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building iOS apps until they pay more than my day job. documenting as I go

Joined March 2025
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last few days have been extremely busy barely touched the apps or X revenue down reach down used to stress about dips like this now I know it's just part of the game
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one of my apps is sitting at 44% conversion rate does it really say anything when most of the traffic comes from tiktok or instagram?
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army hook, cheating girlfriend, and a gym app reminding him it's leg day at least someone in his life is still loyal
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seen a lot of comments that this type of CTA doesn't actually convert anyone already tried it and got some numbers?
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the iPhone Duo is turning into a playground for indie devs I feel like we're gonna see tons of cool apps in the next couple of months
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7 months later and this format still pulls thousands of views every single day 43k likes, 3k saves and a comment section full of people asking how she did it many of you said it's not ethical at all and I agree seen way worse tho
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taking a short break today heading to Japan next week on holidays, so technically I should be doing the exact opposite oh well
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this is really cool small additions like this can completely change how people see your listing and the app itself the funnel is just a million tiny pieces stacked together
Cheat code pour la conversion des fiches App Store Le Product Page Header Une VIDÉO qui tourne en boucle tout en haut de ta fiche, au-dessus de ton icône Avant ton screenshot était le premier truc qu'on voyait, maintenant c'est une vidéo plein écran Les requis : 1. Format 21:9, 3840 x 1646 2. Entre 5 et 30 sec, 30 ou 60 fps 3. MOV, M4V ou MP4 4. Muted par défaut, donc ton message doit passer sans le son 5. Ça s'upload dans la nouvelle Asset Library, sans nouveau build Et tu peux mettre un header différent sur chaque Custom Product Page, donc un header par creative TikTok Ceux qui l'activent maintenant prennent une longueur d'avance Allez builder des apps iOS les bros
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every time i open X there's another dev account getting taken down some of them probably had it coming but cases like this make me wonder what apple's process for terminating accounts actually looks like an update that never even shipped shouldn't be enough to kill a $114k business
$114K in revenue. Apple is deleting my account for "fraud". Over a tiny update I tried to ship 6+ months ago. 8+ rejections. 1 call with App Review. 1 full app rename. Still rejected. Now my app is off the store, and my whole account is next. Here's the full story: The update added one new library. That's it. Rejected: change keywords that had been there for over a year. mm okay. Rejected: change a subtitle in some random localization. if it helps.. Rejected: screenshots. Rejected: the same stuff, all over again. Rejected: rename the entire app. That one hurt. Most of my traffic comes from people searching that exact name. So I asked for a call. Surely we could clear this up live. The reviewer was genuinely great. He said the name was the last thing, everything else looked good. So I renamed the whole app, submitted, went to sleep. 3 days later. Woke up to a generic rejection. Subtitle, screenshots, the full combo. Again. So I asked myself: do I REALLY need this update? I didn't. I dropped it and moved on. Today, in that same old thread: "Pending Termination Notice. Evidence of Dishonest or Fraudulent Activity." My appeal is with the App Review Board. If it fails, this is what termination means: Every app I've built, gone. Every user, gone. And I can never open a new developer account. Ever. All over one library update I never shipped. How do we solve a miscommunication like this?
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definitely not having my best tiktok run lately still, 450k views in 28 days on one account isn’t bad at all clearly I need more burner iPhones
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another app riding the exact same GTA fantasy Achievr is a habit tracker that turns your daily tasks into GTA-style missions "we got GTA IRL before GTA 6" pulled 285k views and they post 5+ videos a day with pretty much the same caption one format, two completely different apps
over 5m views from just 1 video promoting a maps app? Game Maps IRL turns your Google Maps into a GTA or RDR2 map they're not selling navigation, they're selling the fantasy of living inside the game also, ai hooks don't work, right?
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noticed the same takes a while for the app to get picked up from the queue but once it's in review, approval is almost instant wonder if it's based on the app itself or the dev account's track record
Seems like Apple is automating the app review process for certain developer accounts I've had several app updates reviewed and approved in under a minute Anyone else experiencing this?
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don't really know what to do with reviews like this makes me wonder if I should go freemium and just gate the features hard paywall or freemium, what's actually converting better for you?
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over 5m views from just 1 video promoting a maps app? Game Maps IRL turns your Google Maps into a GTA or RDR2 map they're not selling navigation, they're selling the fantasy of living inside the game also, ai hooks don't work, right?
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i really need to fix my screen time 4h a day doesn’t sound that bad until you realize it’s almost 29h a week literally another full-time job
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3.3k new users in the last 28 days now still no massive viral hit just a few videos consistently bringing people in
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one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while
1984년 매킨토시로 변한 아이폰 듀오 애플의 첫 폴더블폰 〈iPhone Duo〉를 반쯤 접으면 1984년 매킨토시를 재현한 작은 노트북으로 변신합니다. 새롭게 공개된 〈Tiny Computers〉는 매킨토시부터 윈도우 95·XP까지 고전 컴퓨터 10종을 체험할 수 있는 앱입니다. 키보드 입력은 물론 그림 그리기와 간단한 게임도 즐길 수 있으며, 일반 아이폰과 아이패드에서도 이용할 수 있습니다. 🎥 idanbo
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another app using the exact same format you could apply this to pretty much any niche just build the story around the desired outcome and make your app the payoff
these are pretty much the same slideshows one got over 120k likes the other barely hit 40 posting on tiktok really feels like buying lottery tickets the more you post, the better your chances
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these are pretty much the same slideshows one got over 120k likes the other barely hit 40 posting on tiktok really feels like buying lottery tickets the more you post, the better your chances
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not 1 star because they like it apparently the other 3 stars are behind the paywall
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