Original Summary

I have a handful of apps on the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store. Every month I'd download reports from three different places, copy numbers into spreadsheets, and then try to figure out which report matched which bank deposit. It worked, sort of. But it was a pain, and I never really had a good picture of how my apps were doing. I wanted to answer questions like: - Which apps are actually making money, and which ones probably aren't worth maintaining anymore? - Are sales growing or declining compared to last year? - Which countries are generating meaningful revenue? - Are people buying subscriptions or one-time unlocks? - How much have I actually earned this month, even if the stores haven't paid me yet? - After store fees and business expenses, how much am I really making? The app stores give you some of this information, but it's scattered across different dashboards and reports. And trying to compare performance across Apple, Google, and Microsoft is even more work. I looked at accounting software, but most of it seemed like overkill for what I needed. A lot of the popular options cost $30–40 a month, which is hard to justify when some of your apps might only make a few hundred dollars. And even then, those products don't really understand how app stores work. For example, Apple might report your August earnings but not pay you until September. That's income you earned in August, not September. I wanted software that understood the difference without making me jump through a bunch of accounting hoops. So I started building IndieBean, a Windows desktop app specifically for developers who sell through app stores. The idea is pretty simple. You record your monthly store statements, including sales, fees, and what each store owes you. When the money eventually hits your bank account, you record the payment against that balance. No double-counting income or trying to remember what a deposit was for. But the part I really wanted was the reporting. I wanted to see sales by app, by country, and by individual in-app purchase. I wanted year-over-year comparisons, a clear picture of which products were growing, and a way to see everything across all three stores without bouncing between dashboards. I also wanted to keep track of the less exciting stuff, like developer fees, hosting, software subscriptions, and other expenses. Basically, enough accounting to run a small app business without needing to become an accountant. There's proper bookkeeping underneath, including financial reports, but you don't have to spend your day thinking about debits and credits. A couple of other things that mattered to me: - No subscription. It's a one-time purchase. I'm tired of paying monthly fees for software I only need to use a few times a month. - Local data. Everything stays on your computer. No cloud account required. - Built for small developers. I'm not trying to build an enterprise accounting system.

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/8 20:52:45