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Any plans for an Android version? I'd love to try it, but I'm on the other side of the Apple App Store wall :(

Yes, we would do this for any medical device version - there is a hurdle of porting over all the shader code, but actually with LLMs it should be much easier. I'm not sure whether to go fully Android native, or cross platform though..

There are about 4-5 breathing apps on F-Droid if you don't mind something a bit less.

My experience is that Android users tend not to want to spend money on apps that much, even IAP is tricky. So sometimes it's not worth the hassle to go multi platform.

Considering it's a healthcare app, that PoV seems pretty daft and somewhat discriminatory. Catering to disabled people also isn't mega profitable, but we do it anyway.

An alternative PoV from me could be that going cross-platform means you can use the "rich users" iOS sales to subsidize the "poverty users" Android sales, same how our society does it with healthcare.

I see you are getting downvoted, but it's still true. An Android app brings in a fraction of the revenue. In case someone wants numbers: Look for the total revenue of Apple's App Store compared to the Play Store and then look for the total number of devices for each. It's a huge difference.

Of course a business will cater to the lucrative platform first or even exclusively.

And now, go ahead, downvote me as much as you want. Won't change the calculus though.

In billions, Q2 2024 Consumer App Spending v (total 2024 est. devices)

   $24.6 Apple/iOs (1.74)
   $11.2 Google/Android (4.2)

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