I asked mobile developers a simple question on social media: What do you wish you had known before launching your 1st app? Their answers are summarised in this checklist.
One tip I’d put near the top for Android utilities: explain permissions in plain language before users have to grant them. With Kinetic Override, the feature is touch macro recording, but the trust hurdle is Accessibility permission + local-only profiles. If that wording is vague, people bounce before trying the actual loop.
This is amazing, thank you! I haven’t released my app yet, but plan on doing so within the next couple months and will now be referencing this checklist as I go.
Once you do, please do drop me an email/dm to get more items added to the checklist
I am writing up a guide to help indie app dev optimize their app and grow it.
I am writing a guide to share tips and resources that can make developers life easy, all in one place.
This guide is not fully complete, although largely done, and I am still looking for inputs from fellow devs. So if there is anything you would like to add, please let me know.
Topics I want to cover
Pre-launch: a to-do list before launching your app
Launch: places to post it, acquiring your first testers & customers
Growth: Keywords research, competitor analysis
Analytics: Review and feedback analysis, KPIs
ASO: App Store Optimisation guide, A/B testing
Tools: useful tools & resources for the above
So please, if you had a eureka moment when releasing your app - share it below!
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