After months solo, my AI photo editor hit TestFlight — here's what I learned

Hey IH 👋

I'm a solo founder and just got my first app, Snatched, into TestFlight — figured I'd share the journey and ask for feedback.

The idea: every photo editor I tried was either too complicated (endless brushes/sliders) or made people look fake — that plastic, over-smoothed AI skin everyone spots instantly. I wanted one-tap edits that keep you looking like you on a good day.

What it does: one-tap AI blemish heal (keeps natural texture — this was the hard part), realistic body sculpting, one-tap background swaps.

Stack: SwiftUI, Supabase Edge Functions proxying Replicate (Seedream for skin, Flux for backgrounds), AWS Rekognition for moderation, RevenueCat for subscriptions. Body slimming is a local Metal/Core Image warp — NOT AI-repainted, because letting AI repaint bodies produced cursed results.

What I learned:

- Making AI not over-smooth is harder than making it smooth.

- Solo-launching = you're the QA, designer, lawyer, and marketer. Account deletion, privacy manifests, App Store review… it's a lot of non-code work.

- Content moderation for a face/body editor is non-negotiable and genuinely tricky.

It's in beta now, heading to the App Store soon. Looking for honest feedback — what makes you trust an app with your photos, and what makes results feel "real" vs "fake"?

Site: https://www.snatchedllc.com — happy to share a TestFlight invite if anyone wants to kick the tires 🙏