Romain S

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Romain S

@romainapps

Building a portfolio of mobile apps. Sold an app for $23K. Try to reach $5K MRR

🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ $2K/$5K MRR Tham gia Haziran 2024
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David Attias
David Attias@david_attisaas·
I'm looking for french mobile app makers in my network. reply here to say hi or dm me I might want to partner with you!!
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Romain S@romainapps·
@seraleev Nice ! How much did you spend on Google Ads?
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Viktor Seraleev
Viktor Seraleev@seraleev·
Your account has been credited Sender APPLE INC
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Romain S@romainapps·
@loverofapps Do you mean that the subscription gives access to a certain number of credits per week/month, and that you can get more by paying extra ?
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Lover of Apps
Lover of Apps@loverofapps·
All of my new apps will be subscription + credits. :)
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Romain S@romainapps·
Getting rejected by Apple for “Design Spam” doesn’t mean your app is dead. Not even close. I often see indie devs give up at that point, thinking Apple has decided the category is saturated and there’s nothing they can do. It happened to me 3 times. And all 3 times, the app was eventually approved, without any update. Here’s what worked: If you’re building in a crowded space, differentiation is non-negotiable. If your app is just a copy, the rejection is fair. But sometimes, even with real added value, Apple still labels it as spam. Instead of abandoning, use the review notes to clearly explain: •how your app is different •what unique value it brings •why it’s not just another clone •and why it’s meaningfully better than existing apps Each time I did this, Apple reconsidered and reversed their decision. Don’t assume a rejection is final. Sometimes, you just need to defend your product properly.
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Romain S@romainapps·
It’s been 12 hours since a minor update of my app has been under review. First time it’s taking this long.
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Romain S@romainapps·
Wrapping up 2025 at $2.2K MRR. The goal was $3K, didn’t hit it this time, but I’m close. Back to work to reach it early this year
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Romain S@romainapps·
New app just got approved by Apple ! And first trial unlocked !
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Romain S@romainapps·
I don’t know how the App Store review process works, but it’s obviously not first come, first reviewed I planned to leverage the New Year and Apple’s boost to maximize downloads for my new app, which is specifically built for this period. But Apple had other plans. 72 hours later, the app is still stuck “Waiting for review”. It’s clearly not the holiday season, I’ve seen others get approved within hours yesterday. Feels like my app was simply forgotten. Weeks of prep and 16-hour days to be ready on time… for nothing.
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Romain S@romainapps·
@alexcooldev How long have you been waiting for Apple’s review?
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Alex Nguyen
Alex Nguyen@alexcooldev·
Waiting on Apple review (feels slow… pretty sure the review team is on Christmas break 😅). Used the time to vibe-code the onboarding again: more animations, more mascot moments → better brand recognition. Onboarding is now 14 steps before the paywall. Not sure if that’s too much, but after checking top apps in the space… most of them actually have even more 🤷‍♂️ Shipping while waiting. 💪 Tech Stack: – No code mobile app builder: Rork AI – Mobile: React Native (Expo) – IDE: Cursor – Frontend: Next.js – Payment: RevenueCat – Backend: HonoJS – Database: Supabase – Infrastructure: Railway – AI API: OpenAI (dropping the tech stack here because someone always asks 😂)
Alex Nguyen@alexcooldev

While waiting for Apple’s approval, I’ve been using my app daily to hunt down and fix potential bugs. And yeah, it’s honestly fun seeing how well it works, especially knowing that ~85% of it was built through vibe-coding 😌 Like I said before: “Vibe-coding feels amazing when you actually know how to code and understand how the system works.” Tech Stack – No code mobile app builder: Rork AI – Mobile: React Native (Expo) – IDE: Cursor – Frontend: Next.js – Payment: RevenueCat – Backend: HonoJS – Database: Supabase – Infrastructure: Railway – AI API: OpenAI (dropping the tech stack here because someone always asks 😂)

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Romain S@romainapps·
New app is ready! Now just waiting for Apple’s review
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Romain S@romainapps·
New app launching in a few days. Testing an ASO strategy no one has tried before. It might explode… or do absolutely nothing. I’ll share the results and the strategy once it is released.
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Romain S@romainapps·
Last week of the year. Small updates My goal was to ship 2–3 major app updates + launch 1 new app to reach $3K MRR before the end of the year. Partially achieved: I released big updates for 2 apps. One already saw its MRR grow. For another, it’s still too early to tell. The new app is almost ready but not yet available. Result: MRR goal missed. Gains from one app were offset by two others dropping in rankings and losing MRR. Net result: flat.
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Romain S@romainapps·
I’m going to wait a bit before updating my apps. With Apple’s new App Review guidelines, I want to fully understand what they mean in practice. If I have to ask users for explicit consent before sending any data to an AI provider, this might have a significant impact on several of my apps.
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Romain S@romainapps·
130 active subscriptions reached for the first time! 🎉 Only $900 away from my $3K MRR goal before the end of the year
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Microns
Microns@micronsio·
@romainapps Great! Do you have a plan for 2026 already?
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Sun Shak
Sun Shak@SunShakSunday·
@romainapps What was the mrr of the app you sold for $23k when you sold it?
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