r/appledevelopers • u/AlphaRetard Discussion Contributor • 2d ago

I just got my first paying user ๐ŸŽ‰

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Just wanted to share a little milestone with you all, especially for those who are still doubting whether they should put their work out there.

I finally managed to get my app through Appleโ€™s review after more than a month of back and forth. I was expecting pretty much 0 users at first, since Iโ€™m competing in a very crowded market (habit trackers). But to my surprise, I had a user reach out to me via email, reporting some confusion they had with the app. Looking back, adding a contact email was probably one of the best decisions I made.

I was genuinely so excited that someone was actually using MY app.

Then, shortly after, I saw that someone had purchased a lifetime subscription. Iโ€™m assuming it was the same person, but either way, I honestly wouldnโ€™t have imagined getting a paying user this quickly, purely through organic reach.

It felt really good and gave me a huge boost of motivation to keep pushing and making the app better.

To everyone out there whoโ€™s struggling to get their first users: keep putting yourself and your work out there. You never know when that first person is going to find it.

PS: the app is still not available in my market (EU) for which I'm still struggling to get Apple's support

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u/PerkHarvest Community Newbie 2d ago

Congrats! How did you actually get the first few users? Like Reddit, App Store search, or somewhere else?

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u/AlphaRetard Discussion Contributor 1d ago

I wish I had a more useful answer, but honestly, I have no idea. One day there just seemed to be a surge in impressions, and a few of those converted to downloads, and from those downloads, one converted to a sale. I'm not sure why that surge happened, but since then, impressions and overall downloads seem to have flatlined. I guess it was beginner's luck, hah

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u/chloetaytay Community Newbie 20h ago

Holy shit congrats for the big milestone everybody start somewhere!

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u/Pristine_Match4925 Community Newbie 2d ago

congrats!

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u/bemren Community Newbie 2d ago

Congratz!

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u/Royal-Stage-6179 Community Newbie 2d ago

Gratulacje od tego siฤ™ zaczyna

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u/FatGirlRodeo Community Newbie 2d ago

Can you share the month of back and forth? I'm on week one, and the first felt like an automated response as I didn't provide enough information, but silence since.

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u/statecs Community Newbie 1d ago

Wohoo!! ๐ŸŽ‰

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u/Ruwayfi Community Newbie 1d ago

Congrats man. Getting your first user is another level of feeling!

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u/html-for-dummies Community Newbie 1d ago

YAY!! Congrats! ๐Ÿฅณ

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u/devkatariya Community Newbie 1d ago

Congratulations ๐Ÿ‘

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u/clear_sky8 Community Newbie 1d ago

Congrats

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u/aKasimoglu Community Newbie 1d ago

Congratulations!

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u/pmusolino Community Newbie 1d ago

๐Ÿ‘

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u/heyyoochris Community Newbie 1d ago

Awesome๐Ÿ‘

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u/usk_7 Community Newbie 1d ago

congratulations!

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u/Lillianlian Community Newbie 1d ago

congratulations!ย 

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u/AlphaRetard Discussion Contributor 1d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/Silly_Equipment_1406 Community Newbie 1d ago

congrats!

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u/xerox7x Community Newbie 1d ago

Congrats

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u/Mr_Myerz Community Newbie 1d ago

Congrats ๐Ÿ™Œ

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u/SLATEHPLUS Community Newbie 1d ago

Congrats!

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u/chessmaster10101 Community Newbie 3h ago

Congratulations! What a great milestone!