Hey
So I am currently developing an invoicing app and would like to promote my app on social media and thought about having maybe 1-3 promotional videos and was wondering how much this would cost.
Any ideas what’s the ballpark area as I don’t have that much budget at the moment.
I have an offline app that handles subscriptions/one time payments through RevenueCat.
How do you usually handle this? I know if you have some server logic like firebase etc attached you can use a userID for linking a user to RevenueCat but in my case the user is the appleid of the device/iCloud user.
Should I just rely on the restore purchase behavior or somehow have a userID shared using iCloud?
I‘m currently working on my own app. Not my first but the first I feel proud presenting (apart from client work).
Somehow it’s always harder working on your own stuff than for projects you are getting paid for.
Needless to say to say it’s not some vibe coded weekend app but something I actually care about.
Currently I have the basic features of my app like creating invoices, managing payments, managing clients and a nice looking dashboard with widgets (50% done rest comes the next days).
I plan to add the widget extension once the widgets are done in the app.
Some features are planned for the future to make this become a full feature freelancer app with project and task management and time tracking.
If you are freelancing would this be something you could be interested in or do you already have something for that?
What are some marketing strategies I could explore to get some users? I was thinking about TikTok but can’t think of how this would help me reach freelancers and the freelance subreddit prohibit self promotion so I don’t see an opportunity there as well.
I‘m thankful for any thoughts or ideas on this.
I started freelancing last year (iOS/Swift). Most of my work right now is small gigs like bug fixes on AI-generated apps and payment integrations. I have one client with bigger projects, but everything else is inconsistent.
At the moment I can’t fully support my family with freelancing income alone, so I’m curious how this played out for others.
• How long did it take you to reach stable income?
• Did you niche down or stay generalist?
• Where did most of your serious clients come from (not one-off gigs)?
• Did anyone here try to switch back to full-time recently? How realistic is that right now?
Also: I’m applying to roles, but response rate is low and often feels automated. Not sure if that’s just the current market or something I’m doing wrong.
Would appreciate real numbers or timelines instead of general advice.
Just for context:
I did my Computer Science Bachelor in 2021 and also worked as a dev before AI got a popular coding tool.
Of course I went with the time and integrated LLMs into my coding routine. I often use perplexity for research and the coding Assistent integrated into the IDE.
However even though my speed increased and I can now ship more complex features faster and stuff I have never done before as well, I feel like I get dumber by using it as I noticed I start to rely on it more and more.
I‘m not saying it‘s a bad thing to use AI and if definitely has a lot of perks, but on the same side I feel like I loose my sharpness.
How do you feel about this? Can you relate or notice other disadvantages?