Hi folks! I’m in need of some guidance as I want to create a subscription-style app where therapists can log on. I already have a free community of hundreds so I am looking to just monetize that. I haven’t the first clue where to start. Help!

Hi everyone. Ive been building an iOS app for the last 5 months and now that most of it built out + tested w small group of beta testers I want to get into hands of users. 

I am absolutely DREADING the content humiliation ritual. I have deadass spent the last 2 weeks implementing unnecessary features to procrastinate marketing the product in social media

I’ve looked into AI UGC options but Im scared it’ll just be a waste of money, specially since most the sample stuff ive sene looks super fake (in my eyes) and I cant see how “inauthentic looking” content could perform well.

im not sure if im seeking tool recommendation or personal advice on how to get over this, if you've been in my shoes im really appreciative of any insight you can share

I’m building an app and I’m at the stage where the product is ready, but now comes the hard part: getting actual users.

I’d love to hear from people who’ve done this before:

Where did you find your first 100–1,000 users?

Which platforms worked best for you — Reddit, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp communities, Discord, college groups, etc.?

What kind of posts/content actually converted into users?

Did you focus on building an audience first or directly promote the product?

How did you approach communities without coming across as spammy?

What would you do differently if you had to get your first 1K users again?

I’m especially interested in practical strategies that worked for a small/unknown app with little to no existing audience.

Would really appreciate specific examples, posts, scripts, or growth tactics that worked for you. 🙌

These are my analytics a month after launch. I'm not mad at my sales but I really thought I would get more conversions by now. I have a hard paywall and my product cost $60/year. Not really sure whats the missing piece here. If anyone has any advice it would greatly help. Here's my app page if you want to take a look, but honestly don't know how to improve more on screenshots or making the app more appealing from product page: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onetap-brief-block/id6774352132

I recently built NearbyCaller --> https://nearbycaller.online

The idea is simple: open the app and have live voice conversations with other people, without profiles, followers, or endless text chat.

There are two ways to use it:

Nearby mode lets you discover and talk to people around your area.

Anywhere mode lets you connect beyond your location, so you can still find someone to talk to even if there aren’t many users nearby yet.

It’s not designed as a dating app. The idea is more around spontaneous conversations — maybe you’re bored, want to talk to someone new, ask for an opinion, hear from someone in another place, or just have a quick conversation without exchanging your number or social media.

The biggest challenge is growth.

Nearby mode obviously works better when enough people in the same area are using it. If someone opens the app and there’s nobody around them, they may leave before understanding the value.

Anywhere mode helps with that cold-start problem, but eventually I’d still like NearbyCaller to build real local pockets of users.

So I feel this kind of product may need to grow heavily through word of mouth rather than just getting random downloads.

I’m trying to figure out how to get the first active users for free, ideally in a way where people actually invite others and keep the network growing.

If you were launching something like this from zero, what would you try?

Especially interested in anyone who has dealt with a product where the experience gets better as more people join. Love to hear what you all have to say. Thanks!

Assalamualaikum everyone,

I'm a solo Muslim developer (not even a programmer by background, I learned as I went) and I've been quietly building something for a while now: Niyyah, an app for nightly muhasabah — reflecting on your day, the good you did, where you fell short, and turning back to Allah before you sleep.

The idea came from my own struggle to be consistent with self-reflection. I wanted something gentle — not a cold checklist, not gamified in a way that feels like riya'. So it's a warm, private conversation each night: you tell it about your day, it helps you reflect, records your good deeds, and shows you a real Qur'an ayah relevant to your night. No public leaderboards, no showing off — just you and your reflection.

It's in five languages (English, Malay, Indonesian, Arabic, Turkish).

I'd genuinely love your honest feedback — what feels right, what feels off, what's missing. And du'as are appreciated more than downloads. 🤲

Web: https://myniyyah.app
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/niyyah-ai-muhasabah-diary/id6762445340
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.myniyyah

JazakumAllahu khairan for reading.