u/lawyer_wntd

i have an app on the app store for musicians to import and listen to their own demos. it's a paid tool and i want it to become better and better in each version

someone on reddit told me to add a "Versions" feature to my app (like [untitled] has on theirs). i think it's a great idea, but i need the musicians/producers community's opinion on how that would work on "In Progress". of course "Song A demo 1", "Song A demo 2", Song A rough mix" and "Song A master" are all different versions of the same song. But how would you prefer for an app to add this? Would the user himself tell the app what files are different versions of songs, or is my job as a dev to make the app try and guess if it is? maybe i could make a popup window appear when the user tries to name two songs the same name, and ask him if those are different versions of the same songs. Please tell me how you would like to see this feature implemented on an app, i feel like i'm brainstorming alone here.

it doesn't suck. but it's hard asf. you can develop a great product that people love and that gets all 5 star reviews but it's really hard to get the app in front of more and more people. ads are expensive and even if you are trying to make a cheap little app that just pays for itself you can't maintain it forever. reddit really doesn't like self promotion (and i understand why), but i really just want to be in front of my niche and present them with something that they might want or need

it's hard to find the time to go viral on tiktok. promoting and posting on X or threads feels like talking to a void because posts get zero reactions - even though i know i have a good product. i just needed to be in front of the right audience

any tips on how to reach my niche, for free, besides reddit? how are all these kids making so much money when i just want for my app to pay for itself and maybe a little extra to throw into new equipment?

I want to be a guest on a podcast. There are many themes i could talk about:

- portuguese
- i am a law student (Master's Degree in Tax Law)
- i did Erasmus in Greece
- i love music
- rap/ hip hop/ pop
- music production - i have a Gold Record in Portugal for writing music
- guitar playing and guitars
- pop culture
- dating and relationships
- app developing (developped my first app last month)
- normal life experience

I want to be a guest on a podcast. There are many themes i could talk about:

- portuguese
- i am a law student (Master's Degree in Tax Law)
- i did Erasmus in Greece
- i love music
- rap/ hip hop/ pop
- music production - i have a Gold Record in Portugal for writing music
- guitar playing and guitars
- pop culture
- dating and relationships
- app developing (developped my first app last month)
- normal life experience

Backstory: I’m not a developer. Not a very remarkable person. It took me 5 years to finish my bachelor’s degree in Law. I started my Master’s in Tax Law late last year. Only coded casually and I have less than 5 years experience in coding.

 

What did I do? I started delivering pizzas when I was 17 with 5 bucks for gas and a 50cc motorcycle that belonged to my older brother. I was also a bartender for most of my degree. But most of all, I loved music. I worked so hard so I could afford my fist MacBook and home studio. I wanted to record my own guitars and learn music production – which I did.

 

I spent my free time learning Logic Pro and music theory through YouTube tutorials. I had friends who were artists and I helped them record their demos and wrote guitar loops for them. I even got a Gold record certification.

 

I had a great time, but I always had the problem of not having a way to listen to demos with dignity. I joined a choir recently and I also loved to listen to the rehearsal’s voice memos and there was no good way to do it. I always listened to them on WhatsApp, or in the Files App. Witch many of you know that is terrible way to listen to music.

 

I found an app to do it - It was ugly and confusing asf.

 

I found another one – it had ads.

 

In 2026 I found another one – it only allowed me to import 25 songs, and then they pushed me to pay a expensive subscription.

 

That was my turning point.

 

I won’t rent a music player to play my own music. I wanted to buy a great one. Or even better, I want to make a great one. So I learned how to make an app and put my time into it.

 

While taking my Master’s and while being a lawyer trainee, I developed “In Progress”.

 

I didn’t even want to release it. I was forced to release it because Apple wouldn’t let me keep the app on my iPhone without going on the Mac every seven days and running it again. I had to invest and launch In Progress on the App Store.

 

And so I did. Submitted in March 11^(th), released in March 18^(th), In Progress: Local Music was born, and available to be downloaded for € 1,99.

 

Why?

 

Because I hate subscriptions so much. If I was going to release something, first of all, I’m wasn’t gonna release a trashy app full of ads and features locked behind paywalls. So I just did my best and thought of something that made sense for me: I would 100% spend a low price to OWN a tool forever. The paid app model just makes sense. You buy it, you own it forever, and the app just keeps getting better and better free of charge. No monthly costs and no ads. Just you and your music forever.

 

Today I am a month in. Only one person developing, designing, and promoting it. It’s a crazy amount of work, and totally worth it. I use In Progress every single day and it’s just so convenient. I have already over 100 downloads and all 5 stars reviews. Everyone who downloads it, loves it. I have real people opening my app every day. It feels amazing because I built it. People are actually trusting it and giving it a chance. This is proof of concept.

 

I just wanted a way to get it front of more people that are inside the niche – musicians/ producers/ choirs. People like me that would appreciate this and love it as much as me and the other users. That’s why I’m writing this. If you think that’s you, look it up. If you don’t just scroll through because I’m not trying to sell a calculator to someone who doesn’t need one. I'm very proud of the path I'm taking and I think I need help getting this in front of the right people.