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My first mobile app

Hi guys,

I'm working on Mealplanr an app to help you to plan your meals every day, track your calories, water intake, get your shopping list easily and reach your body goal.

This is my first mobile app, I worked on it during the lockdown, it's not done yet but I'm hoping to open the app for beta testers in mid-september.

Do you guys already launched apps on stores or any experiences that you can share with me?

Thanks!

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    That's a lot of usecases! Did you do some prototyping with people or do you try to solve your own need?

    For iOS apps you can submit a beta to https://airport.community/.

    Good luck!

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      Hey @kaioelfke, I did it on my own, thanks man for airport it'll help me to test my app in beta.

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    Hi @myw932! Congrats on working toward launching your first mobile app! I've launched apps on Android & iOS, what kind of information are you looking for? I made this free website about app store optimization from my experiences, it's good for a quick review before launching: ASOchecklist.com.

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      Hi @rene, I was wondering what comes next when you publish an app other than promote through ads and what are the best practices to success. Thanks for ASOchecklist.com it's really useful.

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        @myw932, sometimes it can be very hard for early growth but with your ASO in order it improves the indexing of your app for the right keywords from day 1. Is this iOS only? I believe Apple still gives a free $100 ads credit that can help you learn a bit & get a little early traction, at least to get users & start getting feedback. If you are also on Android, you can run A/B tests which can help you decide which logos & such to use for your listings.

        The biggest thing you can do is continue iterating & improving your app after launch and make sure there is a way for you to get feedback from your early users (I use a simple link to a Google Form for feedback & it's helped plenty and made it so I can respond on my own time instead of always getting emails). Iterate & improve the app with user feedback.

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          Hey @rene, thanks for the advice, at this point I have 400 followers on instagram and around 500 emails, I will use them for early tester.

          I integrated Instabug which help get in-app users feedback, if they give a bad score I ask them why, otherwise I redirect them on the store.

          I use react native, the app will be available on both Android and iOS.

          My business model will be free trial then you pay monthly, I was wondering how should I proceed when it comes to beta testers, should I keep the payment on or the turn off specially for testers 🤔

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            Nice! Sounds like you have a really great start for early users & the feedback loop.

            If your testers are your ideal customers, maybe can offer an additional free trial period & communicate this very clearly with them. Their early feedback may be invaluable though to help iterating the app to a point you can get many more users who pay monthly.

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