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Building apps in public | indie dev | shipping 7/26

[Ponv @itsponv]

@nicholascalez Just howw

[Ponv @itsponv]

@nestymee I got my first 200 ✨
Will get to 10k soon

[Ponv @itsponv]

3 weeks since launching my first iOS app.
24 downloads. 3 subscribers. ~$62.
Tiny. But it’s real money from strangers who found something I made on nights and weekends.
The mechanics work. Now I just have to solve the hard part: getting seen.

[Ponv @itsponv]

shipped my affirmations app 3 weeks ago. 3 subscribers, $62 so far.

honestly the thing that caught me off guard: apple showed it around for maybe 10 days and then the impressions just... died. i thought launching was the hard part lol. it's not even close.

gonna try some paid ads this week and see if it does anything. we'll see 🧵

[Ponv @itsponv]

3 weeks since launching my first iOS app.
24 downloads. 3 subscribers. ~$62.
Tiny. But it’s real money from strangers who found something I made on nights and weekends.
The mechanics work. Now I just have to solve the hard part: getting seen.

[Ponv @itsponv]

Building in public, week 3 of my first solo app.
ManifestDaily is live on iOS. Affirmations, focus sessions, breathing, and a vault for letters to your future self.
The part nobody warns you about: Apple gave me a burst of impressions in week 1, then quietly stopped. Revenue is real but small. Distribution is the whole game and I’m losing it.
The app itself, though 👇

[Ponv @itsponv]

New sale 🇮🇳 — $41.93

That’s 5% of a MacBook now.
Running total: $83.90. Posting every dollar.

https://t.co/cDfBuMXaO2

[Ponv @itsponv]

@simonecanciello Building in this exact niche rn with ManifestDaily — affirmations + focus timer + a ‘letters to future self’ vault. Early days ($84 in first month) but the demand is real, Reddit/manifestation communities are surprisingly active buyers

[Ponv @itsponv]

3 paying users, first month live 🚀

[TrustMRR @trust_mrr]

ManifestDaily: Affirmations by @itsponv just joined TrustMRR

🔁 MRR: $19/mo
💰 Revenue (30d): $84
💵 Total revenue: $84
💳 Active subs: 3

https://t.co/zjUEC3aEAR

[Ponv @itsponv]

New sale 🇮🇳 — $3.13

That’s 0.4% of a MacBook.
Running total: $41.97. Posting every dollar.

[Ponv @itsponv]

@Kerbit05 None yet lol. Just ASO + shipping in public. That first sale came from App Store search, someone in Indonesia found it on their own.

[Ponv @itsponv]

First money! 🎉 And it came from Indonesia 🇮🇩

- built solo in 20 days
- launched 10 days ago
- $38.84 in revenue

Let's go 🚀

[Ponv @itsponv]

@SebasEstra Congrats mate! 🥂 I just got my first revenue from my app yesterday, so this is really inspiring to see. Onwards and upwards for both of us!

[Ponv @itsponv]

@Faelynnom Senpaii👋

[Ponv @itsponv]

Still can't believe someone across the world paid for something I made in my spare time. Onto the next milestone 🚀

[Ponv @itsponv]

Solo founders, especially the ones balancing a full time job: what actually got you your first 10 real users? Building ManifestDaily in public and trying to crack distribution beyond Reddit and X. What worked for you?

[Ponv @itsponv]

Live on the App Store and climbing 🌱

[Ponv @itsponv]

Shipped my pricing screen without testing it in sandbox first.
Found out three days later nobody could actually subscribe. Fixed it, but I have no idea how many people tried and gave up before that.
Test your IAPs in sandbox. Every time. Even when you’re tired.

[Ponv @itsponv]

@kyanbuilds Soon my notification section will look like this ✊😄

[Ponv @itsponv]

@karan_kuma27245 Go MERN. You don’t have time to debate framework, pick the one closer to what you already know and ship 2-3 projects with auth + DB + deployed link before placements season. Stack matters way less than having something live on GitHub + Vercel/Render in 3-4 weeks.