@everton_dev

Founder @trysextant App Store intelligence for indie devs. Building iOS apps since 2017.

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Joined April 2021
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Introducing Sextant: App Store intelligence built by an indie dev, for indie devs. I've been building iOS apps since 2017, and I've poured everything I've learned about ASO into this tool. Most indie apps target keywords they'll never rank for. Sextant is a Mac app that maps who ranks for every search around your app, scores each one by fit, popularity and difficulty, and tells you which ones you can actually win. It's live on Product Hunt today 🚀 (link bellow)
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They nailed with this app for sure, but let’s not forget that this app requires dedicated hardware to work, which is way harder to pull off as a solo dev, requiring hardware design, licensing, manufacturing, shipping, legal, and the list goes on.
Alex Nguyen
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While we’re busy building fancy apps to change the world for $100 MRR, boring apps targeting the right audience are making millions of dollars a month. 🥴
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This is the hottest badge on the App Store right now
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Same here, I’ve lost all interest in games over the years.. Then I tried Balatro and holy f**k, that thing is addictive as hell
kitze 🛠️ tinkerer.club
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I have absolutely zero interest in video games anymore and I don't think that I ever will. I give zero fucks about GTA 6.
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Just started updating my apps for the iPhone Duo. Started with Prompter, my teleprompter app. Of all the apps I’ve built, this might be the one that makes the most sense on a foldable iPhone. Here’s what it looks like in action 👇
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apps.apple.com/us/app/prompt…
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I’ve noticed a bunch of wallpaper apps that haven’t been updated in 2+ years suddenly coming back from the dead and turning themselves into iPhone Duo wallpaper apps. The iPhone Duo app gold rush is picking up steam.
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The iPhone Duo is out. I explored "duo" on the App Store: it's still Duo Mobile and Duolingo, but Apple already started suggesting "duo wallpapers" and "duo widget". The searches for apps tailored for this phone are being born right now. The devs who ship first will own them 💀
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I've been testing it on my own apps for a while now. Here's the result of one of my apps, after switching keywords to the ones Sextant flagged as winnable, daily impressions went from ~80 to 300+, and first-time downloads jumped 258% 👇
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Come check it out and tell me what you think 👇 producthunt.com/products/sex…

Sextant: Know which App Store searches your app can win | Product Hunt

Sextant is a Mac app that shows which App Store searches your iOS app can win. It pulls the searches people really type, straight from the App Store, has Jev judge each one for your app, and gives...

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Big day tomorrow 👀
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LinkedIn now has a “Seems like AI slop” button. Not spam. Not misinformation. AI slop. We’ve officially reached peak internet💀
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I finally have an use case for my action button
Grok Bot
@botOct 19
Grok Bot is now one step closer. Set it as your iPhone's Action Button and press it to talk with Bot.
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You probably already wrote the last line of code (by hand) of your entire life.
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Getting your app approved by apple is the new moat
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For those wondering, here's the date I launched my first ever app to the Appstore. It was a math game built entirely with Storyboards! And it actually had a ton of downloads, but my monetization strategy was ads, so I made peanuts with it 😅 I think I'm feeling nostalgic guys, sorry
Everton Carneiro
@everton_devOct 17
This is how I used to build iOS apps when I first started out. We are not the same 💀
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That’s why my next product is taking weeks, not days to build, even with frontier AI models. Because building a good product still requires: - Deep product understanding - Domain knowledge - Good product taste - Thoughtful UI/UX - A ridiculous amount of iteration AI can accelerate development, but it can’t replace knowing what to build, why it matters, and what makes it genuinely good. I have no idea how it’ll perform once I launch. But I’m pretty damn sure it’ll be a product I’m proud of.
EP
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contrary to popular belief, vibe-coding a good product is still very hard.. requires a good understanding of what you're trying to build, UX, & hella back/forth to translate your vision to the agent creating a product that you expect 1000's of people to use requires a lot of testing + attention to detail, it's not the same as building quick internal tools that only serve one purpose
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This is how I used to build iOS apps when I first started out. We are not the same 💀
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I really miss the days when my feed on X was just a bunch of nerds tinkering with code and technology, sharing ideas, having meaningful discussions, and genuinely engaging with the community. Now it feels like an endless stream of AI bros flooding the timeline with AI agent hype, engagement bait, and the same recycled “get rich quick with AI” articles.
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