LunarSight

I sold LunarSight to Oval Software (https://oval.fi/) on Flippa. The reason I sold it was mainly to be able to focus on my desktop apps and in my new project. I had switched the app to free with IAPs in march, and after that it started picking up some sales.

I listed it on Flippa and later decided to keep it for a while. But I didn't feel like maintaining the app anymore, adding more features while subtracting valuable time from my other projects. So I relisted it and sold it the same day to a developer who had already been interested in it the first time. I hope he can improve it and recoup the investment.

What a total disaster! I actually launched LunarSight on Product Hunt on Friday, but it was really bad timing and it was automatically rescheduled for Sunday. It got only 25 votes, the least of my other 2 products. I suppose I should have waited till Monday?

For some reason, the app sold around 20 units in a day, which was unexpected and probably due to a post on Reddit. I also tried the free $100 credit on Search Ads and consumed $20. That got me 2 installs, very weak. So far the sales seem to have stalled, it’s too soon to make anything out of the available app store data.

I would say I expected even worse, given that a Moon app that still needs more functionality is not the most thought after app. A friend told me to leave it as is and make another iOS app, build like 10 of them. I don’t really like the idea of wasting my time making stuff I’ll discard, so I’ll keep improving this one.

I started working on LunarSight on September 2020. Initially, I wanted to build the app as a cross-platform desktop one, but I decided against it and went full iOS instead. This app is just an MVP right now, but I’ll grow it to make it the most comprehensive Moon app for iOS and Mac.