Indie devs: Stop picking App Store keywords just because an ASO tool says: 🟢 High popularity 🟢 Low difficulty I check the keyword across multiple data points + manually check the App Store. Then I use Apple Ads to validate whether real users actually install. ASO tools give you clues. Real users give you the answer.

For all new indie app builders: Posting on social media will NOT make you rich. Before I hit $10,000 MRR, I failed my first app and wasted 2 years. I loved meditation so I made Monkeyless a meditation screen time app. I couldn't let it go. For 2 years I posted organically everyday. I did not miss a single day, not ONE. I did: - 30,000,000 views in the span of 2 months after 1 year of little progress -Tortured myself with ridiculous videos like Rawdogging a clock for 8 hours -Embarassed myself in front of the camera since I'm not an extrovert -Tried slideshows, AI content, hired UGC creators, partnerships, every angle possible I still failed. I was sold the idea: "just post everyday, spark the winners and you get success". This is bad advice. Real takeaways after 2 years of failure: 1. Screen time niche is hard, I do not recommend 2. Don't post organically. Only exceptions: -To become familiar with social media in general -To become familiar with your specific niche -To get your first 500-1000 downloads But don't rely on it to make you real money. Use it as an experiment to get data and extrapolate from there. 3. Your #1 goal from launch is to discover whether your app is either a) worth scaling, or b) a flop. 4. Look at DATA. Download-to-paid rate, trial start rate, paywall showrate, optimize onboarding as much as possible especially if you have a hard paywall. 5. Be TRUTHFUL with yourself. If the data says your app sucks, your app sucks. Stop trying to save a sinking ship like I did. You don't need 2 years. You can determine this within 2 weeks. 6. Be careful who you listen to on X. I don't think people on here have bad intentions, but people like to exaggerate results and sell you a dream 7. No co-founders! You already make little money, don't split it even further. Maybe for the future, when you have more capital to scale, but don't do it for your first start-up. Luckily my social net was strong and I had many friends supporting me. Even when I failed, they liked my videos, recorded videos with me, and tried to give me advice even though their advice was bad 😂 Very grateful for them. Don't make the same mistakes I did!

Let's hope this will do it, deadline for #shipaton is getting tight

It’s been a week already, c’mon @Apple I’m afraid I’m not gonna make it to this year’s #shipaton 😔

Sent my #shipaton submission for review, let’s hope it gets approved in time 🙏🏼

This app is making $40k/mo... Literally for playing animations while you charge your phone Honestly is unfair people are making money out of these apps compared to people Working 60 hrs a week making this money yearly This is your sign to take advantage of all the unfair opportunities the app space has...

$2M MRR from an app which is just GPT-Image-2.5 + Pinterest Scraper 😭😭😭

how many of you are actually vibe coding from your phone? I just can't get myself to do it