George Kouk

Building apps until I can afford coconuts in Thailand!
4 apps live 🔨 documenting as I go...
$1.1k MRR ➡ $2k MRR

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

🫣 took me 2 years but finally hit my MRR goal /s

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@justddev Recommend Adswift by @saadbelfqih to manage it, much easier than the web page apple provides.

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@saadbelfqih Damn that's brutal 💀 I once shipped a breaking change but it only affected iOS 26 and I hadn’t updated my phone or simulators yet… thank goodness some users reported it.

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@petraapps @dev_mario Yeah this got me too, this makes it easy to see how much you'd be actually saving by switching payment processors. Tbh it should be even cheaper at >$1M not double

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@dev_mario ASA makes sense with annual only for US, otherwise it’s so damn expensive

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@dev_mario Not only that but you guarantee 0% churn for 12 months and get the cash upfront to fund ads etc.

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@tymofii @dev_mario Seriously? It's the only way for Google to sign in to an app that only supports a Google account?

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@saadbelfqih @ADSwiftApp X for sure, tons of developers here. Reddit wouldn’t be bad to try but reddit ads don’t work well imho.

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@Aditya_T007 Thanks brother

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

🫣 took me 2 years but finally hit my MRR goal /s

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@saadbelfqih Before Adswift: 1 min to sign in, 1 min per campaign with no visibility on conversions = 15 min for basic stats

After Adswift: 10 sec to load, full details in view = 1-2 min total

I check my stats every day now, still red 😂, but I check it every day. Thanks for building it!

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@saadbelfqih Yes, I also used 3-day trial but 7-day converts better clearly. TBH I think it’s people forgetting to cancel making the difference.

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

#289-301 - 0hrs
Been visiting family so I did no work but thankfully still making money. Crossed $1k MRR a few days ago!

- ASA ads still running at ~$20-30/day
- ASO rankings for app #4 improving
- Established app #2 growing
- New paywall lowered my CR

more below...

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@saadbelfqih So you have a hard paywall with no trial? Feels too bold.

I only have an annual plan @ $69 + 7d trial. Getting 25% trial activation and ~25% conversion so feeling like it will turn green soon even with a $6 CPA🫣

So handy checking campaigns with Adswift btw... bought lifetime!

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

4. Paywall issue
So before leaving for this trip I changed the paywall, I added some stars to highlight my App Store rating and changed a few words. It's hard to be sure but I am convinced this lowered my conversion rate. I can't wait to get back and fix this.

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3. Established App #2
This app is still getting downloads via ASO and SEO. Tracking this with Search Console, great tool. SEO is underrated. Devs forget that 95% of folks still use google for everything.

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@xburak @iwitaly Dm

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@xburak @iwitaly Guide pls

[George Kouk @kouk_george]

@lorikmor People hate subscriptions, but I'm sure they also hate old stale apps that haven't been updated in years. One-time purchases make sense for apps with no upkeep and no backend, they do bring in revenue though

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@saadbelfqih @ADSwiftApp @RevenueCat Congrats Saad!