u/Adventurous-Gift3370

One new subscriber yesterday. For an indie dev, that's a big day.
YourMeal: Food tracking, no sign-up needed. Link in the replies.
What was your first "someone actually paid for this" moment?

Hey everyone,

I'm the solo dev behind YourMeal, a calorie tracker for iOS and Android. After about a year of building it, it has passed 1,000 downloads with a 4.7 rating, so I wanted to share a few lessons:

• AI alone isn't reliable enough. Photo estimates are fast, but portion sizes are tricky. Adding a barcode scanner and a food database (3M+ products) made the app feel much more trustworthy.
• Less UI is more. Users kept telling me they quit other trackers because of clutter.
• Pricing is hard. I went with a low subscription (3.99 €/month) instead of the usual ~10 €. Still not sure if that's the right call.

I'm still figuring out marketing as a solo dev. How do you get your first few thousand users without a big budget? Any feedback on the app itself is also very welcome.

(Disclosure: I'm the developer. Happy to share the link if anyone's interested.)

Hi everyone,

I’ve updated my app and I’m looking for some volunteers who’d like to test it out just for fun and give it a try. Here’s the link to the app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kometo.twa

and the link to the new intern test version:
https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4701676330659473841

Thanks a lot to everyone who checks it out — I’m really looking forward to hearing your feedback.

Cheers