The latest articles on DEV Community by domingo (@domingo56). https://dev.to/domingo56 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3821020%2F74dce647-878d-4043-ab34-9c3d4e1ede7c.png https://dev.to/domingo56 en domingo Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:13:50 +0000 https://dev.to/domingo56/i-was-spending-an-hour-every-week-on-spreadsheets-to-figure-out-if-my-apps-were-profitable-so-i-2l4 https://dev.to/domingo56/i-was-spending-an-hour-every-week-on-spreadsheets-to-figure-out-if-my-apps-were-profitable-so-i-2l4 <p>Every week I'd open four different dashboards:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Google Play Console</strong> → revenue from Android apps</li> <li> <strong>App Store Connect</strong> → revenue from iOS apps </li> <li> <strong>AdMob</strong> → ad earnings</li> <li> <strong>Google Ads</strong> → ad spent on android user acquisition</li> <li> <strong>Apple Search Ads</strong> → ad spent on android user acquisition</li> </ul> <p>Then I'd copy everything into a spreadsheet and do the math manually to get to one number: <em>am I actually making money this week, or just moving money around?</em></p> <p>For two apps this is annoying. For five or more it becomes a real time sink - and it's the kind of thing you skip when you're busy, which means you're flying blind on profitability.</p> <h2> What I built </h2> <p>I built <a href="https://appsfinboard.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apps Finboard</a> to solve exactly this. It connects all five platforms via their APIs and automatically calculates:</p> <ul> <li>Revenue per app (Play + App Store + AdMob combined)</li> <li>Ad spend per app (Google Ads + Apple Search Ads)</li> <li><strong>Net profit per app, updated daily</strong></li> </ul> <p>You get one dashboard that answers the question "how much did I actually make?" without opening five tabs or touching a spreadsheet.</p> <h2> Why I'm sharing this </h2> <p>I used it internally for about a year, then a few developer friends asked to use it too. So I cleaned it up, added multi-app support, and put it out publicly - mostly to find out if enough people have the same problem to make it worth building further.</p> <p>It's $19/month with a 7-day trial. This is a side project, not a startup - I'm just running an honest experiment.</p> <h2> What's missing </h2> <ul> <li>automatically pulling Apple Advanced Ads works, but Apple Basic ads needs to be imported manually. The Apple API is not for the basic ads, so there's no other way</li> <li>meta ads spend. Maybe I'll add in in future</li> </ul> <p>If you run mobile apps and also spend on UA campaigns, I'd genuinely love to hear how you're currently tracking profitability - and whether something like this would save you time.</p> <p>👉 <a href="https://appsfinboard.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">appsfinboard.com</a></p> showdev mobile sideprojects productivity