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@adamlyttleapps It's not the talking head videos that people are commenting (negatively) on. They're great. It's the over the top narration. I'm watching your latest video right now and I'm like, "yeah, this is good, it's totally natural." Talking to a camera is not easy.

Honestly at a loss So many YouTube comments pointing out how much people dislike my talking head style videos But retention and viewership has never been better If I look at the stats— it’s going well If I look at the comments— it’s not going well The main issue: I’m struggling to flow properly with a script, it’s just not natural. Hoping this gets better over time with experience It’s actually painful flailing in public like this. At least with app building you can fail and move on. With youtube your face and whole self is there… exposed Much respect to YouTubers who have pushed through this

I keep seeing posts about this Screensdesign web app, but this is nothing new. Mobbin has been doing it for a long time: mobbin.com/browse/ios/apps

@StevenCravotta Everyone talking about this, do you not know that Mobbin has been doing this for years. mobbin.com

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@adamlyttleapps I know you have kids and I'm not sure if any of them are teenagers yet, but man, wait until you try to keep up with the lingo. My teenagers are speaking another language.

I get confused Cooked = bad But cooking == good?

I’m kind of excited that Digg.com is coming back. I hope it’s a good comeback.

Facing the problem of marketing my app, I'm going deep on creating content to market this thing. Good part is that my market is me and it's something I love doing: spending time in the outdoors. Charging up the drone, GoPro and cameras. Taking a camping trip this week where I'll be shooting lots of video. Then, posting to my YouTube channel, Instagram and TikTok. The idea is to create a bunch of different videos from many clips. It's also a great way to test and improve the app while using it.

@seanallen_dev @rudrank The fact that nobody can explain it in a single tweet means that nobody really knows.

@rudrank What’s an MCP? Genuine question.

New chapter(s) on MCP for iOS developers dropping today academy.rudrank.com/product/ai-ass…

@TornadoDesign LOL.

@donniefitz2 It played a role in some content production and graphics production, but nothing really fancy otherwise. Nobody's gonna tell their grandchildren exciting stories.

Just wrapped up a rapid-build. New site for enterprise startup in 1 month. Full Figma to Elementor+WordPress workflow for a 50 page site.

@OmriBuilds Yes.

What’s harder? Building a product or Getting people to care about it.

The nice part is, with all of the tools available for developers today, it's not a huge risk to build the web version because I'll be able to build it pretty quickly.

Despite the uncertainty of whether or not this thing has legs, I'm going to double down on it and create a web version. I guess it's time to learn Next.js.

I'm at the point where I'm not 100% sure my app will gain traction. Does anyone really need it? I did some market validation and it was positive but you never really know. Wild Plan was never intended to just be an iOS app. I have bigger plans.

@MarcEstwick @ios_dev_alb Thanks. It's funny because the icon was super simple. I found the mountain peaks on thenounproject.com and I used icon.kitchen to create the actual icon. Super simple.

@donniefitz2 @ios_dev_alb Love the icon. What did you use to make it?

More and more iOS developers are launching their own apps nowadays. To support our community, feel free to share the apps you’ve released below 👇 P.S. Take some time to check out each other’s apps and leave feedback - it really helps!

@MarcEstwick I'm a pretty big camping overlanding enthusiast. I built the app to scratch my own itch. I have been on X since 2008.

@donniefitz2 Since you built Wild Plan I'm guessing you're also a camping enthusiast? Were you using X before launching the app?

Fine. I'm going to do this #buildinpublic thing despite my better judgment telling me it's probably fruitless because the market for my app is not even on X.

@JordanMorgan10 That's awesome. Congrats. Gives me hope.

Mini milestone cont: $5000 MRR today for Elite Hoops 🎉. Days from launch: 518 days Since last milestone: 14 days Next goal: $5,500 MRR

Mini milestone: $500 MRR this morning for Elite Hoops 🎉! Excited to keep it growing 💪

I have come to the realization that ASO is not going to work for me. At least, it's not going to be a significant driver of downloads for my app. So far, my ASO efforts have amounted to a fart in a wind storm. Time for another strategy.

@adamlyttleapps I mean, the app itself performs well, it’s just that nobody knows it exists, chiefly, my market. apps.apple.com/app/id64802521…

Post your underperforming app 👇 I’ll be selecting a few to make a marketing makeover video Improving: Keywords Screenshots User experience Revenue If you want to be featured, show me what you got 👀

@SolveigApps I keep seeing this too. But I wonder if it's worth the effort involved dealing with that platform. I loath it, but if it works it works I guess.