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On the podcast, I talk with Adam Lyttle about his journey from web development to indie app success, the lessons learned from failure, and how creating apps with passion and a focus on viral trends can lead to unexpected growth. We also dive into the challenges of monetizing apps, transitioning to native development, and balancing creative projects with business goals. Top Takeaways: 💡 Overcoming burnout through reinvention After facing a tough personal and business setback, Adam stepped away f...
On the podcast, I sit down with Pol and Hidde to discuss the frustrations developers face with App Store Connect, how they turned their own pain points into Helm, and why automating app launches and translations has become a game-changer for indie developers. Top Takeaways: 💡 Build for the pain, not the platform Helm wasn’t born out of a market analysis — it came from frustration with App Store Connect. By starting with their own workflow pain points, they built something instantly useful to th...
On the podcast, I talk with Sebastian about the power of building in public, how persistence pays off when growth is slow, and why focusing on user needs and iterative improvement can lead to unexpected success in indie app development. Top Takeaways: 💡 Building in public isn’t a marketing trick — it’s a momentum engine Sebastian didn’t have a marketing budget when he launched his first apps. Instead, he built in public, sharing screenshots, updates, and revenue transparently on X (Twitter). Th...
On the podcast, I talk with Sandeep about how a frustrated student’s struggle inspired him to create NaadSadhana, a revolutionary AI-driven app that helps singers perfect their pitch in real time. We dive into how his journey—from Microsoft and Google engineer to Apple Design Award-winning musician—shows what happens when art and technology truly harmonize. Top Takeaways: 🎵 Build for Passion, Not Just Profit Sandeep didn’t set out to build a business—he built NaadSadhana to help one struggling ...
On the podcast, I talk with Jordan about the power of seasonal business cycles, why refining your ad strategy can unlock growth, and how passion-driven apps can still find market fit without a huge marketing budget. Top Takeaways: 🎯 Understand Your Seasonal Business Cycles Jordan's app, Elite Hoops, thrives during basketball season, with the bulk of revenue generated from October to March. Recognizing and aligning your business to seasonal trends is key to maximizing growth during peak times. �...
On the podcast I talk with Taiwo about building games that are meant to be deleted, finding success by leaning into low retention instead of fighting it, and how a single unconventional idea led to Apple featuring his work and changing his career. Top Takeaways 🎨 Creativity Can Beat the Odds The games industry is so well-established that at first glance it may seem almost useless to try to enter the market as an indie developer, but all it can take is a truly original idea to pry open the gates...
Aja Beckett, founder of Shotzi, shares her unique journey from film and animation to developing a GLP-1 tracking app. She discusses the challenges of her previous startups, the critical lessons learned about building sustainable business models, and the importance of authentic community connection. Aja explains how her personal health journey and the lack of support for GLP-1 users inspired Shotzi, leading to organic growth and strategic fundraising to maintain its mission-driven, user-first approach.
This episode features Ryan Jones, founder of Flighty, detailing the app's unique growth philosophy. He explains how building delightful, shareable features like the digital "Passport" and leveraging App Store Optimization proved more effective than conventional ad campaigns. The conversation also covers the impact of Apple's new features like Live Activities on their user base and teases future product innovations designed to keep Flighty ahead in the market.
Klemens Strasser joins the show to talk about his indie iOS game development career, winning an Apple Design Award, and how he built and launched his latest game The Art of Fauna. Video Version Watch the video version on YouTube Links & Show Notes Klemens on Bluesky Klemens on Mastodon Klemens on Twitter Klemens website The Art of Fauna Flexibits Ryan McLeod Vidit Bhargava Patterned Alba ARCtic Conference AppleVis Riveo Josh Mobley Music Leo Mehlig Jordi Bruin Hidde van der Ploeg Andy Allen ...
Riley Testut joins the show to talk about his history in iOS emulators and the wild story behind the creation of AltStore, one of the first alternative app stores for iOS. Video Version Watch the video version on YouTube Links & Show Notes Riley on Mastodon Riley on Bluesky Riley on Twitter AltStore Delta Riley's personal website Shoot Around GBA4iOS Hot Tub announcement on The Verge Tapbots Supper Mario Broth More Launched Youtube Channel Website - launchedfm.com Bluesky - @launchedfm.com M...
