The Duck is Stuck

My latest #bootstrapped iOS / Android app launched yesterday on #ProductHunt. Happy placing in Top 10 with 70 upvotes without much prep. #buildinpublic Check it out if you are a curious mind that is eager to learn new stuff quickly. kardsAI.app

@filippkowalski Nice but who does not order keywords per popularity 😂

I'm getting more and more convinced that ASO is more about the product metrics than "marketing side" metrics (metadata, creatives etc). I did a major overhaul of this app that was stuck at 9-10 positions, and it started to grow. In my humble opinion, I think I have a better app than competitors, and the algo sees it.

@filippkowalski Noice thanks mate

Ok guys, I hope I'll make your life easier and deployment faster Here is a script that I'm using for auto-deploy and auto-submission for the App Store, and semi-automatic for Google Play github.com/filippkowalski… It's for Flutter, but you should be able to adjust it for your own use case/framework easily. If you find it helpful, please repost + let me know so this post gets extra visibility and more people can benefit. Enjoy!

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@nicolasios @mariosaputra Try Viralgenie.ai, had the same issue with marketing vs building

@mariosaputra After trying for several weeks, I'm about to give up on TikTok too. It takes a lot of time. I make more money creating new apps. By the way, what platform is that?

You spent hundreds on AI to build your apps. I spent hundreds on Apple to make me more money. We're not the same, lol. I grew this app from $0 to $1K in less than two months, though I only got $400. TikTok sucks, so I think I'll focus on easier things like ads.

@filippkowalski Exactly, only fakes on social 🙈

oh so that's how they do it

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@alexcooldev Threads

This is a platform where I’ve been getting 2 million impressions per week and 8 million per month, can you guess which social media it is? 😙

@filippkowalski 100%

I feel like TikTok videos have 4 tiers: - 0, shadowbanned - ~300, poor format, didn't go anywhere - ~1k, I think it did ok, but not sure why it stop at this level, probably TikTok algo is testing it on the broader group - >1k and beyond

@filippkowalski Indeed correct. My stats flipped to MRR higher as well when I added a new app with weekly pricing enabled. Even though the monthly revenue of that app is currently only a 3rd one month after launch

@yonces_plastic @CSINews106 @ExpeditionAudi @MKBHD Think just really confused 🤣😆

@CSINews106 @ExpeditionAudi @MKBHD literally what the fuck are you talking about

Aged like milk

@karakhanyanS maybe this gives you a reference. its from the latest state of subscriptions report from revenuecat which you can download for free. came out this week. a lot of useful stats in there and for me a must read each year

9% trial conversion rate is it okay or very bad?

@designerants At least for my current apps I found the first 1k MRR were reached quite quickly (within 1-3 months each), after that to reach 3k took maybe 9 months. After that, I figure you have to really dial down retention and reach which can be tricky with a limited userbase.

@TheDuckIsStuck why?

Unpopular opinion: It’s much easier to make an app go from $1,000/month to $20,000/month than from $0/month to $1,000/month.

@desmondhth I also had got results view vice, eg 2 million on reels since it fits my target audience. The trouble I see is converting views into downloads. Would be interested in how you tackle that

Simple way to think about whether you should make meme shorts for your app or not: Is there existing meme content in your niche? If yes, then go on. Because you can disguise your promotion by integrating your product into memes If no, don’t even think about it

@alexcooldev Interesting. Tested reel farm and others but also found they are lacking features especially on research and iteration. Am pondering to build myself as well but that seems like everyone is on that journey right now

@TheDuckIsStuck i build the internal AI agent tool for automation gen content

“How many views do your TikTok channels get?” Bro, I get this question way too much, so here’s the tea ☕👇 This is one of my viral channels—made just 2 months ago with a Canada VPN. It pulls 700K+ views/week and 2.8M views/month, all from KOL-style app review ads, and the most-viewed video has reached 950K views. I run 10 phones, each with 3-5 TikTok accounts. Viral rates are trash, but when an account finally pops off, it stays up. Brands keep offering $50-$300 per video for promos, but I don’t take them. Why? Because if I can’t guarantee virality, I’d rather ghost them than flop. 😆

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@desmondhth 👋

who're building b2c mobile app raise yo hand

@filippkowalski Build my own to easily make complex analysis on my firebase dbs.

Which analytics do you use for your mobile app?

@yuvadm @johnrushx Needs VC as Partner for that Level of credits. Also everything else was tightened down

@johnrushx AWS credits with Bedrock models. You do need the right partner/program to get to 10-100K level tho.

I’ll go bankrupt with these bills :( Can anyone help me get credits/discounts for LLM APIs? (For my AI agents)