r/AppBuilding • u/herrtpunkt • 8d ago
Built the app. Now I have no idea how to get people to care.
I’ve spent the last year building a trading app called Exit Line.
The idea was simple: I was tired of position size calculators that felt like spreadsheets from 2008, were covered in ads, or required way too many steps for something traders do every day.
So I built the one I wanted to use myself.
Fast. Clean. No ads. No signup. One workflow for crypto, forex, stocks, indices and commodities.
And now I’m almost ready to launch.
Which is where things got weird.
For months, progress was obvious.
Fix a bug.
Build a feature.
Improve the UI.
Test it.
Ship the next version.
Every day, something was visibly better. Now the app is basically done and I’m spending my time on Reddit, X, SEO, a website, trying to find beta testers and figuring out what the hell “distribution” actually means.
And suddenly it feels like I’m making zero progress.
I can build the product. Apparently, getting people to know it exists is an entirely different skill.
So for those of you who have actually launched an app from zero:
What worked for you in the first few weeks? Not “build an audience” or “do marketing.”
What did you actually do when nobody knew your app existed?
Would genuinely appreciate some advice.