Brandon Presley

Building my first iOS app in (semi) public. Not my first business. I’ll share decisions, mistakes, and what actually moves things forward. If you’re into thoughtful product-building, welcome.

@KCStar Downtown doesn't want northlanders or anyone outside the city who doesn't ride the streetcar everywhere or a bike anyway

Getting downtown from Northland won’t get easier until 2032 with new bridgework kansascity.com/news/local/cla…

@2024dion KC will never forget it out.

If KC wants the Plaza to be a national tourism destination and not just our second nicest luxury mall, it should rebuild Brush Creek & Ward Pkwy into a cafe-lined riverwalk a la San Antonio.

@trevoracorn People will think about improving anything in the city except basic services, litter, and crime.

KC has overly wide roads. We need to find a way to narrow many of them to improve property values on each side. But waiting 20+ years for public works to move curbs feels…like a lot. And expensive. What if we had a way to sell/give part of the ROW to adjacent owners?

@cesaralvarezll Killer man!

@BPBuilds Nothing actually, all came from organic

My first iOS app has been live for 3 weeks. Here are the stats so far 🚀 - 1,000+ downloads - $217 in revenue - $56 MRR - 5 active trials for the annual plan I’m not sure if these are “good” numbers but I’m really happy with the start. Let’s keep building.

@mdnlabs @normbuilds No llc needed for small biz program. I applied first under my personal account. Then I got approved. Then I later converted my entire account to under my LLC

@normbuilds Maybe? I just know you HAVE to have an LLC to apply

Apple will cut their commission from 30% to 15% if you have an LLC and make less than $1M/year. Guess what I'll be applying for in a few weeks 🤪

@anything My builder has been glitching and even when in auto or thinking mode, it says it can't make changes because it's in discussion mode. And then takes 500 credits. Love Anything but it's something that's been bothering me the last few days

Anything woke up different today this week's drop: - nanobanana2 image gen - agent clarification mode - version history restore let's get into it🧵

@alidougru Pay off credit cards. Safety net. Index funds.

You get $10M deposited to your bank account. What’s the first thing you’ll do?

@joni_vrbt Family

If work becomes useless, what’s the point of life then?

For your friends and family you think about daily but don't always talk to.

@mchulet Quiet reassurance without texting: dotokay.com

Drop your project URL Let’s drive some traffic Curious to know what you all are building 👇🏼

@CiprianiRanieri Quiet reassurance without texting. dotokay.com

Who's building in public? Drop your project. Let's support each other.

@BuildWithxAI Basic analytics with @posthog

What’s one small improvement you made to your product this week?

@TogetherKCMO No

The earnings tax helps Kansas Citians and those who work and visit Kansas City get around the city safer. 4th District Councilmember Eric Bunch supports renewal. Vote yes on or before April 7th.

@wilterrero Personally I'd rather have any app or sub for a month vs have it hit my card 4x month

My app had 3 subscription options for months. Weekly, monthly, annual. Monthly converted the worst. Every single time. I thought it was my paywall design 📷 Then I saw data from 16,000 apps and $3B in revenue. It's not my paywall. Monthly plans are just dead. Conversion rates at high price tiers: • Weekly: 9.9% • Annual: 3.4% • Monthly: 0.5% Monthly is the worst performer at EVERY price tier across the entire dataset. Why? Too expensive to feel low-risk. Too short to feel like a commitment. The worst of both worlds. Meanwhile weekly + trial subscribers hit $54.50 LTV over 12 months. That's a 636% growth rate from Day 0. No other plan type comes close. Here's what I changed: ⌙ Killed monthly from my paywall ⌙ Made weekly the default (low commitment entry) ⌙ Annual as the "best value" anchor ⌙ Added trial to weekly If your paywall still defaults to monthly, you're sitting in the dead zone. Stop optimizing a plan nobody wants. What's your highest converting plan right now?

@samuelrdt @capacityso $50/day gets expensive quick.

people overthink ideas. i literally look at what's making money, build an MVP in 2 hours with @capacityso , throw $50/day on meta ads. if it works, i keep going. if not, next

@rabbyaxf Trying to sort out social traction. Tested a little with paid ads. Not a fun part.

@BPBuilds Interesting product. how are you handling distribution? DM

Building my first iOS app in (semi) public. Not my first business. I’ll share decisions, mistakes, and what actually moves things forward. If you’re into thoughtful product-building, welcome.

@anything Wow!

see an error? -> tap FIX THIS debugging it's completely free now

we have a shipping problem this week: - build iPad apps - fix errors for free - global code search - drag & drop images to chat - App Store review tool quick breakdown 🧵

Personal apple developer account converted successfully to LLC!

@SmashJT Our street car in Kansas City does this but instead does it for trans rights or Chappel Roan

Why can't we do cool things like this in America?