App Management Tool Dreams

 I am going to set up quick application for my phone (because that’s what I do) to allow me to schedule notifications to be sent to each of my apps.  The reason I am creating my own is so I can repeat notifications at intervals.  I also want to create a set of ‘stock notifications’ that can be used randomly at intervals.

 The reason behind this new tool is to allow me to set up experiments that run against my user engagement variable.  By testing how often I interact with users and watching my advertising revenue as a measure, I should be able to determine a range of contact that impacts my revenue from advertising.  So now I will have two test platforms to use.  If there was an API for the AppStore to allow me to update my pricing I could build that into this application as well.  For now I’ll stick with the only option, Apple’s web interface.

 To build this new tool I have two options.  I can build my own REST API to allow me to store and send push notifications with a simple script and a crontab, or I can use the Firebase Management API.  Because all of my apps use Firebase, I am going to store and manage my notifications on my device and use the Firebase Management API to handle the delivery.  I’m basically building a much simpler UI that will allow me to handle push notifications for all of my apps at once.

 Before I start this new project I want to try to create an Android version of one of my apps.  In theory this will allow me to double my ad income for that app, and to be honest I don’t expect it to happen right away because the app will have to gain an audience first.  The good news here is that I know how to generate an audience in the AppStore so it’s possible that Google Play will behave similarly.  Let’s all cross our fingers.