r/appledevelopers

I'm one of the people building Swooni, a relationship app for couples.

We built it because most relationship apps feel either too clinical, too generic, or like homework. Swooni is meant to make relationship growth feel more practical and easier to stick with.

What makes it different:

- Based around the Gottman Magic Ratio and therapy-inspired principles.

- Small daily challenges that help couples stay connected without making it feel heavy.

- Progress, rewards, and a couples community layer that shows in-app actions without exposing private relationship details.

It's not therapy or a magic fix, but it's designed to help couples notice connection patterns and stay more intentional over time.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swooni-relationship-tracker/id6557063166

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.honeyroots.app

Would love honest feedback from anyone who tries it.

I’ve been working on my first iOS app for months, and honestly I’m starting to question whether I’m missing something obvious.

Here’s everything I’ve done so far:
- The app itself supports 87 languages.
- I localized the entire App Store page into every language Apple allows (40+ locales).

Localized:
- App name
- Subtitle
- Description
- Promotional text
- Keywords
- “What’s New” for every update
- In-app purchase names and descriptions
- Created App Preview videos.
- Designed custom screenshots.
- The app collects zero user data.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time researching ASO and optimizing keywords for every locale instead of simply translating them.
I’ve also promoted it multiple times on LinkedIn and X.

Despite all of that, these are my numbers:
1.9k App Store impressions
462 product page views
49 first-time downloads
~6% conversion rate
Less than 50 active users

At this point I’m starting to wonder if ASO alone just isn’t enough anymore for brand-new apps.

For those of you who’ve launched apps recently:
What would you improve first?
Is there anything obvious that I’m overlooking?
Is the problem simply the lack of initial momentum?
Or is the Photo & Video category just incredibly difficult to break into?

I’m genuinely looking for honest feedback because I’ve reached the point where I don’t know what else to optimize.
If seeing the App Store page would help you spot any issues, here’s the link:

https://apps.apple.com/app/echo-photo-memory-journal/id6775021634

I got completely tired of modern social media being ruined by aggressive algorithms, data-tracking, and cluttered feeds. So, I decided to build CoolTopia—a clean, respectful, and completely algorithm-free social platform.

Here is what makes CoolTopia different right now:

• 🔮 Aura Profiles: Ditch the boring, official look. You can choose different vibrant aura effects to frame your avatar, showcase your actual energy, and make your profile stand out instantly.
• 🔗 Built-in "LinkMe" Feature: No need for a separate Linktree. CoolTopia has a built-in link aggregator that lets you keep all of your social accounts, portfolios, and projects in one beautiful place, ready to share in any of your social bios.
• 🔒 100% Free & Privacy-First: The app and services are entirely free. Most importantly, we will never sell your user data to other companies.

We are just getting started and will continue to drop new features and improve the user experience based on real community feedback.

You can download the app for free right here:

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cooltopia.mobile

Thanks for your support and I'd love to hear your feedback!

Hello, i am trying to create my apple developer account & pay the 99$, but to enroll, i have to valid my identity with a driver license (only choice), problem: i don't have one ☠️
please help

I feel like I’m doing something wrong. I’m not very creative when it comes to promoting. But I’d like some feedback on my app. I want to see if it’s pretty much useless or if I’m just not promoting well enough. I paid for Apple ads and got a few users from there. And made a reel but it’s hard to reels for it without showing my house or myself which I don’t want too. I’ve asked assistance with friends and none have helped even after agreeing to help. And before you ask. Me, my bf, and my mom are the only one with subscriptions. 😆😅

I made my app it’s for meal planning and kitchen organizing. There is a tonight, calander, recipe, grocery, and pantry section. The pantry is the core of this app. You put your pantry items in there (you can scan receipts to auto generate in for you with expiration). The pantry allows you to put things about to expire in your grocery and able to choose a recipe from your recipe list and can tell you what groceries you are missing. If anyone wants to see screenshots I’ll more then welcome send some over so you can see the concept. The tonight section it asks your energy level, how much time you have, and if you want make breakfast, lunch or dinner, this gives you an option of what to make and based upon foods that have ingredients that expire first. Recipes can be added through copying and pasting the ingredients or steps (like when they post them on social media) and it will organize for you or you can use a URL to add the recipe.

Here is the app link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roux-meal-planner/id6772749400

For the last 6 months, I’ve been building a habit tracker in my free time. The name is « Goalden »,
goal and habit tracker.

