u/DarkStarAnku

Indian devs — delayed Google Play payout via BillDesk today?

Hey everyone,

I usually receive my monthly payout from BillDesk in 2 separate transfers. Normally the second payment arrives within 3–4 hours after the first one.

Today though, I only received a small amount as the first transaction, and it’s now been more than 6 hours without the remaining payout arriving.

Google Payments already shows the payout initiated and this has never taken this long for me before.

Wanted to ask other Indian devs:

  • Are payouts delayed today?
  • Anyone else waiting for the second transfer?
  • Have you seen BillDesk delays longer than usual before?

Just trying to figure out whether this is a temporary banking/processing delay or something worth worrying about.

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u/DarkStarAnku — 6 days ago

I couldn’t find a good free Pokémon card scanner app for both English & Japanese cards… so I built one

https://reddit.com/link/1terjdx/video/gm2uecfumh1h1/player

Hi everyone,

For months, I was searching for a good free Pokémon scanner app that could properly handle both my English and Japanese cards, but I couldn’t really find one on the App Store that had everything I wanted.

So I decided to build my own app as an indie developer.

The app lets you:

* Scan Pokémon cards using AI

* Detect both English and Japanese cards

* Check live card prices and stats

* Create and organize collections

* View market trends and grading prices

I mainly built it for myself at first, but it turned into a full app that I use daily for my collection.

I’m still improving it and adding new features, so I’d genuinely love feedback from other collectors about what could make it better.

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u/DarkStarAnku — 6 days ago

How are you getting users to actually rate your app?

I’m an indie Android app developer and one thing I’ve been struggling with is getting users to actually leave ratings/reviews on Google Play.

The app gets downloads and active users, but only a very small percentage leave ratings, so I wanted to ask other developers here what strategies or review flows genuinely worked best for you.

I’m currently experimenting with different approaches, but I’d really appreciate hearing real experiences from other developers.

Things I’m curious about:

  • Best timing for review prompts
  • Native in-app review API vs custom dialogs
  • Asking after successful actions vs random timing
  • How often you trigger prompts
  • UX flows that noticeably improved ratings
  • Things that annoyed users or hurt retention
  • Any A/B testing results that surprised you

Would love to know what actually helped increase ratings/review conversion for your apps.

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u/DarkStarAnku — 7 days ago

Why do users expect every app feature to be completely free forever?

I maintain an app with cloud sync, APIs, OCR/scanning infrastructure (ML models), and continuously updated card databases running on self-hosted servers/VPS infrastructure.

Recently, my Play Store rating dropped by around 0.40 mostly from reviews like:

“charge to use”

No crash report, no feature complaint, no usability issue — just frustration that some features require payment.

What makes this difficult as an indie developer is that:

  • APIs and servers cost money
  • Image processing/scanning infrastructure costs money
  • Database hosting and sync cost money
  • Continuous API database updates require ongoing maintenance

I completely understand users preferring free apps, but sometimes it feels like indie apps are compared to VC-funded or heavily ad-supported apps that operate on completely different economics.

For other Android/Play Store developers:

  • How do you handle these kinds of reviews?
  • Have you found good ways to communicate pricing/value without hurting conversions?
  • Do you reply to these reviews or ignore them?
  • Did subscriptions/paywalls noticeably affect your ratings?

Would love to hear how others balance sustainability with user expectations.

u/DarkStarAnku — 11 days ago