Software Engineer escaping the 9-5.
Romania
Joined December 2020
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I'm making $1.43 per day, $0.0597 per hour, $0.000995 per minute and $0.0000166 per second.
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I redid the screenshots, onboarding and ASO but I suppose this is the drawback being into a low volume niche. Not sure if I should try marketing (low budget) or switch on a new project.
Me: "Nice, a #WWDC26 discount for @tryastro!" 🎉
VAT: "Not so fast." 📷
Still worth it though. I've been considering Astro for a long time, and it feels like a good investment for my indie app development journey.
Need some advice from builders 👇
My review flow currently looks like this:
→ 5-step onboarding
→ Main action immediately after
→ Review prompt shown after success
Result: 15 reviews. It's a small niche, but I thought the conversion would be higher.
What has worked best for you?
These are the stats of my first mobile app, do you think I can scale this?
Most of the subscribers are yearly (12 of 13).
Tried a bit of Tik Tok and Apple Search ADs (low budget) but I think the execution was not good enough.
What's better, updating an existing iOS app (icon, screenshots, ASO, onboarding, design) or re-launching the app?
Eduard Lainer retweeted
🇷🇴 Romania’s Central Bank Launches Digital Platform on Treasure Seized by Moscow
The National Bank of Romania (NBR) has launched a new online section dedicated to the gold and valuables evacuated to Russia in 1916–1917, a century-old issue that remains unresolved.
ALT The opening session of the Genoa Conference, April 10, 1922 („Actualitatea” No. 5/1922)
ALT The Romanian representative at the Genoa Conference, Prime Minister Ion I.C. Brătianu (center), alongside Louis Barthou, head of the French delegation, and Albert Thomas, one of its members („Actualitatea” No. 5/1922)
Eduard Lainer retweeted
🇪🇺 Telegram sent this message to all its users in France regarding Chat Control. People must know the names of those who try to steal their freedoms:
Today, the European Union nearly banned your right to privacy. It was set to vote on a law that would force apps to scan every private message, turning everyone’s phone into a spying tool.
France led the push for this authoritarian law. Both former and current Interior Ministers, Bruno Retailleau and Laurent Nuñez, supported it. Last March, they declared that police should see French citizens’ private messages. The Republicans and Macron’s Renaissance group voted for it.
Such measures are supposed to “fight crime”, but their real target is regular people. It wouldn’t stop criminals — they could just use VPNs or special websites to hide. Officials’ and police messages wouldn’t be scanned either, since the law conveniently exempts them from surveillance. Only YOU — ordinary citizens — would face the danger of your private messages and photos being compromised.
Today, we defended privacy: Germany’s sudden stand saved our rights. But freedoms are still threatened. While French leaders push for total access to private messages, the basic rights of French people — and all Europeans — remain in danger.
Finally, the last update got approved 🎉
Did some light Reddit marketing just to warm up, and this week I'll keep focusing on marketing.
If you've got any low-budget marketing strategies, I'm all ears 👀
Coming from web dev, I still can't get used to this, you miss a bug in a mobile app, and you've got to redo the whole submission flow, wait for review, approval, and hope users update.
Web: fix → deploy → done.
Mobile: pray → wait → repeat 😅
Bugfix version approved and shipped 🎉
The next update (with the final feature like I mentioned before) is already submitted.
Time to switch gears, no more unasked features, just marketing.
Any creative low-budget tips? 😅
Fixed a bug found by a friend (thanks!) and also wanted to go through the full update flow once.
I’ve also prepared a small but very requested feature, that’ll be the last one for now.
Time to switch focus to marketing 👀
Finally, after 4 rejections, I woke up to these emails.
My first iOS app is officially live on the App Store 🚀
Here’s the rejection journey + what’s next 👇
Next, I’ll focus on getting it in front of people.
No marketing budget, so I’ll start small:
-> post in related subreddits
-> comment on YouTube videos
-> share short clips on TikTok
Also open to any low-cost or creative marketing ideas — what worked for you?