It all started when my wife sent me this photo in January of 2022

https://preview.redd.it/rx8iowipvt2c1.jpg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f6eb8c05f3c35a49cd6c8c88ffca171cd2778ad

She asked if i can turn this into an app for her. I said yeah sure thing babe! I’ll be done in a week. 😅

Well… 10 months later, and i kept procrastinating until December of 2022 when i eventually started design and development of the app.

It was my first build in public product. You can follow the journey on X . When i started i didn’t expect anything really it was a FREE app. But People following my journey loved the app and the idea behind it. So i kept posting and updating my audience.

A couple months after i launched, people started asking for premium features like cross platform support, sync / backup, rich text formatting, image attachment etc.

I quickly added those and added a paywall as well. I had to go down this path, since these features would require a server for them to work.

Fast forward 11 months later someone made this post about the app on X and it went viral. Generating 400k+ views, 400+ quotes in one day.

24hrs after the app went viral:

23 Purchases

$222 Revenue

1,061 Installs

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https://preview.redd.it/qrxo5tzwzt2c1.jpg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f398ec669b66d13f73d85c8683c1b714dadf7d80

This blew my mind. I didn’t imagine the app to go viral or generate this much revenue in a single day.

I guess what they say is true. Just build something useful and people would come.

!The app is called Obim - Which means my heart in my native language.!<

!Available for download on iOS and Android!<

  • wnwentland@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    ??? I didn’t subscribe and am using it. Only thing i care about that i can’t do is post pictures to journals it seems. Might upgrade if i find myself using it in a week

    • UltimateD123@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Subscriptions to things like this are predatory. Either charge a one time fee of $9.99 or go the free route. There’s no reason a subscription here is necessary except hoping people forget to cancel. It’s trash.

    • amani_art@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’m not sure what this person’s problem is. Everything works without paying for anything. The premium features are mostly server backed and requires money to keep it running.

      Things like auto backup and cross platform syncing won’t work without a server.

      BTW Thank you for checking out the app.