u/space_dont_exist

Quit porn app. There's a streak, a monke that levels up as you go, and a content blocker landing in the next release. No advice, no daily quote, nothing that talks at you.

That sounds like a small thing but it's the reason I built it. I couldn't use any of the existing ones. Every single one opens by explaining the problem to you, and if you're downloading it you already know the problem.

Three months solo, month and a half of that waiting on review.

Monke Reset on the App Store

everyone in here posts “hit $10k MRR” so i figured i’d share the other side.

i built a free affirmations app. no iap, no ads, no account. just a stupidly simple app that gives you one line a day.

not trying to “disrupt” anything. not trying to squeeze people. i just didn’t want to make another subscription app around loneliness.

6 weeks in: 5 downloads.

lesson so far: free is not a strategy. it’s just free.

i removed every barrier to try it, which also meant i removed the little bits of friction that paid apps use to get people to stick around. and now i’m sitting next to 40 other apps in search results, except they have reviews and i have vibes.

not asking for monetization advice. i’m not monetizing this one.

more just wondering if anyone has actually made “free forever” into a story people care about, because that feels like the only way this gets found at all.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daily-affirmations-monke-mind/id6784767125

https://github.com/ajayyAI/expo-forge

It’s MIT licensed and aimed at starting real cross-platform Expo apps without wiring the same plumbing every time: typed env, i18n, theming, optional auth/backend, Sentry, push/deep links, CI, EAS workflows, tests, and strict TypeScript.

Not trying to pretend it’s perfect. It’s still early, and I’d like feedback from people who’ve maintained React Native apps for more than a weekend.