I wasn’t trying to create “just another” habit app. My goal was to make something that actually feels motivating to use every day, instead of becoming another app people delete after a week.
After launching, I expected at least a few hundred people to try it.

Reality?

After weeks of posting on social media and talking about it, I barely reached around 100 users.
It’s frustrating because I know the product is good. People who actually use it tend to stick with it and give positive feedback.

So now I’m wondering…
Is the habit tracker market simply too saturated?
Am I bad at marketing?
Or am I missing something obvious?

I’m genuinely looking for honest feedback from people who use habit apps.
If anyone is curious enough to try it, I’d love to hear what you think. It’s completely free, and I’m not trying to sell anything I just want to understand why it’s so difficult to get people to even give it a chance.

Any advice is appreciated.

https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/goalden-goal-habit-tracker/id6763411420?l=en-GB

I've been working on CoinCurrently for almost 6 years at this point. After 4 years I felt really stuck and kind of realized that I won't get much further alone so I made a post on Reddit that I was looking for a designer. I found a guy and once we started revamping the app, we realized that there's so much more we want to do and that requires a better backend. Doing both the iOS and Android app, I figured we need a dedicated guy for backend. The team grew to 3 people. After almost a year and a half, we finally finished revamping the entire app. It's now better looking, easier to use and is faster than ever. Free, no ads, no tracking. It's all on your device. I'm really proud to show the new CoinCurrently to the world.

A: In my opinion, the problem CoinCurrently solves is ease of use. The bigger crypto trackers are so crammed with things and the UI looks very cluttered. We've spent a ton of time to make it as easy to use as possible, everything stored on device, no tracking, no ads, no account

B: I know there's a ton of crypto trackers out there but in my opinion, crypto should be privacy focused. A lot of the bigger apps and websites requires you to sign in to use certain features and they obviously use it for targeted ads. Nothing like that in CoinCurrently.

C: CoinCurrently is freemium. All features are available for free, but you can do more of it with premium. Monthly for $3.99 or annually for $29.99

I would appreciate your feedback so we can continue to make it a better app

iOS: CoinCurrently iOS

I know this is an iOS forum but I'll just throw in the Android and Web link too if anyone prefers those platforms, I hope that's okay.

Android: CoinCurrently Android

Web: CoinCurrently Web

Today I launched my new app, DispoCam.

The idea came from my friends and me. We often go to events or hang out together, and one of my friends always brings a disposable camera to capture moments from the day. That inspired me to create DispoCam, a digital alternative to a disposable camera.

You create a camera, choose how many photos it can take, pick a filter, customize a few other settings, and then invite your friends. Everyone takes photos with the same virtual camera, but no one can see the pictures until the whole film is full.

If you want to check it out, here is the link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dispocam/id6775385126

I would be really happy to hear your feedback. I am still new to learning Swift, so any tips are appreciated!

Have a great day, developers and greetings from Germany!

I recently released my first app and have started to get a few app installs, this is my current onboarding and everything is mainly fine from step 2 -> paywall.

There are two things I am seeing. Firstly, a drop from my first page which is asking them what subjects they do. Secondly, a big drop when I propose the paywall, no one is completing this.

Do you guys have any recommendations on what I should do? Any feedback from your own experiences?

App is here: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/stratum-study-app-blocker/id6761681343

Any feedback is appreciated 🙏

Edit: After several tests, it has become clear that the app is available in the USA and the page does not open in the EU. However, you can search for and download the app from the list in the EU, but you cannot click on it. Thanks to everyone.

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone here has experienced this before.

I recently launched my very first iOS app. The app was approved by Apple and the status in App Store Connect is currently “Ready for Distribution”.
For the first few hours after release, everything worked perfectly:
The App Store page loaded normally.
Users could open the product page.
The app could be downloaded.
However, a few hours later, the App Store page suddenly stopped working on all iPhones.
When users tap the app in the App Store, they either get:

“This app is currently not available in your country or region”

or

“The page could not be loaded. Please try again.”

Things I’ve already verified:
App status is “Ready for Distribution”.
Distribution method is Public.
The app is available in 175 countries, including Belgium.
No pre-order is enabled.
No changes were made after release.
The App Store URL exists.
“View on App Store” from App Store Connect opens correctly.

Example App Store link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elsy-shared-collections/id6773616091

I’ve already contacted Apple Developer Support, but haven’t received a response yet.
Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be an App Store propagation issue or some hidden regional/storefront problem?

Thanks a lot!