If you have released an iOS app, it’s actually a massive achievement. The coding and $100 fee is one thing, but the real filters are these:
- Navigating App Store Connect
- Understanding certificates, provisioning profiles, .p8 files, etc
- Wrestling with XCode
- Implementing subscriptions (even with RevenueCat, it’s still tricky)
- Dealing with rejections
I think a lot of people give up at these points before ever shipping their first app.