For our annual Christmas special, Jordan Morgan joins the show to talk life, indie careers, and an announcement on the future of Launched. Video Version Watch the video version on YouTube Links & Show Notes Swiftjective-C (Jordan's Blog) Jordan on Mastodon Jordan on Twitter A Best-in-Class iOS App Elite Hoops RevenueCat Superwall More Launched Youtube Channel Website - launchedfm.com Bluesky - @launchedfm.com Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social Threads - @LaunchedFM Twitter - @LaunchedFM...
Live in Chicago at Deep Dish Swift 2024, prolific Youtuber Sean Allen joins the show to talk about building his successful iOS development focused Youtube channel and his recent indie app Creator View. Video episode on Youtube Links & Show Notes Sean on Twitter Sean on Mastodon Sean on Youtube Sean's iOS Dev Courses Storyboards vs Code (first iOS video Charlie ever watched) PodcastAI @AetherAurelia Apple's Swift Student Challenge Deep Dish Swift More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Youtube...
Christian Selig & Devin Davies join the show for a special video episode about the launch of Apple Vision Pro and both developer's apps, Juno and Crouton, that released on day one of the brand new App Store. Video episode on Youtube Links & Show Notes Devin Davies Twitter Mastodon Threads Christian Selig Twitter Mastodon Threads Crouton Juno Spatial Noise (Charlie's visionOS app) Wall Street Journal Vision Pro review featuring Crouton Rolli: 360° Video Player Wall Street Bull vs Bear Mor...
For our annual Christmas special, Jordan Morgan joins the show to talk life, indie careers, and an announcement on the future of Launched. Links & Show Notes Jordan on Mastodon Jordan on Twitter Swiftjective-C (Jordan's Blog) A Best-in-Class iOS App Dark Noise RevenueCat 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social Threads - @LaunchedFM Become a sponsor...
Jonathan Ruiz joins the show to talk about building and launching the link saving app Bridges. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Links & Show Notes Jonathan on Mastodon Bridges Relay FM Mark Fransen Swift Playgrounds Hacking with Swift 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social Threads - @LaunchedFM Become a sponsor...
Neil Jhaveri joins the show to talk about building and launching the outstanding Mac email client Mimestream. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! Links & Show Notes Neil on Mastodon Mimestream Michael Simmons Flexibits Cabel Sasser Panic Fastmail 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social Threads - @LaunchedFM Become a sponsor...
Ariel Michaeli, co-founder and CEO of AppFigures, joins the show to talk about his career and building and launching the popular mobile app intelligence and ASO service. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! Links & Show Notes Ariel on Twitter AppFigures Neil Patel Steve P. Young CB Insights 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social Thre...
Lisa Figas & Daniel Jilg join the show to talk about launching and building the privacy focused analytics service TelemetryDeck. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors Timing - Get 10% off your first bill using this link Links & Show Notes TelemetryDeck Lisa on Twitter Lisa on LinkedIn Daniel on Twitter Daniel on Mastodon Trent Reznor Meredith Whittaker Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Websi...
Roddy Munro joins the show to talk about his career and launching the AI powered bucket list app Söka. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors Kolibri for SwiftUI Links & Show Notes Roddy on Mastodon Söka Classifier Ceramispace Söka Macstories Article Chris Wu Chris Vasselli Roddy on Substack Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - @Launched@mast...
Rebecca Owen joins the show about launching her new event tracking app Chronicling. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors Happy Scale Links & Show Notes Rebecca on Mastodon Chronicling MATLAB Hacking with Swift Quantified self Data Jar Charty Shawn Hickman (Youtube Channel) Apple Frames Chronicling review on MacStories App: The Human Story (Documentary) Julia Evans Myke Hurley Cabel Sasser Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! 🚀 Rocket Patrons ...
Leo Mehlig joins the show to talk about building and growing his day planner app Structured. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors Kaleidoscope - Coupon code "LAUNCHED" for a 10% discount on the first year. Links & Show Notes Leo on Mastodon Leo on Twitter Structured HelpKit Frederik Riedel one sec (App) Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - ...
