Boop App

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

What happens when you build your app in public?

I documented the entire journey of building Boop.

Idea → design → code → App Store → Shipaton.

Here’s how it went.

#buildinpublic #shipaton

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

I'm from London, UK.

I flew 1,500 miles to Hydra, a Greek island with no cars and hundreds of cats, to test my pet app Boop in the wild.

Every cat I met is now a sticker in my collection. Some of them had some very strong opinions about it.

Full video below. #buildinpublic #shipaton

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

I put a folding table on London Bridge at rush hour with a sign that said "Ask me anything."

I'm building BOOP a pet app on my own, in public. It felt like the most public place in the country. People stopped. Some asked about the app, some asked for directions, some asked why anyone would do this, one asked if I had a permit.

#buildinpublic #shipaton

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

Some raw, unscripted thoughts after building in public, in public for #shipaton

#buildinpublic

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

100 Boops: complete ✅

🐶 - 112 pets met in person
🐈 - 107 free portraits printed and handed over
🐾 - 63 breeds
🗓️ - 63 days

Every animal on this picture is one I actually met!

Thank you to everyone who I met, you are all legends!

https://t.co/Ia8reLndEN

#shipaton #buildinpublic

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

I built an app that turns every dog you meet into a sticker.

Then I went outside and met 112 of them, and printed every single one as a FREE portrait.

63 breeds. 63 days. One entitlement, six products, 5% to animal charities.

My #buildinpublic @RevenueCat #shipaton entry 👇

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

I built an app that turns every dog you meet into a sticker.

Then I went outside and met 112 of them, and printed every single one as a FREE portrait.

63 breeds. 63 days. One entitlement, six products, 5% to animal charities.

My #buildinpublic @RevenueCat #shipaton entry 👇

[Emmanuel @EmmanuelBuilds]

@taiomi @booptheapp I really like this feature sir.
I’ve downloaded it, and will try it out 😄

[Boop App @booptheapp]

🐾 Pet of the Day: Izzy the Dog (Pomeranian)

Izzy is a very happy and outgoing little lady who loves cuddling with her mom

Fun fact: Fun Fact about Max is that he absolutely loves to sunbath outside.

Likes: Cheese (Gouda), Sleeping until 11am,, Sleeping under my desk

[Boop App @booptheapp]

@taiomi 👀🕊️

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

How many will you find?

This feature was based on feedback I got while building my #shipaton app @booptheapp

#buildinpublic

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

I made a DOG app
It’s national DOG day
I am in the ISLE OF DOGS
I am in BARKING

Let’s see what people here think of my app

#buildinpublic #shipaton

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

Day 5 of meeting pets IRL for my app.

Building publicly in public, publicly

#buildinpublic #shipaton

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

28/100.

Twenty-eight dogs and cats met, photographed, and printed on the spot for their owner to keep. Every one becomes a die-cut sticker in the app I built.

Breed recognition runs entirely on the phone. Free, no account.

#Shipaton #buildinpublic

[Boop App @booptheapp]

8 days since Boop the app was released.

#shipaton #buildinpublic

[Taiwo Omisore @taiomi]

8 days on the App Store.

119 downloads
9 paying customers
$197

Boop turns dogs and cats you meet into die-cut stickers. Breed ID runs entirely on-device.

5% of everything it makes goes to UK animal welfare charities, published quarterly.

#buildinpublic #Shipaton

[Boop App @booptheapp]

How to turn any pet you meet into a sticker!

#buildinpublic #shipaton

[Boop App @booptheapp]

I took my cat scanning app to Cat Island #shipaton #buildinpublic

[Boop App @booptheapp]

It’s national dog day
I am on the isle of dogs
I made a dog app
WHERE ARE THE DOGS?!?!

#NationalDogday #NationalDog

[Boop App @booptheapp]

🐾 Pet of the Day: Joey the Cat (Tabby Cat)

Joey likes to be indoor sleeping all day. He loves to be around people.

Fun fact: He’s named after a character from the tv show Friends.

Likes: Laying on the stairs, Sleeping by a window, Belly rubs

📷 Liv · Kolding, Denmark