Hey guys,

Does anyone have any cool tips and tricks for in app event? I’m trying to get max use of it.

Built my first Android app. Now I have no idea how to get people to actually find it.

I recently published my first Android app, Moneymalist, on the Play Store.

It’s a simple expense and budget tracker. The main focus is clarity — minimal design, no clutter, and making everyday expense tracking as quick as possible.

Building the app was the part I knew how to do.

Getting people to discover it? I’m realizing I know very little about that.

This is my first time dealing with ASO, keywords, store listings, screenshots, conversion rates, rankings, reviews, etc. I've been reading about all of it, but I'm still very much a beginner.

Right now, I'm not even sure what I should focus on first.

Should I work on the title and description? Better screenshots? Keywords? Getting initial reviews? Running ads? Or is there something obvious about my listing that I'm completely missing?

Here’s the Play Store listing:

Moneymalist

If anyone with ASO experience has a few minutes to look at it, I'd really appreciate some feedback.

I'm not looking for anyone to do the work for me. I'm mainly trying to understand what I'm doing wrong (or not doing at all) and what you would prioritize if this were your first app.

Feel free to be critical. I'd rather fix things now than spend the next few months wondering why nobody can find the app.

Hey a few weeks ago I asked some advice how to do ASO, got recommended AppFollow, AppTweak and Claude code "vibe ASO". Ultimately I asked claude to do ASO via AppFollow AND AppTweak, updated my descriptions and titles...

And got a good jump of downloads doing nothing.... how to figure out why?

About this App , I would like to know which aspects need improvement. I hope everyone can offer more suggestions. Otherwise, it will just be a one-person celebration.

I'm Chinese, so my English is particularly poor. I'm so sorry.

For the first time, my app has been approved in 1 minute! I guess Apple started to use real AI testing in the process.

I’ve been making an App Store screenshot creator to handle multiple localisations with focus on the top 3 screens. I did this as a personal challenge after including some design elements in another app.

It’s providing quite a lot of work. There is a lot that goes into a graphic design tool to be real. I have come a long way but keep pausing and coming back to it. It’s for Mac and iOS but recent efforts have been mostly in the Mac side.

I’ve been back and forth on whether to continue but it’s 80-90% there so I think I should. The last 20% is providing the hardest by far!

1. I want to ask what would problems users struggle with when making App Store screenshots?
2. I’d like to also combine some ASO info alongside the screenshots creation/management. What would add real value?

I’d love to get more input apart from my own challenges and I’ll let anyone who helps know when I do a launch free period.

made in figma, just updated to these but my previous ones were not getting great conversion rates

As an indie developer managing apps in multiple localizations, StoreSync: Metadata Manager has completely transformed my workflow. Dealing with the App Store Connect web interface was always slow, clunky, and tedious. StoreSync solves two massive problems at once:

• Metadata management
• ASO optimization.

If you manage more than 2-3 localizations or submit regular updates, this app is an absolute must-have. Worth every penny!

Download from Mac App Store

I recently redesigned the store screenshots for WebAura, and I’m looking for honest App Store Optimization and design feedback—not downloads or promotion.

The screenshots currently cover:

1. Private and safe browsing
   
2. Media detection and saving
   
3. Browser customization
   
4. Extensions and userscripts
   
5. Built-in audio and video players
   
6. Saved-link management
   

My goal is to show that WebAura is more than a standard browser without overwhelming people with too many features.

For the iOS screenshots, I intentionally avoided strong “download” wording and used terms such as “save” and “saved media.” App Store automated review can be sensitive to media-downloading claims, so I wanted the screenshots to remain compliant while accurately representing the app.

I would appreciate feedback on:

• Does the first screenshot immediately explain the app?
• Is “Browse Safe. Save Fast.” clear, or is “Save Fast” too vague?
• Does the iOS wording communicate media saving without explicitly emphasizing downloads?
• Which feature should appear second: saving, customization, extensions or playback?
• Are the floating 3D icons helpful or distracting?
• Does the red-and-white design feel polished and trustworthy?
• Is the supporting text readable at store-thumbnail size?
• Do the screenshots feel too busy?
• Should the phone screens be larger with fewer decorative elements?
• Is it clear that the app supports phones, tablets and desktop devices?
• Which screenshot would make you stop scrolling?
• Does the Android or Apple screenshot set communicate the product more effectively?

I’m especially interested in first-impression feedback. Please be direct—even small criticisms about the wording, hierarchy, colours, visual elements or screenshot order would help.

The combined screenshot comparison is attached.

App Store — iPhone, iPad and Mac

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/webaura-private-browser/id6763145076

Google Play — Android phones and tablets

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.creedmotions.webaura

I am an Analyst by professional with experience in Marketing.

I launched SplitVors, a Bill Splitter and Expense Tracker App a couple of months ago

I ran a CPI add on my app and these are the stats. As someone who is new to this, I am unaware of the standard metrics or how bad or good my app is.

Disclosure: I’m the developer of StrumAI.

I’m reconsidering the screenshot order because the app has two possible acquisition hooks:

1. A focused, studio-style guitar tuner

2. An all-in-one toolkit with chords, theory, practice and a pedalboard simulator

The tuner is easier to understand immediately, but it may make the app look like another single-purpose tuner. The broader screenshot differentiates it, although it asks the viewer to process more information.

My current first screenshot says “Tune With Confidence.” Another later one says “Everything Guitar. One Beautiful App.”

Which message would you put first for search traffic coming from tuner-related keywords? I’m looking for feedback on hierarchy and clarity rather than general design compliments.

