What’s the best part about developing awesome apps? Seeing them used and appreciated by the end users. In my opinion, seeing your target audience embrace and get great use out of an app is the ultimate testament to its success.
My first major venture into developing for Android, a small utility program called CPU Spy, hit the 150,000 downloads mark yesterday. After 150,574 downloads, 1,225 comments, and 996 five-star ratings, it has become an important tool for Android enthusiasts looking to keep an eye on their CPU governor or diagnose battery-drain issues.
Since it’s initial release, I’ve had a lot of fun watching its (purely organic) growth via the developer console graphs and Google search results. It was even featured in an article on the popular XDA-Developers site, which was particularly cool for me since I had been a regular user there for some time.
So, what’s the next step? I will be releasing an improved “plus” version of the app that shows more system information, allows logging, and features some big fat graphs showing CPU state transitions over time. Look for it soon in the Android Market!