u/Few_Victory7292

After years of trying every productivity app, I figured out what works for me. Curious if this resonates.

The realisation: I only need two systems:

1. A storage system for tasks --> whatever I already use day-to-day (OneNote, but doesn't matter)
2. A funnel for new info coming in --> my email inbox

Everything new hits the funnel first. Process twice a day. Move to storage. Touch it once.

It works because I'm an "inbox person." My email is where I follow up on things anyway.
Other apps require me to remember to check them.

In practice:

• At my desk? Add to OneNote directly.
• Walking, in a meeting, before bed? Send a quick note to my email.
• Process inbox 2x per day - other people's emails plus my own notes.

The annoying part used to be: "send a quick note to email" meant opening Mail at 11PM and
seeing my boss's email. So I built a simple app called Note To Myself that's just the input - the funnel into your inbox without opening your inbox.

Not really plugging it (free, link in comments if curious).
More curious - does anyone else organize productivity this way? What does your "funnel" look like?

Hey r/sideprojects.

So my first app went live two weeks ago. It's a tiny thing called Note To Myself - you pick a note type (idea, reminder, task), write something, tap send, and it lands in your email inbox. That's the whole app (stupidly easy haha).

I built it because I'm an "inbox" person. With which I mean that I check my inbox twice a day at work and update my task storage system (for me it is OneNote) based on all incoming mails. So, I decided, why not mail myself all ideas, reminders etc. so I can follow up on them when I open my mail.

Existing email-yourself apps worked but felt clunky and ugly and missing some features I needed (like sending photo's + text or scheduling/recurring sending).

Sound easy right? :)

Well, the reason I'm posting is the gap between what I expected and what actually happened.

"The Instagram Picture": build the app, ship it, downloads come in.

Reality:

The build was the easy part. Then I hit a wall I didn't see coming. App Store Connect setup. Privacy policies. Screenshots. ASO keywords. Subscription products. Tax forms. EU DSA compliance. None of this was technically hard, but it took days.

Then the app went live and... nothing happened. Like, nothing. 5 downloads on day one, mostly friends. I had this naive idea that "if you build it well, people will find it." They don't. (I learned the hard way)

So I started learning some marketing. Reddit karma. ASO research with App Radar. TikTok carousels. Blog SEO. Asking friends for reviews via WhatsApp because group messages get ignored. It's been ten days post-launch and I'm at 17 downloads, 1 rating, 0 written reviews. My conversion rate is decent (14.9%) but my impressions are super low (only like 250ish right now)

Distribution is the actual job. I thought building was 80% of the work. It's more like 20%. The other 80% is getting in front of people, which I actually doesn't like to do that much. I like building and exploring new things. Not really a marketing guy, luckily I do have some friends in this area who said that they could help me out. So let's see if they can do a better job than I do in the coming weeks :D

Any advice on this topic is more than welcome!!

Just launched my first iOS app Note To Myself 6 days ago. Here are my current numbers:

• 📊 86 impressions
• 👁️ 4 product page views
• 📥 3 first-time downloads
• 📈 7.35% conversion rate

The app sends your ideas, reminders and tasks straight to your email inbox. Clean minimal design, 5 features shipped in 6 days including voice to text, photo attachments, widget and share extension.

Current keywords I'm targeting: note to myself, email notes, idea capture, reminders email, task email

Questions:

• Is 86 impressions normal for day 6?
• Is my conversion rate good or bad?
• What keywords would you go after for an app like this?
• Any quick wins I'm missing?

Any advice genuinely welcome! 🙏🙏🙏

Six days ago I submitted my first iOS app to the App Store. I had no idea what I was doing with marketing but I figured I'd just start.

The app is called Note To Myself - it sends your ideas, reminders and tasks straight to your email inbox. Simple concept, but I built it because I'm an "inbox person" and kept losing ideas before they made it there.

Since launch I've shipped**:**

• ⭐ Pro tier with unlimited sends
• 📅 Scheduled sending: send notes at a future time ("remind me tomorrow at 7AM")
• 🎤 Voice to text: speak your notes, transcribed instantly
• 📸 Photo attachments: up to 5 photos per note
• 🔗 Share Extension: send from any app on your phone
• 🏠 Home Screen Widget: compose without even opening the app

Downloads are tiny so far. I have been focusing on building rather than marketing and I think I now have something genuinely useful. But I have no idea how to get it in front of more people.

So I'm asking here - if you've launched an app before, what actually moved the needle for downloads? What would you do if you were me right now?

Any advice genuinely welcome! 🙏🙏🙏