Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)

Indie iOS builder
2025: 12/12 app shipped
2026: 1/12
0→10k MRR | $5.5k now
Me + my wife | no marketing

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

@SahilSatralkar Thank you!

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Turned 33 today 🎂
Looking back, I just feel lucky.
Happy wife, two amazing sons, a home that actually feels like home. That’s the real foundation, everything else is a bonus.
A year ago I finally stopped saying “someday” and started building my own projects. Not waiting, not planning forever - just started. Now they’re actually bringing in results.
Turns out the hardest part isn’t the code or the marketing. It’s starting.

Also - wife surprised me with a new MacBook M5 Pro 🙌 Upgraded from my old M1 Max, and with 48GB of RAM Xcode doesn’t even blink. Everything just flies 😀
This year: polish what’s working, ship a couple of new things 🚀
Grateful for everyone along for the ride.

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Released a new app ~24 hours ago - zero keywords indexed in any country 🤔
A month ago indexing would kick in within 1–2 hours. Now complete silence.
Anyone who shipped something recently seeing the same thing? Is App Store indexing broken right now?

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

@bymarcoperez Let’s go!:)

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

We just launched DremAI, our 15th app and most personal project yet. It is designed to give your dreams a tangible form through AI-powered visualization and all-in-one vision boards.

See yourself in the image of your ideal future and keep your goals in sight. Your aspirations deserve to take shape.
Download DremAI today and start turning your vision into reality! 👆

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

@alexcooldev 🤝 $8K monthly revenue today
No marketing

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Been chatting with our Carousai users a lot lately - many are loyal and share how they create content.
This weekend we shipped two features based on their feedback:
→ Stroke outline for removed-background photos
→ Undo/redo history in the editor
Faster creation, better experience, more engagement.
Listen users → ship → repeat.
Result- $8K Monthly revenue 🚀

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Carousai just got even better ✨
Here’s a sneak peek 🔥
Released 4.1 version, available on the App Store
Liquid Glass here 😅

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

One of my core rules: use your own product.

My wife and I constantly make content with Carousai. And every time we do, we spot something: a tiny UX friction, a weird UI detail, a “why is this here?” moment.

We either fix it immediately or drop it into our shared backlog chat.
That’s why each update feels better than the last.

Not because we “planned it”, but because we live in the product 🙃 #buildinpublic

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Video carousels are now live in Carousai!🎉
Move beyond static slides and give your content premium energy with subtle moving backgrounds that capture attention instantly.

Whether you use your own b-roll or stock library clips, Carousai helps you stand out on fast-paced platforms like Threads.

Download Carousai on the App Store today and start creating 🥳
P.S. This carousel was made in 1 minute

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

@m_czornij Hey, congratulations! Why so spike in November? Ads?

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Indie dev milestone: $5K MRR 🎯

The numbers:
• Jan-Sep 2025: $100-150/mo
• 12 apps shipped in 2025 and one new in 26
• Sep 25 -Jan 2026: scaled to $5K
• 300 active subscribers

Marketing spend: $0
Ads: $0
Growth hacks: we ship with my wife @timoncheva and she motivates 😅

Just: ship → test → listen → iterate → repeat

Won't lie - it's a grind. You need to feel the market, not just analyze it. Lots of build and testing. Lots of "this didn't work, try again."

But here's the thing: organic growth + subscriptions = sustainable indie income.

It's possible. It's just not fast.

@seraleev @SlowbrewedS @adamlyttleapps thank you for your motivation and support 🤝🙏

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

🎉 https://t.co/saJKV1GJ7v update is live!
Added Google Fonts, new templates, and tons of polish. Create viral carousels for Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn & TikTok in minutes.
Just hit 10,000+ exported carousels yesterday 🔥

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

@alexcooldev I just used my app for creating carousels with hooks, Carousai + Italian or French VPN (HMA), and my latest posts grew to 150k views 🚀 + app name on each slide and CTA on the last one
And it worked :) got more traffic from EU and users

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

@SlowbrewedS Thank you, Jay:) Hope for your feedbacks 🤝

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Best ever update that we pushed 🚀
Carousai - app for carousel post creating,
2.9 version available in the App Store 🔥🤝

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

• Lots of small fixes:
Cleaned up bugs, refreshed parts of the interface, improved export and image handling.

You are welcome to create carousel content 🤝

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

• Background removal for photos:
Keep only the main subject, remove the background right inside the app in a couple of seconds. Perfect for avatars, product shots and accent images.

• Smarter graphics tools:
Collages, grid, guides, dividers, safe zone, scaling and rotation with gestures all work more stable and predictably.

• Upgraded text:
Fonts, line spacing, alignment, text background, capsules and word selection behave consistently across all cards.

[Alex 🚀 Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) @bestappsdev]

Huge update for Carousai soonest 🙃 working with my wife on this and hope finish until NY