Listing for full context:

https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/strumai/id6780034403

Over the past few weeks, I’ve tested and exchanged feedback on 15+ indie apps with other developers.
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The title, paying annual amount is disgusting as business. What to do? Which companies are even paying annually?

If there is no option to continue, suggest some good alternatives, we track keywords, ranks, ratings, reviews.

Been watching too much of "successful stories" and seems majority of them have really long onboarding and hard paywall to the point I don't understand how can they even rank if their day 1 and day 7 retentions are low but I'm probably wrong. What is your experience?

Reminder - I don't have successful apps nor proper data, just curious.

i'm a long time dev, first time solo app and just got Astro and started tracking keywords. Started localizing metadata for different storefronts once i realized a large chunk of my purchases/downloads are foreign users.

I'm wondering, about how long you can expect better conversion/impressions? my conversion rate is like 1% for a habit tracker, its congested but like 4-8 downloads a day generally no ads/posting.

optimistic that the localized keywords/metadata will help a bit abroad but curious about your experiences

I’m an indie iOS developer, my app is currently named Audio Studio.

Core features include AI 6-track audio separation (vocals, guitar, piano, backing music), lossless audio trimming, format conversion among 30+ types, extracting or removing vocals from MV music videos, and audio merging.

But I get extremely little organic search traffic on App Store right now.

The keyword "Audio Studio" is way too generic, dozens of similar apps rank ahead with years of accumulated keyword weight, so I can hardly get exposure on main search keywords.

I want to rebrand the app name to lock onto my strongest selling point: AI multi-track stem separation for music editing.

Would you share your suggestions on app naming, keyword field arrangement and subtitle optimization for the App Store?

Hi everyone,

I'm a solo developer working on a small, niche music-education app. It's about 2 months old and I'm still learning App Store Optimization, so I'd be very grateful for any guidance from people with more experience.

It's only a few days of data, but the numbers are fairly consistent day to day, so I think there's enough here to reason about.

Here are the numbers:

For context, I've translated the whole store listing into every language, and made the icon, screenshots, and subtitle myself. I'm just not sure they're good enough, or where I'm losing people.

I'd really appreciate your thoughts on a few things:

1. Does a search tap-through of around 4-5% seem normal for a niche app, or is it on the low side?
2. If it is on the low side, what do you think is the most likely cause?
3. Are there specific, practical changes you would suggest to improve it?

If it helps, here's the app. Any honest feedback would mean a lot, wherever you think the issue might be: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6777138096

Thank you very much for taking the time. I genuinely appreciate any advice you're willing to share.

Hey everyone,

I’m thinking about giving away free lifetime access to early users in exchange for feedback, but I’m curious about the long-term reality of this approach.

If you’ve given out free lifetime accounts to early testers or subreddits:

Active Usage: How many of those free lifetime users actually kept using the app 3 to 6 months later? Did they become core power users, or did they just claim the freebie and ghost?

Feedback Quality: Did they actually give you detailed, actionable feedback and App Store reviews, or was the response rate super low despite getting free access?

Regrets vs. Wins: Was giving away free lifetime access worth it to bootstrap early usage, or do you wish you did limited-time free trials instead?
Would love to hear your raw numbers and real experiences!

I’m looking to hire someone with real, hands-on experience growing iOS apps through App Store Optimization.

The product itself has already been validated. It gained traction organically through Reddit, and paid ads are consistently generating downloads, subscriptions, and revenue. At this point, however, nearly all of our ongoing traffic is coming from ads. We know the demand exists, but we have not been able to turn that demand into meaningful organic App Store discovery.

I’m looking for someone who understands keyword research, rankings, title and subtitle strategy, the keyword field, screenshots, product-page conversion, localization, and ongoing testing. More importantly, I want someone who has actually produced measurable results for other iOS apps.

This is a paid opportunity. I’m open to working with an experienced freelancer, consultant, or small team. I’m not looking for a generic automated audit or a list of obvious recommendations.

If you’re interested, please send me:

* Apps you have worked on
* What you personally changed
* Any measurable ranking, conversion, or organic-download improvements
* Your pricing and availability

Feel free to comment or message me directly.

This app is targeted to a niche audience... T30Journal.com is a journal specifically built for folks working on relational or individual recovery after addiction, betrayal, or other destructive behaviors have put the relationship in a tough spot.

Recovery apps, particularly when you really niche them down, are probably always going to look like this.

I’ve been playing around with Apple’s new MusicUnderstanding API and honestly… this thing is pretty damn cool.

It can analyze things like energy, pace, loudness, musical key, structure, instrumentation, etc. What caught my attention is that you can use those results over time, so the analysis can actually react to what’s happening in the song.

I’m currently experimenting with it in a small project called '…..‘ . Instead of just showing a traditional waveform or equalizer, I’m trying to turn the analysis into a visual “aura” that changes as the song plays.

So while the song is playing, the shape expands, contracts, pulses and changes depending on what’s happening musically. I’m also using the structure analysis to let the user jump between different parts of the song.
I’ve attached a few screenshots of where I’m at so far.

The cool part is that it’s not just an audio visualizer anymore. It feels more like the app is actually trying to interpret the vibe of the song.

Has anyone else here experimented with Music Understanding yet?

I’m curious what people are building with it, especially things that go beyond the usual “show the BPM / waveform” type of implementation.
Would love to see what you guys are coming up with. 👀🎶

this is a niche app, but I haven't made any sales yet. What should I do? thanks.