the onboarding sequence is the most important thing to optimize in an app
i built a skill that designs your onboarding and the paywall
it researches all the main app paywalls/onboardings in the niche
→ your onboarding, redesigned so every screen has one job
→ your price, set against what your competitors charge
→ the doubts in their head when the paywall appears, and what happens if they say no
→ three directions, as real screens, scored by a fresh critic until they pass
→ the code: SwiftUI with Apple's purchase system, or Stripe for the web. no fake timers, no invented reviews, no hidden close button
giving it away for free
comment "PAYWALL" and i'll send it over
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Everyone, no matter how “high quality” your channel is, do this right now:
1) Launch Claude Code
2) Paste this prompt with your channel links
3) Follow the action steps/let Claude apply the action steps
Prompt:
Step 1: Research
Read and thoroughly analyze this research paper:
https://t.co/w8lo9hsSzc
Understand how the current AI detection systems described work, particularly their relevance to YouTube’s latest demonetization policies. Distinguish confirmed findings from assumptions.
Step 2: Channel Audit
Audit my personal YouTube channels listed below. Examine their content, upload patterns, originality, and potential policy violations.
Identify specific red flags that could make each channel vulnerable to demonetization, supported by evidence.
Step 3: Action Plan
Provide an individual risk assessment for each channel, followed by exact, actionable steps to address vulnerabilities and safeguard monetization.
Be thorough, critical, and evidence-driven. Avoid generic advice or unsupported claims.
Channels:
[Add links]
tiktok slideshows are the best form of distribution for your app
this is a full breakdown of how I scaled from $0 to $10,000 in revenue within 30 days
a thread 🧵
I still don't think people understand how CRACKED Fable 5.2 is at app animations.
I gave it my gym app and it designed a full Dynamic Island, lock screen and home screen widget. Then it wrote the native code too. I didn't touch a single line of Swift.
Most builders ask for "a Dynamic Island", take the first design and wonder why their app looks like a template.
This 3-step workflow fixes it:
1. Design 3 options first, in all 3 sizes
2. Pick ONE and build everything around it
3. Only then let it write the native code
(full breakdown in the article below)
she grew an app to ~500k downloads in under a year with $0 ad spend
I sat down with @juliapintar and asked her what still works today
in this episode of BuildingNow we cover:
> the psychology of content that converts
> what still works on TikTok (and what doesn't)
> how to find and keep great creators
> what founders get wrong about UGC
> so much more +
full episode 👇
99% of app founders have no idea how to market their app
here’s exactly how I’d grow a brand new app from 0 downloads without spending a dollar on ads
a thread 🧵
“Vibe coded apps can’t make real money.”
I hear this all the time.
Then I meet people like Ryan Mathews who vibe coded an elk call app to $650K annual run rate in 110 days with Claude Code.
The wildest part to me is how his marketing came together (pretty much by accident):
-He recorded a 45-minute video designed to be a Meta ad then decided to post it to YouTube. He expected ~2k views but it got 150k.
-When his first Meta campaigns weren’t converting, he told Meta to find people who’d watch 75% of that 45-minute video. It cost about $1.50 per person to watch 35 minutes. He was making $2 back for every $1 from the start.
-He launched a “retargeting” campaign that crushed the main one. Then he went to record a Loom for a client and noticed he never saved the targeting. This led him to realize that cold traffic sent straight to the landing page beat the warm-up video in terms of ROAS.
-His wife said “this app sounds like Duolingo.” So he copied Duolingo’s onboarding (test your first call free, get a score, see the upgrade offer). This test led to a 40% conversion rate.
-His knew his marketing was on point when 50% of the comments on his Meta ads were "there's no way this product works" and the other 50% were "this product changed my life"
The product is called MtnWispr and you can check it out here: https://t.co/FHeKHObGVG
Full breakdown with Ryan in the video below.
(Also available on the Build With AI podcast wherever you get your pods)