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I'm building an app called "FocusFish". It's a focus timer app. - Users focus and build an aquarium. - Each time they focus, they earn coins🪙. - With coins, they can purchase fish🐠. - If the user doesn't focus, the fish will die🥲. - They add plants, stones, bamboo, and more🌱. This is just an MVP. I need to test it more, so your feedback will help me take FocusFish to the next level.

@bil0090 Yes that I feel

@techdrivenpetru Those number stats not showing

@pcshipp A paywall can increase revenue while making the product worse. The real test is revenue per install after refunds, chargebacks and 60-day retention, not month-one cash. Do you have those numbers for the 4x app?

I researched 20+ app paywalls. 99% of them look almost identical. But one app stood out. Their pricing strategy is a little different, and they're making 4x more revenue than the others. They don't offer a monthly plan. Weekly: $12 with a 7-day free trial Yearly: $59 with no trial It's a paywall designed around psychology. If users choose the weekly plan, they end up paying much more over time. If they choose the yearly plan, the app gets the money upfront and let's be honest, most people won't use the app for an entire year. They'll probably use it for 20–30 days. What do you think about this strategy?

Now I hate AI wrapper apps. My app generated just $16 in revenue, but here's my monthly tech bill: - Codex: $20 - Claude Code: $20 - Whisper: $16 - GPT API: $8 - Deepgram: $2 - Railway: $9 - Internet: $15 - Firebase: $0 Total cost: $90/month Building is easy. Paying the bills is the hard part

@mikeydsoftware Certain feature not entire app

@pcshipp the entire app, certain features?

If these users unsubscribe my app then again I joining $0 MRR jail

@ItsShalomTechy That's the only way left

@pcshipp Both but we need to keep on learning

AI makes you dumber and lazier

@mikeydsoftware Bcs my app slowing their problem

@pcshipp do you know what they're actually using in the app?

I started marketing 5 days ago. My MRR moved from $23 to $18. - $18 MRR - $15 revenue - 1,186 active users Literally, my app is a psychopath.

@fmonteirox Daily plan not possible

@pcshipp I really don't get the hype with the weekly plans. What am I missing here? Is it like a way to leverage people into buying the yearly plan? Pretty soon we will see daily plans becoming popular

@UmarovAbduaziz Not similar but little different with download

@pcshipp were the apps getting similar numbers of downloads? otherwise the pricing might not be what caused the 4x revenue

@VynseDev I think so

@pcshipp should free trial be on weekly instead of yearly?? or it's just a dodgy pattern to try to make $$$ from people who forget to cancel the sub 👀

@gunaa_dev Yes I agree

@pcshipp clever but it only works if the product has strong impulse buy moments for SaaS it's harder the weekly option just makes people feel tricked when they do the math

@JimiPlouffe @dev_mario Thanks for suggestions

@pcshipp hey I happened to catch this convo — I had some thoughts on your englishoo app (which looks awesome btw) — my suggestion is niche down / and go after B2B2C — particularly staffing agencies (more below): The strongest niche is practical English sold through staffing agencies serving manufacturing, warehousing, food production, construction, hospitality, and similar frontline industries. Each agency could turn job descriptions, safety instructions, onboarding materials, and common supervisor conversations into short, role-specific English training that improves first-day readiness, reduces misunderstandings, and helps placements last longer. Instead of charging individual learners a monthly subscription, the agency would pay through a B2B model based on active workers, placements, or client locations. That gives the product built-in distribution, clearer ROI, and a much lower customer-acquisition burden than going directly after consumers. TLRD; rebrand as English training for staffing agencies. Increase pricing for larger useage / groups (now you’re talking $50-$500/mo price range potentially). Build lists around staffing agencies for GTM. Integrate with top ATS systems for ecosystem play.

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@mariyav4leva @AnthropicAI Hoping so

@pcshipp @AnthropicAI they won’t do this but it’s still okay trying out your luck

Hello @AnthropicAI, I didn't use Claude Code this week. I'm kindly requesting that unused tokens be given back to users when they hit the daily limit.

@Jtyles 😅

@pcshipp Because AI is expensive haha

Why are .ai domains so expensive?

@designwkarthick 100%

@pcshipp its not, i am working all the time now without taking rest... if you love the work that AI doing, its like addictive

@Jtyles Yes possible when we put effort

@pcshipp And smarter at the same time

@dev_mario True I need build more apps

It’s a numbers game. Don’t get too emotionally attached to one app or stress yourself out over it.