I’ve published my first Android app only 4 days ago, and I must say I am impressed with the response from the market. It’s a free app, so I guess it’s much easier to get “many” downloads, but I’m still surprised by the hard numbers, mostly because it’s a niche app.
Without any particular advertisement, other than a post here and a message on The Code Project, the app got 452 total downloads, and has 402 active installs (89%). It received 8 +1s and 6 5-star reviews (1 review and 1 +1 are mine of course).
I don’t consider my app polished at all. It barely does what I need with a tolerable UI and small footprint (<100 KB), but the positive response from the market makes me wonder if the quality problem of Android apps is even worse than what we suppose.
BTW, Dropbox, you can have my app for $1M.