Chance Miller joins the show to talk about what it means to be Editor-in-Chief at 9to5Mac. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors Kaleidoscope - Coupon code "LAUNCHED" for a 10% discount on the first year. Links & Show Notes Chance on Twitter Chance on Mastodon Chance on Threads 9to5Mac The Verge's "on background" policy Chance's Vision Pro First Impressions Article Mark Gurman Seth Weintraub MacStories Jason Snell Matt Birchler Relay FM St. Jude Fundraiser Support Launched ⭐️ Become a mem...
Charlie Chapman joins(?) the show to talk about his app Dark Noise with guest host Stephen Hackett. Episode Sponsors Kaleidoscope - Coupon code "LAUNCHED" for a 10% discount on the first year. Links & Show Notes Charlie on Twitter Charlie on Mastodon Dark Noise MacStories story on Dark Noise Apple adds background sounds to iOS Astropad Camo (app) Dark Noise 3 update RevenueCat Sub Club Podcast Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! 🚀 Rocket Patrons...
Chris Vasselli joins the show to talk about his Japanese dictionary study app Nihongo. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors RevenueCat Kaleidoscope - Coupon code "LAUNCHED" for a 10% discount on the first year. Links & Show Notes Chris on Twitter Chris on Mastodon Nihongo Nihongo Lessons Pipe Drop Ouya (console) Hacker News Nihongo Post Product Hunt Media Molecule Box Anki Spaced repetition Via Fairchild Andrew Zheng Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free...
Melissa Cash, co-founder and CEO of Pok Pok, joins the show to discuss the award winning children's app company. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors RevenueCat Links & Show Notes Melissa on Twitter Pok Pok Snowman Ryan Cash Esther Huybreghts Mathijs Demaeght Montessori Holi Glennon Doyl Untammed (book) We Can Do Hard Things (podcast) Ryan Breslow Fundraising (book) Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Lau...
At the first ever Launched Live at Deep Dish Swift in Chicago Charlie interviews Jacob Eiting, co-founder and CEO of RevenueCat. Episode Sponsors RevenueCat Links & Show Notes Jacob on Twitter RevenueCat Y Combinator Josh Tractors Theme Song RevenueCat Theme Song Pokémon Theme Song Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! 🚀 Rocket Patrons Cameron McEfee More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social ...
Hidde van der Ploeg joins the show to talk about creating the watchOS AI assistant app Petey. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors RevenueCat Links & Show Notes Hidde on Mastodon Hidde on Twitter Hidde's Apps Petey - AI Assistant 9to5Mac article about Petey Beta GoSquared Mike Matas Jasper Hauser Jordi Bruin Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show and get ad-free episodes! More Launched Website - launchedfm.com Twitter - @LaunchedFM Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social Be...
Justin Bianco joins the show to talk about creating the popular sheet reader music app forScore. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors RevenueCat Remembering Alex Hay MacStories tribute to Alex Hay American Cancer Society Cancer Research UK Links & Show Notes Justin on Mastodon Justin's Website Mutopia Project IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project) Pedometer++ Under the Radar episode about Pedometer++ 5.0 Marco Arment Apparat Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the s...
Rafael K. Streit joins the show to tell us his story about building and growing the outstanding travel planning app Tripsy. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors RevenueCat Links & Show Notes Rafael's Twitter Rafael on Mastodon Rafael's Website Tripsy Delphi Titanium SDK We Heart It (app) Maple Media Things by Cultured Code Panic Tapbots The Iconfactory Ulysses Reeder Paul Stamatiou (Stammy) 37signals Marco Arment Peter Steinberger Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member to support the show a...
Jordi Bruin joins the show to talk about his large library of iOS and macOS apps and his 2-2-2 approach to building apps quickly. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz Episode Sponsors RevenueCat Links & Show Notes Jordi's Twitter Jordi on Mastodon Jordi's Website Soosee App Navi App Forehead App Vivid App Posture Pal App Gumroad Ben Harraway Ben Harraway onstage at WWDC 2019 Noisy Book Navi nomindated for Apple Design Award Jordi's 2-2-2 Course on Gumroad Sindre Sorhus Hidde van der Ploeg Antoine van der...
