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@itpapo4ka Thanks for your advice ;)

@tomcandev congrats. first ios submission hits different. while you wait for review, this is a good moment to tighten the store story: one clear promise, one obvious user, one screenshot that explains the payoff before the ui details.

PTE Flow submitted to App Store! 🎉 My first iOS app ever 😀

@irfansenercom How about Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)?

After developing 5 native iOS and 3 native Android apps in last month, I can easily say that, react-native and flutter is garbage! In 2026, nobody should be using cross platform frameworks anymore. Native apps are minimum 5x better performing, better native UI features, more capable, better animations, faster and many more things.

Small win today 🎉 After a failed Apple Developer enrollment, identity verification issues, and a refund, I finally got approved and now have access to App Store Connect. Not a huge milestone for others, but for me this means my app can finally move toward iOS 🚀

@_frederickjames @alexcooldev Yeah, Da Lat is also a good vibe to travel and vibe coding

@alexcooldev hell yeah, 1999 & 2000 bois exactly, no kids yet (that i know of 🤣) are you vietnamese? my current plans is to go to Da Lat. my girl saw a travel vlog and she's obsessed with being a mountain fairy. would you reccomend ?

I once quit my job and used my savings to build an app, and then failed badly. A lot of people ask me about quitting their job to build something, and I always try to stop them. Because once you quit your job, the financial pressure and stress can crush your motivation to keep building. In the early days, most apps usually make no revenue, or very little revenue. Don’t believe those brainless tweets on X like: “My app made $10k in 2 weeks.” Lol. That is either an extremely rare lucky case, or they spent a lot of money on paid ads and influencers. And trust me, if you don’t have experience with ads, you will most likely lose money in the beginning. Quit your job only when your app is already generating enough profit (profit, not revenue) to cover your normal living expenses. 😃

Automation is key for solo indie hackers. Today, I integrated my PTE prep SaaS with a CLI email client. The system now pulls fresh F5Bot alerts directly in the background, triages them, and logs marketing ideas (TikTok/SEO) automatically. No manual inbox refreshing. Build the system to work for you.

@upbeat_dev This is interesting. Do you decide the keyword-country pair from early ASA metrics only, or do you validate it with App Store keyword research too?

I just found a this keyword-country pair. These are the moments I work so hard for. Feels like being a scout discovering young talent before everyone else 😄 Campaign started just a few hours ago.

@stevenpdev It's nice. Is it Google Ads. May you share how you study Google Ads to marketing? Thanks

Just one month ago spend 300/day now at 600/day . Still a lot to learn. Don’t ask me anything I just doing it for around 3 months by follow other which do it for years and learn from them.

@upbeat_dev @seraleev @ivesparrowai Thanks for your sharing

@tomcandev @seraleev @ivesparrowai Google Ads app promotion is very hard to succeed. ASA looks expensive but success rate much higher.

If you’re planning to start with Apple Search Ads, make sure to read this guide first. @ivesparrowai is a true ASA expert, and his guide is pure gold 🏆 P.S. My first app, which I later sold for $410K, was built entirely on Apple Search Ads. The channel worked extremely well and it also pushed my app higher in organic search rankings. I’m back to ASA again. And this is proof.

@seraleev I'm doing 1. How about u? How do you do for 2?

How do you pick your next app idea? 1. Solve my own problem 2. Market research and data

@seraleev Not yet, but maybe it's first 1$

At what monthly revenue did you first feel like your app was «working»?

@seraleev Thanks for your recipe. How do you find a good idea app? Is it base on keywords or find somewhere?

A simple recipe for growth (after 5 years on mobile development): 1. Find your scale and what you’re done with Ship a lot. 10, 12 apps if that’s what it takes. Clarity comes from building, not planning. You only learn what works by shipping. 2. Pick one paid channel. Go deep. Start with what you can afford. Test slowly. Stay patient. Master one channel before you touch the next. 3. Reinvest. Every month. No exceptions. A big chunk of revenue goes back into growth. No toys. No shortcuts. Reinvestment outlasts motivation every time. No magic formula. No growth hacks. Just shipping, patience, and putting money back in month after month.

@seraleev Thanks for sharing. The keyword is ASA, I dont know about it, and it should be for Mobile Dev who dont know how to marketing

To reach $100K/month, you only need to master one ad channel. Don’t spread yourself thin. Pick one. Master it. Add a second only after you hit a plateau. I started with Google Ads, now adding Apple Search Ads. P.S. If I were starting today, I’d pick ASA: full attribution, easy to start, fast results. TikTok didn’t work for me. Tried making videos for 1.5 months, burned out, picked channels where I’m comfortable.

Just a small win for me. I can publish 3 apps😀

@stevenpdev I'm Android developer. Thanks for sharing

120k/month with one app with Google Ads for Android in one year. "Do Android users convert to subscriptions as readily as iOS users?" -> I don't know — I'm just getting started. You really need to test things yourself, but seeing other indie developers succeed gives you the confidence to try it out. For example, @seraleev scaled using Google Ads targeting iOS users. I can't do that yet, but I'm willing to test it and find out along the way Android users convert also. And then find another indie developer who scaled his app to $120k/month in just one year with Google Ads for Android. And then learn from him and apply to my case. Here is the video you can check his app and learn from him also: youtube.com/watch?v=0pp4X5…

@VivienMahe For me, it should be Kotlin Multiplatform as I'm an Android developer

Building a new cross-platform mobile app in 2026. Which stack would you pick? 🤔 A) React Native B) Flutter C) Kotlin Multiplatform D) Native (Swift + Kotlin) Curious where the sentiment is right now.

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@ArlintDrew @tomcandev 100%

This is how I try to target a US audience on TikTok step by step 🇺🇸 (Pro Tip at the end!) 1. Buy cheap used iPhones on facebook marketplace and do a full factory reset ($35–100) 2. Set up the iPhone: 🇺🇸 English (US) 🇺🇸 region United States 🪪 create new Apple ID ⛔️ turn off location ⛔️ tracking ⛔️ Siri ⛔️ Screen Time 3. Set up a residential proxy with fixed IP address 4. Download a proxy app from app store 5. Turn on the VPN ❓Check your IP address and location and set time zone city to be same as your location General → Date & Time → disable "Set Automatically" → set to YOUR (!!!) US city 6. Download TikTok and sign up with Apple ‼️ Ensure VPN is running beforehand ✅ Quick check: Do you get US content (President Trump, US sports such as baseball, football, basketball)? 7. Warm up account for 3-4 days by scrolling 10-15 minutes. Like relevant content in your niche. Don't overdo it. Less is more 8. Post content once a day from day 4 or 5. Check if it gets views. ✅ If it does, you're good. ⛔️ If not (views stuck at zero), start over. You made a mistake. Be more meticulous next time. Pro Tip: If you're abroad, make sure you scroll during US daytime hours. Set your lock screen to explictly display USA time.

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