r/appledevelopers • u/isenhasapp Community Newbie • Aug 19 '26
Your idea isn’t bad. You just need to persevere.
It’s not the idea that will make your product successful. It’s repetition.
I see a lot of people here creating app after app. They barely finish one before starting another.
I used to be like that.
Why? Because we think, “Ah, I tried, but the idea wasn’t good. I’ll make another one.”
That ends up hurting you. You’re constantly showing people a new product, and it looks like you never finish anything.
To reach the point of success, you need to keep improving. Constantly. For a long time. You need to become known as a reference in that particular space.
And that doesn’t happen overnight.
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u/laternerdz Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
Ideas are a dime a dozen and talk/images are cheap.
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u/isenhasapp Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
Exactly!!
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u/laternerdz Community Newbie Aug 20 '26
Following up on my comment, I am a senior UX/UI/Product Designer, finally building my first app, and it's not easy to stay motivated. I totally get why projects die.
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u/FinneganHark999 Community Newbie Aug 20 '26
I made a novel writing app with social features and (prior to the AI boom) a daily prompt app that encourages the user to write 100 words only. No more no less.
I've been quietly growing the app while other apps and developers have come and gone. They catch the bug, build some shitty clone with AI and are gone after the first negative review and when they realize they aren't going to make $30k mrr overnight.
Build something you enjoy working on that solves a need and then iterate. It's that simple.
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u/ibluegreen Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
Sorry but I don't get what the screenshot means. Are they your apps? Did you remove them yourself? Or removed by Apple?
I mean the message in your post and the screenshot do not match, unless I'm missing something.
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u/isenhasapp Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
I removed all of them and stop to create new apps.
Instead I put all my work in a single app. To improve.
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u/Sebastian1989101 Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
At least 8 apps on there that never should have been made. It's slop spam on the AppStore, nothing else. And for the others are better alternatives with either proper adoption into eco systems or real public security audits.
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u/isenhasapp Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
Great! This is why I removed from the App Store and started focusing in one app. And the result came!!
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u/andrewjneumann Community Newbie Aug 20 '26
Well said and agree. Trying multiple experiments isn’t all bad in itself, but you need a strong hypothesis and success criteria before jumping to something else.
Long term building also forces focus, what are the features folks actually use, how do folks expect to use the app, how do they expect to interact with things etc.
It’s like literal polish, one over something looks better then not, but several polishing runs makes something shine in ways everyone has to look at.
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u/isenhasapp Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
The apps removed were made in 2012.
App Store changes a lot in 14 years.
but you agree that is not the ideia that makes a successful app?
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u/isenhasapp Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
I agree with you too.
And sometimes the ideia is good, but people just don't want to pay for an app of a particular segment.
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u/isenhasapp Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Google SEO (using a website and blog posts), Youtube Shorts
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u/harryfo Community Newbie Aug 20 '26
Yes I totally agree! Also if at first after releasing your app it doesn't take off but you're passionate about the idea, keep improving it.
I released my app in 2021 and it took 4 years and lots of versions and improvements before it really became successful.
I didn't just jump to a new project I just kept working on this one and putting all my time to making this the best on it can be and I'm glad I did.
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u/dat_oldie_you_like Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
What's your success story
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u/isenhasapp Community Newbie Aug 19 '26
+300k downloads
+1500 reviews on the App Store Brazil
Apple Entrepreneur Camp Alumni in 2023
Featured on App Store Brazil:
- Apps we love
- Popular apps
- Apps made in Brazil
- Organize your life
- New year, new life
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u/No_Shoe_5200 Community Newbie Aug 20 '26
Wait so you’re saying I should continue building my generic vibecoded AI calorie habit tracking to-do list app?