Sam Petherbridge

3 Updates to seperate apps all approved in less than 12 hours! Apple is doing pretty well! So much better than a decade ago! #AppDevelopment

@HHaandr ARR is also not revenue... Much of it is projected

Things that are not revenue: - GitHub Stars - X followers - TikTok views - App downloads Things that are revenue: - Revenue

@forge_connect @nikitabier This is 100% a spam response.

@PethAU @nikitabier @PethAU Review times can be unpredictable! If the update is critical, you might want to try Apple's Expedited Review process: developer.apple.com/contact/app-st…. While we can't fix Apple's review queue, Forge makes the rest of your ASC workflow faster apps.apple.com/app/id67585199…

iOS developers: How long is App Review taking for everyone these days? It is now taking longer to get our app approved than it is to build the actual features.

AI is advancing so fast. We have fantastic apps. @claudeai can not even show the localised timezone in a notification.

@seraleev I feel like some of these has been in the platform for some time, just buried

Apple quietly rolled out an important update to ASA. Introducing Insights. Now you can: - see all analytics in one place - compare campaigns, keywords, and placements - build custom reports - understand real performance – not just clicks Didn’t expect this. Already diving into the dashboard.

@nikitabier I pulled all my time in review data last month. Much longer. With that said since putting this data together updates have been sub 24 hours

@khivedoteth @anumness @MattCowlin Really depends on the app, how much people will use it and the quality of it.

@PethAU @anumness @MattCowlin Isnt 7$/week too much for mobile apps? Currently running an app where its been difficult to get even $2/month.

A while ago I saw @MattCowlin comment suggesting the combo of $6.99/week and $29.99/year. I decided to try it out. Thats when I started getting more annual sales. This is great because it provides more revenue for ads 🙂

@nomalex_ Getting some very good results with Max Conversions bid strategy

Looks like Apple Search Ads are giving some interesting results. Lots of free trial, some already converted and switched to yearly plans, which makes the ads profitable. But I need more data to see what percentage of trials convert and compare it to the ads cost.

Usually I complain about Apple review times. Today it is Google Play, 24 hours and I am still waiting. It is highly unusual!

@VadimNotJustDev Why not just run a server with a light weight API and database?

Most of my apps need minimal backend, ex: storage + 1 db table. Creating new supabase projects for each app adds $10/m. Wich is fine for projects that generate money. However, 80% of my apps will flop. Considering using one supabase project for multiple apps, but that feels wrong should I just eat the bill and do it properly, or are there any solutions that I missed?

@adamlyttleapps I get a prompt every time I open the app to enable notifications

X onboarding pushes notification activation HARD It’s the first thing you see Before you login or create an account There is a mockup screen showing the permission dialogue with a blue circle guiding the user to allow Followed by the actual permission dialogue with an arrow pointing to the allow button

No sure @Zendesk could make it any harder to find that cancel button. Looks like a footer legal link.

@jeiting @KeithNewton @jacobrodri_ Are they making actual revenue or just existing?

@KeithNewton @jacobrodri_ Sorry, talking about different numbers. App Store in general is up like 2x, RC is seeing almost a 5x. Just crazy numbers across the board.

app launches have been going down for 3 weeks straight we were told AI would flood the app store with thousands of apps and competition would skyrocket...was that actually true?

Ominous sign when the Apple Store employee reminds you of your 14 day open box return policy in case the model lineup gets updated…

Looks like @aden_hq are sending their spam. Using @GoogleWorkspace to send is an interesting choice... Best hope there isn't a review of their accounts compliance with their Acceptable Use Policy.

@FloWritesCode Why MCP? Why not just a cli?

Connect LaunchBuddy to your AI agents via the brand new LaunchBuddy MCP integration. Version 5.11.0 is now live on the macOS App Store. Let your agents read your app ideas, apps, releases, tasks, feedback, and even complete tasks.

@DanielLockyer I saw you say this a few months ago. Such a developer experience improvement! Thank you!

Everyone should spend 1 minute to improve their life and install Orbstack

@seraleev I had the same experience a few years ago. 10x revenue in 1 day. Paid upfront should really be removed or reserved for business purchases.

Interesting case from Reddit A solo dev switched from a paid app to freemium and downloads exploded from 2 per week to 2,000 in three days. Same product. Different business model. Monetization strategy can impact growth more than the feature set itself.