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this prompt is amazing for Cursor "Reflect on 5-7 different possible sources of the problem, distill those down to 1-2 most likely sources, and then add logs to validate your assumptions before we move onto implementing the actual code fix" thanks Ted!

This is also true for mobile apps.

rate my setup

From 0 to $10M in less than a year with a simple game, a team of 4 👏

I just learned about Coconote and did some research. Here’s what I found. The app is making ~$300k/m according to some tracking tools. Obviously it's targeting students, BUT it's particularly useful for those who have ADHD as they're struggling with notes. Let's dive deeper. 1/5

My mobile apps are now making $2.8k in proceeds and ~$1.9k from ads. That's ~$4.7k/month and much less after taxes 🥲

Cheers 🥂 After 1.5y of being a solopreneur, I sold one of my apps for 6 figures 🎉 🤑 It's not life-changing money (yet), but it's enough for a few solid years of runway if I decide to do nothing. Obviously, that's not the case. This ends the first chapter of my entrepreneurial journey and starts a new one. I started small by creating numerous apps and exploring various ideas, all while learning as much as possible and sharing my journey on Twitter. It went well, but I don't think that path is sustainable long term. I'd like to focus on building bigger brands and apps that reach hundreds of millions of users. This path is usually more risky simply because it carries a higher chance of failure and might require more capital to compete which I finally have now. That's chapter two of my plan. The app was my main revenue driver, so my monthly income dropped significantly. However, I wanted to de-risk my app portfolio and secure some funds. The app grew 100% organically through ASO, which is never guaranteed. With a family of four to support, I'm less keen on taking risks. I now have enough funds for a few years of runway. I'm not taking time off, though 🤪 Instead, I want to invest that money in the business. My brother is going to quit his job, and I'll cover his expenses. I need a second pair of hands to speed up my operations. I have all the know-how to push things forward; I just don't have enough time to do it all. AI and Cursor made everything so much faster, but ironically it gave me more to do 😅 We're going to incorporate and open a mobile venture studio. I'll probably start building publicly, but we will see. I'll continue working on the product side, and my brother will handle marketing. Our first channel will, of course, be short-form (TikTok and IG). I want to reinvest as much revenue as possible from the mobile proceeds. Stay tuned!

Your B2B SaaS is cute, but my goal is to have an app making $200k/m by playing fan sounds

Got laid off from a crypto startup where I was making $140k/y. After a month or two of looking for a job and facing annoying leetcode questions (I didn't want to waste time on preparing for this stuff) I decided to take a leap and go full mobile dev indie. I got slightly lucky because I found a niche that allowed me to grow my app organically and after 6-9 months I was ramen profitable. Later I sold this app for 6 figures. Super stressful though because I'm a sole breadwinner for my family (2 kids) and we just moved countries. I think I had $20k-$25k in savings. Turns out this lay off was a blessing in disguise. Also to be fair I tried launching my products many times before for the past 7-10y

Guys, stop highlighting those two apps everywhere. I literally see a post about them at least once per week. No, it's not that simple to develop yet another daily quote/affirmation app to $300k-$400k MRR+ (maybe it's simple to build, but the moat is in distribution and hundreds of iterations): - Those apps are over 10 years old - Featured numerous times by Apple and Google - Have established ASO and a ton of organic traffic - Strong brands

I’ve been meticulously bookmarking insights about growing mobile apps via short-form social media for the past few months. Yesterday I compiled them into one single Notion page. No need to like, retweet, do 2 backflips or pray to the sun, the link is below, enjoy!

$100k MRR: old concept, new approach AI Wrapper done right

adding one more to the team

So I've finally started to study the whole TikTok viral mobile app game and here are my conclusions and notes: - There are two paths you can take: either you keep creating content on your own and see what sticks, then you rinse and repeat, or you play the influencer game and reach out to hundreds of them and pay for their promotion. You can also combine both. - It's a numbers game; guys who have success with it are relentless in posting a lot and DMing a lot. They're working hard. - Not every app has the potential to go viral; apps that solve existing, boring issues with a "wow effect" (mostly by adding AI features) have the highest chance of becoming viral. - Now is a great time to produce those apps; we live in an X-hackers bubble, and most people are unaware of all the AI features popping up weekly. There is a lot of money to be made, but personally I dislike apps that focus solely on generating revenue without producing any value (AI often hallucinates, and the results can be very inaccurate or even dangerous). - TikTok/IG is a Gen-Z game; they spend the most time there, so inherently, apps that address their issues have the highest chance of going viral. - What are those? Young people care more about their looks than older ones, either due to lower self-esteem or simply because they're looking for a partner (dating). That's why apps like Umax (look improvement), Cal AI (calorie tracking—weight loss or gain), and RizzGPT (help with dating) grew like crazy. It helps that their creators are Gen-Z themselves so they understand those issues first-hand. - I think it's like this new marketing channel that pops up every few years and it's cheaper and more efficient than all the others because it's not saturated yet. - My take is that everyone celebrates high revenue and big download numbers (short-term), but what's more important is the long-term game. The universal truth is that if you generate high enough traffic and convert it, you will make money, which has a place here for many apps. But another universal truth about B2C is that it has naturally high churn, so the question is if those apps will be able to survive long-term once the traffic goes down and more competition shows up.

