[Nicolas___]

There are two main options, when it comes to making money from an app :

1- sell a small (cheap) app to many people

2- sell a big (expensive) app to a few people

While it is true that the most successful apps are usually pretty complex and expensive to produce, there are ways to make money with small apps. Games are a good example, as some hugely successful games are human-sized projects.

One thing : Starting a project with money as your unique goal won't lead you very far...passion is a way bigger motivation (that often leads to success, too).

[tucaz]

I agree with you completely when u say that passion is necessary. However, I plan on being able to start living from my own work sometime in the next 10 years and that's why thinking about money is somewhat important even in the beginning.

I would like to be able to work with a small (and cheap like you said) application but even though "small" apps in the web that are making money (basecamp? fogbugz? and others...) are not that small and simple.

Unfortunately I'm really not into games (no passion here, see? :) ) so a LOB app is more like something I would go for.