Alvin Ng

CUHK fifth-year physics major | developer

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

QuestList is now live on the App Store! 🥳

iOS & MacOS: https://t.co/0cBTs8WfDu

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Days 31-32: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Submitted QuestList to Shipaton 🥳

Thanks for following my app development journey. QuestList would not exist without your encouragements and feedbacks.

Check my submission:
https://t.co/XQiq77j1cm

#shipaton2025

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 22-30: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Took a long break😎 (watched anime & went to gym)
✅ Fixed severe lag in Markdown notes caused by SwiftUI ShareLink
✅ Posted QuestList on r/Apple

Working on the final video for #Shipaton (aiming for design award!)

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 21: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

In my unfinished app, I have this “goal tracker”, which allows you to plot data points and “predict” via fitting lines.

I want to test: maybe small apps with single functionality would be more successful than QuestList?

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@LT_Sana Sadly I used SwiftUI & iCloud, so it will be apple only…

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

QuestList is now live on the App Store! 🥳

iOS & MacOS: https://t.co/0cBTs8WfDu

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@darkpiedev I would love to try it!

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 20: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ +1 Paying user
⚠️ User couldn't restore purchase across platforms (fixed)

Currently, I am a bit stuck. People told me my app is good, but I am not sure how to market / position my app...🫠

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@LT_Sana Looking good! However the font is a bit hard to read

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 19: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Got my first two paying users!! 🥳
✅ Version 1.4 in app review

Seems like my new pricing model is finally working: $9.99 lifetime for a productivity app across all platforms.

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

What do you think about the pricing? Should I reduce it further? 🤔

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 18: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Finally added heat maps! 🥳
⚠️ New pricing model: $30/yr -> $10 lifetime

Honestly I would be happy if someone pays $10 to use my app. No more $30 subscriptions!

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@AaronWardle Thx! Would love to hear your feedback

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 17: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Second milestone: 100 downloads + 4 active free trial 🥳
✅ Added some stats to Quest, Habit & Reward

Been looking at similar productivity apps today. Learned a lot from competitors 🫡

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@jashwanth0712 Thanks!

[Denislav Jeliazkov @DenisJeliazkov]

As the name suggests, this rule states that your users don't remember everything about your app.

They only remember two things:

1. The most intense moment (peak)
2. How it Ends

That's it. The rest is forgotten by their brain.

(Credits: @UXChrisNguyen)

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 16: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Milestone reached: 50 downloads, 1 active free trial from Reddit
✅ Redditors love the UI design & gamification!
❌ Received some complains for the subscription model

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@useprod_app Thanks! Any feedbacks are welcomed. Maybe just tell me what you think and how I should improve :)

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 15: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Pushed some UI updates
✅ Shared my app on a few subreddits

Hopefully I could get some new users from reddit. Only got 4 downloads the past few days 😭

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

Day 14: Building QuestList – A Gamified Productivity App

✅ Improved the onboarding flow
✅ Added confetti effects 🎉

I really like these small interactive elements. Makes the app more playful and fun😆

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@kaviya__kumar @RevenueCat Both iOS and macOS. Using macCatalyst to compile the iOS source code into MacOS

[Alvin Ng @alvinng324]

@darkpiedev Thanks! Will fix it now