Does a lot" is the opposite of what gets clicks on this kind of post: there are 50 ToDo apps already and people scroll right past generic framing.
What's the one mechanic only your app has? Lead with that in the title and the first line of the description, then mention the rest.
Right now the App Store page also doesn't say it in the first paragraph
I've always sucked at marketing. For HN, I decided to be honest because that's the kind of people who read HN.
And it really does do a lot. That's not hype. It's full-featured as I could make it without turning into something it's not, like a calendar or "productivity system."
At the heart of it is the mechanic of a rotation list, not forgetting what's next, but that's just the beginning.
This is the epitome of "my idea didn't get stolen, it just got tired of waiting"!
Just kidding (although I did have a similar idea for an app a couple months ago but didn't end up fully commiting to it.)
Anyway this is a pretty useful idea. What made you start off creating it?
You got the gist of it. Then it just kind of took off.
The TLDR:
Where it started: me standing in front of a long aisle of dog food bags at Costco, racking my memory for which kind I was supposed to buy next for my finicky golden retriever, Kilo.
How it ended: me building Rotation List, so nobody will ever have to forget again.
> With an AI assist, there was no reason to stop adding improvements as I thought of them, so I didn't.
That is the mantra of today, yes. In a similar vein, I made my initially personal C course into something I could make public-facing, with some refinements, I also kept adding features but them my "sanity"(?) kicked in and i squashed a couple to be only in dev mode. Perhaps they will return to the public version after a round of refinement.
According to app store optimization theory, that means you were never a potential customer anyway. If that's true or not, who knows?
None of my other apps have ever had a hard paywall, and success was not a result. So I tried something different this time.
In the end, I just couldn't go with a hard paywall; it's against my nature. So, on the paywall at the bottom, there's a "not now" button that lets you use all the features of the app without paying for 7 days.
Does a lot" is the opposite of what gets clicks on this kind of post: there are 50 ToDo apps already and people scroll right past generic framing. What's the one mechanic only your app has? Lead with that in the title and the first line of the description, then mention the rest.
Right now the App Store page also doesn't say it in the first paragraph
I've always sucked at marketing. For HN, I decided to be honest because that's the kind of people who read HN.
And it really does do a lot. That's not hype. It's full-featured as I could make it without turning into something it's not, like a calendar or "productivity system."
At the heart of it is the mechanic of a rotation list, not forgetting what's next, but that's just the beginning.
This is the epitome of "my idea didn't get stolen, it just got tired of waiting"! Just kidding (although I did have a similar idea for an app a couple months ago but didn't end up fully commiting to it.)
Anyway this is a pretty useful idea. What made you start off creating it?
You got the gist of it. Then it just kind of took off.
The TLDR:
Where it started: me standing in front of a long aisle of dog food bags at Costco, racking my memory for which kind I was supposed to buy next for my finicky golden retriever, Kilo.
How it ended: me building Rotation List, so nobody will ever have to forget again.
I explained more in:
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/ai-killed-the-mvp-whats-ne...
With an AI assist, there was no reason to stop adding improvements as I thought of them, so I didn't.
> With an AI assist, there was no reason to stop adding improvements as I thought of them, so I didn't.
That is the mantra of today, yes. In a similar vein, I made my initially personal C course into something I could make public-facing, with some refinements, I also kept adding features but them my "sanity"(?) kicked in and i squashed a couple to be only in dev mode. Perhaps they will return to the public version after a round of refinement.
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"start a 7-day pro trial today" this is where you lost me
According to app store optimization theory, that means you were never a potential customer anyway. If that's true or not, who knows?
None of my other apps have ever had a hard paywall, and success was not a result. So I tried something different this time.
In the end, I just couldn't go with a hard paywall; it's against my nature. So, on the paywall at the bottom, there's a "not now" button that lets you use all the features of the app without paying for 7 days.