The Surprising Truth About Weekly vs. Yearly Subscription Paywalls The Part-time Solopreneur Hey there, I recently ran an eye-opening A/B test on one of my apps that changed everything I thought about subscription pricing. The Experiment For a month, I tested two different paywalls: Control: Yearly subscription only Test: Weekly subscription with free trial (yearly option available but secondary) The Results That Shocked Me At first glance, the weekly option looked like a massive win: MRR...
2 months ago • 1 min read
How Social Content Impacts App Downloads The Part-time Solopreneur Hey everyone! I’ve been consistently posting across different platforms about my dev journey and app progress. I finally took some time to analyze what’s actually working based on the last week of data. Here’s the real story behind the numbers: The Raw Numbers (Last 30 Days) App Downloads: +19% In-App Purchases: +30% Revenue: +21% Not too bad! But what’s actually driving these numbers? Posts vs. Reels: The last 7 days Looking...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader Last week, I was in Bucharest — mostly in vacation mode.But I did some light work as well: ✅ Spent a couple of focused hours working on my app✅ Posted content about it every day And guess what? My downloads and trials started growing again.No grind, no hustle — just consistency. Then I went home.Client work, real life, distractions.Back to zero progress. That’s why I’m launching something I’m calling: 👉 The 7 Hard Indie Dev ChallengeLike 75 Hard but for App makers. Just 7 days to...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hi! I will keep this short, I have just two things to share. First: Indie App Accelerator Cohort 2 will open for new member enrolments next week. The waitlist will have a chance to jump in earlier and get a discounted price and 1:1 coaching and strategy session with me at the end of the cohort. You can join the waitlist here if you haven't already. Waitlist bonuses will be available for 24 hours only. Second: Onboarding in your Apps should highlight benefits and sell. If you need onboarding...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Happy New Year 🥳 The Part-time Solopreneur I don't have specific goals for 2025. You know, like - earn $100'000 What if I will get to $90'000 "only" Am I looser now? Probably not ... $75'000 ... what now? You see? That doesn't make sense to set goals like that. Instead, I will track my income and social following + retention and will focus on actions to keep them growing. Instead of goals: Get to $10K/month from indie apps I have a goal or habit to work daily for a 1h+ on my indie apps. 100K...
7 months ago • 1 min read
100-Day Marketing Challenge The Part-time Solopreneur Almost every business can increase sales by getting more eyes on the product by increasing traffic to the landing page. Most independent developers don't have the budget and skills to use paid ads. So, the solution is content marketing. How to start? Pick one social platform where your audience hangs out online.Do not ignore your skill set. If you are good at writing: LinkedIn, X, or Reddit will be a better choice than TikTok, Instagram,...
8 months ago • 2 min read
The Fastest way to $10,000/month The Part-time Solopreneur Almost every indie developer's dream is to get to $10K/MRR I'm not different, but I found that with a bit of cheating, you can get there in no time. $10K in a month is hard, but you can get there faster with a bit of cheating. My shortcut to $10K is a combo of: Revenue from the AppStore Getting to the first $1K from the AppStore is the hardest milestone, then 2,5K and even $5K is easier. Because you already understand what are you...
9 months ago • 1 min read
Indie App Developer’s Business Plan The Part-time Solopreneur My business plan is very simple: I want to do what I want, when I want and with whom I want and to do as little as possible things that I don’t like. Now I’m switching my focus from freelancing to an indie app business and eventually, I would like to go full-time as an indie developer. 2025 maybe 🤞 But here's a question for you: What's your long time plan for indie apps? Are you planning to keep this just like a side gig or would...
10 months ago • 1 min read
Getting ready for M4 MacBook Pro The Part-time Solopreneur My work tool of choice is a 16" M1 Pro with 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD I would upgrade to 32 GB when ordered it, but I already was waiting 89 days to get this M1 Pro in standard configuration. I see low system memory warnings periodically so I would like to have more RAM and more processing power would help with video editing and live streams. I almost upgraded to M3 Max and definitely should get M4 Max when that comes out. I expect that...
10 months ago • 1 min read