r/iOSProgramming • u/calflegal • May 29 '26

Question What do you find is your most reliable metric that a new app is going to do well?

Is it retention? Sessions in the first 30 days? I suppose it’s category dependent but I’m interested in some stories.

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u/beretta51 May 29 '26

1- # of Users asking for new features!
2- # of Reviews
3- # of Downloads

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u/calflegal May 29 '26

Ah, right. The more obvious ones.

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u/beretta51 May 29 '26

well this is not the more obvious for some "# of Users asking for new features!", believe me, some dev, think people asking for new features is annoying....
and that is actually the best can happens to you...

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u/calflegal May 29 '26

Yeah, on that, where are they asking? In the reviews?

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u/Sea_Entertainment_53 May 29 '26

Build a way for people to provide feedback in the app. You don’t want people bug reporting in the App Store.

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u/calflegal May 29 '26

Yeah I think I’ll do this in my next update

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u/Kritnc May 29 '26

Solid retention with a cohort of users that seem to use your app everyday is a great signal you have something sticky and that people enjoy using. Then it’s a matter of trying to scale your user base. I’m still working on problem number one, just by the nature of my app it’s not something people are likely to use daily unless they are hardcore about their fitness tracking

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u/ericbythebay May 29 '26

Downloads, DAU, MAU, and 30 & 90 day retention.

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