@alpennec Yes, looks like that...
We will publish a new app in few days and check this issue again 👀
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Nikita Logvinenko
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Nikita Logvinenko
@niklogvinenko
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Katılım Nisan 2018
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@niklogvinenko No, they stopped showing your app for an exact app name search (suggestion), mainly in the US storefront.
It has been the same for one year now.
Sometimes it works, it just takes longer to rank first.
Axel Le Pennec@alpennec
😨 Is the App Store launch boost gone? New apps suggested in the search used to rank first for exact keyword matches. Lately, that doesn't seem to happen anymore, making ASO harder 😱 Have you noticed this with your apps?
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This shows what’s actually happening here.
Most likely, Apple simply stopped showing your title as a keyword suggestion after a release.
Adam Lyttle@adamlyttleapps
App visibility issue in action: App released this week. Appears in recommended search list Doesn’t appear in search results App Store Ads saves the day
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Fair point, Ariel.
I have both positive & negative experiences in the past, and of course it all depends on a lot of factors (including seasons, icon and etc)
But still I think it’s much harder to get organic traffic for new apps from indies in 2026 compared to 2022.
Much harder!
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I've been hearing this a lot recently, and the truth is that ASO is only dead if you don't try and expect to rise to the top of the list because your app is the bestest.
Not pointing fingers because I don't know what this app is, but I see the same issues in my live ASO teardowns all the time...
Nikita Logvinenko@niklogvinenko
ASO is officially dead. We released an iOS app and got only 7 daily installs in the first month. Almost no purchases. 2 years ago after the app release we got 10x more daily installs and a lot of purchases. Organic doesn’t work anymore. Hard times for indies.
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ASO is officially dead.
We released an iOS app and got only 7 daily installs in the first month. Almost no purchases.
2 years ago after the app release we got 10x more daily installs and a lot of purchases.
Organic doesn’t work anymore.
Hard times for indies.
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@david_attisaas Of course not.
You need a human touch for such things imo
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We are looking for a talented designer to create a logo for our new app.
Please DM me or comment!
Any recommendations would also be highly appreciated.
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Thanks to everyone who replied
So much great designers in the comments — check them out if you also need an app icon.
I will review the portfolios and send offers to our top picks in the next few days.
We move fast.
Nikita Logvinenko@niklogvinenko
We are looking for a talented designer to create a logo for our new app. Please DM me or comment! Any recommendations would also be highly appreciated.
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@andzn_ I like your landing page, Andrew!
Feels clean.
We will check it out.
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@niklogvinenko Hey! I’ll be glad to help
Here’s my
Portfolio website and Behance
andznn.com
be.net/andzn
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@marleen_swift Something with viral potential on TikTok
It should be recognizable even in a 5-second video
No specific preferences about colors, design — it’s all up to you
Niche — education (mostly for US students)
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@niklogvinenko Are you looking for something more minimalist and modern? Or a logo with a stronger personality or an illustration/icon direction? Also curious about the app's industry or niche.
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@alpennec @matthewskiles @flarup @dmiiiitrii Thank you for the recommendations, Axel!
We will check it out.
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@niklogvinenko For app icons 👋🏻
- @matthewskiles: matthewskiles.com
- Yannick Lung: yannicklung.com
- @flarup: flarup.co
- @dmiiiitrii: dmitrilitvinov.com
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@athcanft Agree.
It mostly depends not on your product, but on the problem you are solving.
So no matter how much you invest in improving retention rate, users will leave anyway it just because they naturally do not need it so often.
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it’s not really worth trying to solve retention with b2c apps imo
optimizing top of funnel reaps much larger gains:
- ad to download rate (>1% CTR)
- install to onboarding completion (>75%)
- install to paid (>5%)
anything above these numbers will be profitable when running ads in my experience
Carlos Valentin@CarlosBBuild
Retaining users is the hardest thing in app development
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@athcanft @adamlyttleapps I think the issue is not with a second paywall itself.
It’s the so-called abandoned transaction flow, when a user taps close on an Apple native window and you instantly show the second paywall.
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@adamlyttleapps confused - many apps have retention offers - not sure why apple are so inconsistent on it
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The thing being missed amongst the drama here:
This type of message from Apple used to get the account terminated without explanation
Now the app gets removed, and hopefully, is restored once the issue is fixed
We know the Cal AI app was removed for a similar reason and then restored.
This signals to me: it’s not just massive big accounts that get second chances now (let’s wait to see whether that’s confirmed)
And, to be fair, it was kinda unknown whether it was the actual retention offer that got Cal AI removed. My interpretation is that it was the wording, the spinning animation, etc as well.
Now we have a definitive answer: no retention offers.
Will@athcanft
shameful behaviour
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@niklogvinenko Do it with Codex. Somehow button install was greyed out, so I hooked up MCP
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@niklogvinenko amplitude + chatgpt is totally doable, just gotta use a custom integration or webhook. not as plug-and-play as we’d like though. indie hackers know the drill 💪
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@ivesparrowai Do you mean you simply increase your bid until you get 100% Impressions share?
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If I find profitable keywords, I bid aggressively to try to get 100% impression share.
y favorite part is taking impressions away from ChatOn ($5M/month).
Those guys are absolute beasts at marketing with basically unlimited budgets
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@i_Kisliy I was also surprised about that 😅
But I think we will outperform it pretty soon.
We just have a much better app.
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@niklogvinenko Sad truth: you need to buy brand keyword to beat Ali Faruk 💀
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My biggest mindset shift:
Do not compete with 1k+ competitors for a generic keyword.
Create your OWN keyword and make it popular.
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