I built a free gym logging app and got 19 users

Hey fellow indie hackers!

Wanted to do a quick post on how my app got its first users, it's quite obvious how to get them but also the hardest part of building an app is to put it out there for others to see.

What I did is that I simply shared on my personal Instagram a few screenshots of "why" I built this app and it happened to resonate with quite a few of my friends!

The problem I'm solving for is that I used to use the native iOS "Notes" app to track my workouts and instead with this app I have a nicer way of storing my workouts history and making sure I'm pushing myself each time I get in the gym to lift weights (that's the point right?).

This app even got 2 users that I don't personally know, these 2 users must've found the app in the App Store while browsing, so that also validates that there is a way for others to find your app, even if you don't advertise at all.

I'm hosting the backend this app on a Raspberry Pi to avoid any recurring cost ($10-$50 for an AWS server or a Digital Ocean Droplet or similar). The Raspberry Pi has been holding up so far, I'll have to migrate to something bigger if this project takes off but until then I have zero monthly cost.