Robert

Day 88 of building a companion journaling app. Finally released my app! Got approved after 2nd attempt. Immediately found a couple of bugs, will fix them asap. What next...

@alexolim_ VIRAL

We helped a religious app reach: • 8M+ views • 40K+ downloads • 600K+ engagements All in 60 days. So I put together a full breakdown showing exactly how we structured the content and distribution. Want it? Like + Comment “VIRAL” I’ll send it to you. (must be following)

@justddev Same, man! Stay strong haha

i’ve been neglecting my X account lately almost no replies for the past 2 weeks can literally feel the reach dropping i know i just need to manage my time better but getting back into the rhythm after slowing down is honestly freaking painful

It always amazes me when talking to regular non tech people that they have no idea about all the latest ai trends Guys, are we still early??

@Jbm_dev Almost everything tbh. Just no time left

what did you stop doing for fun once you started building?

Had to switch teams at my 9-5. There’s a lot more work now and it’s harder to balance it with side projects. But we still do our best and don’t give up!

Was thinking of giving up on a TikTok account with slideshows as they were not getting more than 150 views. Tried one last time yesterday and it got 750! I realize it’s still very little, but finally some progress

@seraleev @DenBenJoeBoe So seo basically?

How a simple mobile app brought a developer several tens of thousands of dollars A short story from @DenBenJoeBoe He recently sold a mobile app and shared this case with me. Timur spotted a trend on TikTok early and launched a very simple product – an interval timer for Japanese walking. He was one of the first to launch, quickly captured search visibility, and ended up in the right place at the right time. Minimal functionality, solid onboarding, a paywall after onboarding – no unnecessary complexity, just the right fundamentals. Next came an experiment. Timur bought a domain, built a simple website on Typelink, added just 5 articles, and then mostly stopped working on it. The result: about 20% of the app’s traffic came from the web. This likely helped the app stay at the top for a long time, even while competitors were manipulating reviews. In the end, the app was sold together with the domain. The overall result: several tens of thousands of dollars (revenue + sale). Congrats to Timur 👏 A really solid case!

Created new account on insta with us vpn and us number, but somehow my recommendations are all Indian wtf is that?? I’m not from India btw

This is so true. I’m 30 and I feel weird watching dancing videos on tiktok just to see trends…

@alexolim_ GUIDE

We helped an AI fashion app get over 400,000 downloads with organic content. And I put together a 27 page guide explaining EXACTLY how we did it. Want it? 1. Like this post 2. Comment “GUIDE” And I’ll send it to you for free. (must be following so I can DM)

Dude it’s hard to keep the energy for side projects consistently when you’re working 9-5. Stay strong builders! It will get better

@justddev Dude congrats!! How are you marketing it? Any advice?

my app just hit 100 signed up users! it sat at 15 for over a month before I started marketing only 1 paid so far, but already a lot of useful data funny how marketing is starting to feel more exciting than building now

Been tinkering in @higgsfield_ai all day trying to do motion control with an ai influencer. Not as easy as it sounds.

@seraleev Can confirm! A couple of times it changed my mind as well. Great idea

Hypothesis: if you offer a discount at the moment a user cancels a trial or subscription, some of them will change their mind and activate the promo offer. I used this mechanic in my very first app – it generated up to 5% of total revenue back then. Five years later, I finally got around to setting it up again 😄 P.S. This is part of Apphud base functionality

got my first paid user! $11 MRR let's goooooo 2026 is gonna be lit

@alexcooldev Is TikTok alive again??

B2C App Playbook (2026): 1. Ship fast → weeks, not months. Ugly > perfect. 2. Pick ONE channel → TikTok, X, or Reddit. 3. Consistency > luck → 100 posts beats 1 viral spike. 4. Charge early → $5/month > 5,000 free users. 5. Retention compounds → growth hacks don’t. 6. iOS + Web first → that’s where the money is. 7. Win organic first → paid comes later. Simple. Brutal. Repeatable. If you want it edgier or shorter for max reach, say the word and I’ll tune it.

@seraleev Is it still the case? I thought it might have just been a temporary issue

The situation with 0 views on TikTok is sad. But it’s also another reminder that you must test different distribution channels. Relying on a single channel is dangerous. One algorithm change or a small glitch – and the business goes downhill. Just a reminder: I wrote an article about which channels I’ve used for myself.

Just when I started to get into it… so what now?

Dammit TikTok is hard to crack! But I hope once you crack it it gets easier. Gonna try the slideshow format next

my strategy for first TikToks so far: generate a prompt for a casual activity → feed it to nano banana pro to get an image → feed the prompt + image to higgsfield for a ~5s video → add a hook + a screen recording of my app tell me what I’m doing wrong