Dalton Smith

Building Grobe 🍽️ (3,000+ users) | snap your food, see what it does to your body

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@Mkandeger2 that's a really good call. i've been treating it like people lost interest in grobe, but a ranking or feature-spot drop fits the cliff a lot better. gonna check the source breakdown in app store connect and see which what actually died

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

Anyone else ever had this happen? My app Grobe was consistently getting 80 to 100 installs a day, then it just stopped. Now it's only 1 or 2, and I have no idea why.

https://t.co/hJtX1lKolh

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@b4dgerr you build in public for the 5 people who care now, not the 5k you want later. grobe got to 3,000+ installs with $0 ads while my account was a ghost town, so the product can grow before the audience does

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

Launch day feels like the finish line. The next morning, you realize it was only the starting gun. 😩📱

You finally get the app on the App Store, people start downloading it, and then the numbers slow down. You're still fixing bugs at night, still caring about every user, and wondering if anyone even sees the work.

That's where I am with Grobe, the AI nutrition app I built to help you understand what you're eating. Snap a photo of your meal and get calories, macros, and nutrients, not just a number, a clearer picture of what you're feeding your body.

I still work a full day and then build Grobe at night. I'm not asking anyone to buy anything. If you have a minute, try it or share it with someone who might need it. That would mean a lot.

📲 https://t.co/8eF2HJ6Trt

To every indie developer in the same spot: keep going. Your hard work deserves to be seen. 🚀

#IndieDeveloper #BuildInPublic #AppDevelopment #StartupJourney #Grobe

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@Michaelchoong5 I’m already getting subscriptions but the installs stopped coming in

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

Nobody talks about how HARD it is to market an app. 😩📱

You spend months building something, fixing bugs, losing sleep, and putting everything you have into making it work.

Then you finally launch… and realize building the app was only half the battle.

Getting people to actually discover it is a whole different struggle. 💔

I built Grobe, an AI-powered nutrition app that helps people understand what they’re eating, track nutrients, and make healthier food choices.

I’ve spent countless hours working on it, and getting it in front of the right people has been one of my biggest challenges.

I’m not asking anyone to buy anything. Just giving my app a chance, downloading it, or sharing it with someone could mean the world to an independent developer.

If you have a minute, check out Grobe. ❤️

📲 https://t.co/DO26aps41o

To every indie developer struggling to get noticed: Keep going. Your hard work deserves to be seen. 🚀

#IndieDeveloper #BuildInPublic #AppDevelopment #StartupJourney #Grobe

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@progerallworld Thank you for the suggestion

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

Eating has never been easier.

Knowing what you’re actually feeding your body is different. https://t.co/8eF2HJ6Trt

Meet Grobe 🥦 Scan your meals, track nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, and see beyond the calories.

Your body deserves more than a full stomach.

Download Grobe on the App Store. 📲

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

3,000+ people have tracked meals with Grobe and i still build it at night after merchandising pepsi all day. tiny app, real users. #buildinpublic

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

hot take: if logging lunch takes longer than eating it, your calorie app is broken.

Grobe: snap a photo, get calories + macros in seconds. that's the whole app.

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

my calorie app Grobe went from #149 to #132 for "AI calorie counter" on the App Store this week. no ads running. just shipping fixes every night after a 16 hour shift.

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@DestinyNnamdi_ fiber is the most underrated macro nobody tracks. everyone counts protein to the gram and then wonders why their gut is mad at them

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@david_attisaas max is clearly running the 'a calorie is a calorie' build. bold to ship it to production with zero testing

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@MbaziiraRonn the 'leave anytime' part holds up right until one update drops your installs from ~80 a day to ~3. then it's 13 hour days again

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@YourPoonamTomar repeat meals are the cheat code. the boring part is all the typing, which is why i built grobe to just take a photo of the plate instead

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@timpjohansson the second guy is having way more fun and will probably stick with it longer. adherence beats the perfect macro split every time

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@ProfStanciu hara hachi bu is so simple it's almost rude. the hard part is that 80% full feels exactly like 'room for dessert'

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@DeanTTraining weighing the whole batch raw then cooked is the one tip that actually fixes the math. every 'cooked chicken breast' entry in a tracking app is basically a vibe

[Dalton Smith @musclecrabs]

@BenBikmanPhD so a calorie at 6pm and a calorie at 11pm walk into the same body and get treated differently. calorie apps are gonna need a clock column