r/AppBusiness

Hey all, I'm currently building Lockn, an app that helps you do more and plan less. Rather than planning your whole week, you plan day by day with Lockn.

It incorporates over 10 different productivity methods and has some really cool features.

Its launching really really soon, I just wanted to get a rough sense if any of you would use it 😄

If there are any additional features you would like to see added do drop a comment below! or if there is anything you think you don't like feel free to let me know too!

thanks so much for reading!!

https://imgur.com/a/jNj4DKZ

Hey everyone,

I got tired of opening multiple platforms, checking different websites, and staring at complex charts for an hour just to get a simple grip on what the market is doing today. Most tools out there are bloated with noise and ads.

As you can see in the link above, I'm currently developing a mobile dashboard called HappyWick (free, zero ads) aimed at providing a clean, single-screen morning summary.

Right now, we aggregate:

• Market Pulse: Fear & Greed index, BTC dominance, Stablecoin dominance, and Top Gainers/Losers.
• Key Levels & Ratios: Support & Resistance for BTC/ETH/SOL and MVRV Ratio.
• AI Power: A smart AI market summary and a clean news feed.
• On-Chain: Simple BTC wallet tracking with push alerts.

We are currently working on adding full EVM wallet support and personalized portfolio features, but I want to ask the community:

What is truly essential for your daily morning glance? What are we missing here?

I’d love to hear what your ideal "clean" dashboard looks like. Any feedback on features or UI is highly appreciated!

There’s something really special about the bond with our dogs. As dog owners, we know that this love just grows with each day.

You stay patient when they slow down. You celebrate the good days.
You notice the tiny changes nobody else would catch. You learn their medications, routines, favorite sleeping spots, and all the little signs that say “something isn’t right.”

That’s a big part of why I built the free Fido’s Bark app. I kept seeing pet owners trying so hard to stay on top of medications, weight changes, symptoms, vet visits, reminders, and daily notes — especially with older dogs where little changes can mean a lot.

The app allows pet owners to keep everything together in one place.

No ads. Free to use. Just something made with a lot of care for people doing their best for the dogs they love ❤️ Here is the link to the free app if you are interested:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6744088514

After 1 month of building the app and 1 month in the App Store, all I have to show for it is $3 MRR and these two sad kitties.

I was facing problems with adding safety hooks for iOS and Android app submission as they were getting rejected. So, I built an app compliance auditor. https://github.com/atharvnaik1/ipaship-audit

But later on I thought ohh!! Why not create a cli tool, claude skill (ipaship-audit) and a mcp connector which can make every person's llm with safety hooks not just for apps but for every code its written.

You can access it at \~ npm i @async-atharv/ipaship

I have also added kimi and gemini keys with default options.

This audit for secure code, appstore policy compliance, bug fixes and give back REMEDIATION PLAN to your llm agent itself and your llm agent can work on it rapidly on that prompt itself. So no more leaving your IDE or claude code all things handled within the environment you loved 😍 !! ..

I built an affirmation/self-help app and started testing Apple Search Ads. After spending around $83, I only got 11 installs with a CPI of $7.58.

What frustrates me more is seeing the App Store flooded with near-identical AI-generated apps, same UI styles, same screenshots, same features, same “self love / motivation / anxiety relief” positioning. Feels like ideas barely matter anymore.

Now it seems like the cycle is:
viral TikTok video -> paywall -> subscription -> repeat.

Most users forget to cancel subscriptions, and new apps keep replacing old ones every month. The store feels overcrowded and exhausting for indie developers.

How are people actually doing marketing in this environment without burning money?

Been on the App Store for 2 weeks and some change but my app finally hit 1000 dollars of revenue just wanted to share my win!

I just launched my app called MemoryMap and I’d love to get some honest feedback.

✨ What you can do:

Save photos directly to places you’ve visited

Automatically organize memories by city & country

Keep everything private and secure

Use the in-app camera to capture moments instantly

I built this because i wanted a better way to remember where my best moments happened, not just scroll through random photos.

📲 Try it here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memorymap.vyntrastudios&hl=en

Thanks a lot 🙏

I kept ignoring my own reminders so I built something that would actually bother me.

Every notification is AI-generated for your specific task. So instead of "Don't forget: do laundry!" you get something that actually makes you laugh (and then do the thing).

Added "do laundry" as a test task. It reminded me: "Your clothes have been in that hamper longer than most people stay in relationships."

It's free, no account, no subscription. Just add a task and wait for the notification to clown on you.

Built with React Native + a Cloudflare Worker proxying OpenAI for the notification text. Just shipped a UI redesign tonight so the app finally looks as good as the notifications are mean.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/get-it-done-smart-tasks/id6760387046

Curious if anyone else actually finds it funny or if I'm just easily amused by my own app.

Hey everyone,

We recently crossed almost 1,000 downloads and around $300 in revenue.

Still small numbers, but enough to start learning real things from real users. Here are the biggest lessons so far:

1. ASO matters way more than I expected
Around 80–90% of our downloads come from App Store search. For a mobile app, ASO is not optional. Better keywords, screenshots, translations, and conversion rate can slowly compound into more visibility.

2. Always make it easy for users to give feedback
Some of our best product decisions came from users who reached out directly. A simple email, form, Reddit post, or feedback button can be enough.

3. Onboarding is probably the biggest revenue lever
If users don’t understand the value quickly, they leave. Small changes in onboarding, copy, screen order, and paywall timing can have a real impact.

4. Track everything that matters
You need to know where users come from, where they drop, what they use, what they ignore, and where they convert. Without analytics, you’re mostly guessing.

5. Translations can unlock unexpected markets
We translated the app into 8 languages and were surprised to see traction in places like Russia. Even when revenue is lower, more users means more feedback and more behavioral data.

6. US users monetize much better
For us, the US install-to-payment conversion rate is roughly 2x higher than the rest of the world. Other countries help us learn, but the US is where most of the revenue potential is.

7. Test a paywall during onboarding
Around 68% of our conversions happen before users even sign up. I know onboarding paywalls can be controversial, but for us it clearly matters.

8. Reviews are harder than they look
It took us several attempts to find a review prompt logic that actually worked. Timing matters a lot: not too early, not too late.

Main takeaway: the more data you have, the less you rely on your own assumptions. What you want as a founder doesn’t matter as much as what users actually do.

Our app is Paintly, a small app to learn art history through one artwork a day, in around 2 minutes.

Paintly is available on iOS and Android here if you want to try it:
https://taap.it/getpaintly

Happy to answer questions or debate any of this in the comments.

Found this video from yesterday night. Still working at 2:44 am and ngl this has become very normal now.

Sleep schedule, weekdays, weekends - everything feels the same.

Just build > talk to users > fix > repeat

What’s the latest thing you’ve build or currently building?

Orangeinvest - Padii