free and open source, continue development, make improvements, fixes, new features, get new users, etc. for this software, etc. in long term?
Thanks for ideas and letting know your opinions.
I would gladly to make everybody happy.
So more users can get attracted.
And at the same time have some income from it?
PS: I would like to allow sending BTC from the app at some stage.
As you say, I think the current best iOS model is freemium apps -- give away the app for free, then offer a paid advanced version or in-app upgrade. You could collect feedback for the first few months to see what the most-requested features were (e.g. BTC send-out), then release them in a paid-for version. You could probably charge a lot more than 99c for said version. That way, you have a much bigger audience, and the people who like the biggest and best can and will pay.