The AI Identifier market will never cease to surprise me 30k downloads, $35k MRR (est)

I've never seen someone's reputation evaporate so quickly

rate my setup

I have a chance to sell one of my apps for around $300k. What would you do? The app requires no maintenance and generates approximately $6k in MRR. I could leave it as is and withdraw the money each month. Now, the risk here is that it relies 100% on ASO, which is great but can also be taken away. Nothing lasts forever. It can grow and bring even more money or go down. The LTV is low, but it has high traffic. Utility tool. $300k is nice. It extends my runway to around 8 years. I can reinvest it into other apps or use it as a deposit for a house (although not rushing to do it). Would you sell or would you keep it?

Cheers 🥂 After 1.5y of being a solopreneur, I sold one of my apps for 6 figures 🎉 🤑 It's not life-changing money (yet), but it's enough for a few solid years of runway if I decide to do nothing. Obviously, that's not the case. This ends the first chapter of my entrepreneurial journey and starts a new one. I started small by creating numerous apps and exploring various ideas, all while learning as much as possible and sharing my journey on Twitter. It went well, but I don't think that path is sustainable long term. I'd like to focus on building bigger brands and apps that reach hundreds of millions of users. This path is usually more risky simply because it carries a higher chance of failure and might require more capital to compete which I finally have now. That's chapter two of my plan. The app was my main revenue driver, so my monthly income dropped significantly. However, I wanted to de-risk my app portfolio and secure some funds. The app grew 100% organically through ASO, which is never guaranteed. With a family of four to support, I'm less keen on taking risks. I now have enough funds for a few years of runway. I'm not taking time off, though 🤪 Instead, I want to invest that money in the business. My brother is going to quit his job, and I'll cover his expenses. I need a second pair of hands to speed up my operations. I have all the know-how to push things forward; I just don't have enough time to do it all. AI and Cursor made everything so much faster, but ironically it gave me more to do 😅 We're going to incorporate and open a mobile venture studio. I'll probably start building publicly, but we will see. I'll continue working on the product side, and my brother will handle marketing. Our first channel will, of course, be short-form (TikTok and IG). I want to reinvest as much revenue as possible from the mobile proceeds. Stay tuned!

adding one more to the team

Guys, stop highlighting those two apps everywhere. I literally see a post about them at least once per week. No, it's not that simple to develop yet another daily quote/affirmation app to $300k-$400k MRR+ (maybe it's simple to build, but the moat is in distribution and hundreds of iterations): - Those apps are over 10 years old - Featured numerous times by Apple and Google - Have established ASO and a ton of organic traffic - Strong brands

Today I feel like giving away for free 5 lifetime licenses to ReadReviews. dev. Like and comment and then I'll use some tool to pick winners randomly. Bonus points if you will tell me HOW are you going to use this tool.

I've been developing mobile apps for 13 years, but recently I've been doing web development and it's so much fun. > make a change > push commit > wait 2-3 minutes > puff, changes are live soooo nice

My mobile apps are now making $2.8k in proceeds and ~$1.9k from ads. That's ~$4.7k/month and much less after taxes 🥲

This is also true for mobile apps.

I'm getting close to 4k followers. I don't usually track who follows me, but I just glanced at the recent ones and saw many interesting profiles. Who are you? I'd like to follow some interesting profiles. Please "advertise" yourself in the comments. Perhaps others will follow you too. Who are you? What are you doing? Let us know.

it would be cool to organise a mobile indie meet-up one day on Mallorca

So I have a list of probably over 100 hand-curated market ideas that I prepared for myself when I was researching what should I build next for iOS. I'm not able to build for all of those markets. Are you lacking ideas on what to build, are you interested in such a list?

Ok, so since most advise me to sell, what would you invest $231k ($300k - tax) into? MSCI World / VWRA LN ETF ETF and call it a day?