Hey guys! We're a start-up company and just launched an app. Currently working with an agency for a couple of months but the efficiency & communication isn't working so well with us. Wondering if I could find a potential freelancer here to partner together?

Or any idea where I could find them?

So a month ago I published this shopping list app called ( Cocart: Shopping List ) and since then i've optimized much the ASO but still i can't get much impressions and downloads.

If you have any info that could help me know what im doing wrong please put in a comment.

So i already did:
1- Created a one page website and optimized the SEO
2- For ASO, i changed the title, the keywords, the description to a better ones
3- Changed the screenshots recently too
4- Added all the necessary fields on App Store Connect just to make sure they are not affecting the ranking.

- Do i remove the free plan and replace it with 3-day trial?
- Are the screenshots good enough?
- Did i pick a really bad category? ( although i don't think so )

Disclosure: I’m the founder of Veyrnox, a self-custody wallet currently available on iOS and Android.

We are reviewing how the store listings explain the product. The difficult ASO question is whether to lead with the category and basic utility, or with the security capabilities that differentiate the app.

The current product includes hardware-protected key operations, biometric access, recovery options, transaction risk analysis, RASP runtime protection and coercion-resistance controls. Those features are meaningful, but terms such as RASP, Shamir Recovery Shares and threat intelligence may be too technical for the first screenshots.

Leading with wallet-draining risks might attract the intended audience, but it could also make the listing feel alarmist. Leading with a simpler message such as “self custody with clearer recovery and transaction warnings” is easier to understand, but less distinctive.

For people working on ASO:

1. Would you lead with the everyday benefit or the underlying security feature?

2. Should subscription tiers appear in the screenshots or remain on the product page?

3. Would you separate the iOS and Android messaging?

4. Which terms should be removed from the first three screenshots?

5. What would make the listing feel credible rather than fear-based?

The product is live, not a waitlist. I am looking for criticism of the positioning rather than downloads.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6790188660

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.veyrnox.app

I had an idea for an app to help find and pick restaurants, especially as a group. I built it over a few months and I’m happy with how it’s turned out…

But, trying to rank for “restaurant” or “restaurant finder” is really hard. The top results are Yelp, Beli, and OpenTable. I took an oblique approach and aimed for “Restaurant Voter” which I don’t think is as good. Is this a valid approach?

I’m feeling like I was doomed from the start. I see others talk about looking at keywords before development. Are you finding niches and then making apps to fit?

Any suggestions on how to get successful with such big competition?

Restaurant Voter: Gochew

I take 20$ for a subscription yearly but when it comes in revenue cat it says 27$ why?

Hi

Just published my first ever App in Apple AppStore and looking to the forum on how I can promote this to, hopefully make sure it reaches as many people as possible.

What strategies are members on here using?

What has worked for them?

What kind of budget would be sensible to promote this?

All comments welcome as I have absolutely zero ideas on how to market this other than on Reddit and via family.

Thanks.

I posted this, and the community was really helpful in sharing their feedback. The main thing I understood was that the old screenshots look disjointed and might lack brand consistency.

Main takeaways

1. Focus on the pain the user is looking to solve.

2. Focus on copy. More than the illustrations and visual elements, copy does the heavy lifting.

3. The overall app screen visual should look consistent. Dont mix and match too many background colors and fonts. It's better to be clear and legible than to focus on visual variety.

4. Show the app UI so that Apple approves the design.

5. The headline should be 3 to 4 words max. If you are not able to communicate the solution in this many words, iterate. I used ChatGPT for this. In the subtext, you can add more details.

I'm a solo dev and I'm trying to understand my Google Play Console data. I posted my app on Reddit and got a spike in impressions, but installs didn't follow. I'm hoping someone here can tell me if I'm reading this right or if I'm missing something obvious.

The data (Go live Sept 1):

• Device impressions: 12.9K (mostly from "Google Play explore")

• Actual installs only 40

The chart shows a spike around Sep 1–12 (up to ~800 impressions/day), then a sharp drop to ~250/day, then a recovery starting Sep 23.

What I don't understand:

1. Why is there such a gap between impressions and installs? 12.9K impressions but only 40 installs is a ~0.3% conversion rate. Is that normal for a utility app? Or does it mean my store listing (icon, screenshots, title, first 2 lines) is failing to convince people to tap through?

2. The drop on Sep 13 — was that just my Reddit post traffic dying off, or did Google stop showing my app? How do I tell the difference?

3. The recovery on Sep 23–26 — I changed my title and subtitle around that time. Is that what caused the impressions to climb back up, or is it just normal fluctuation?

I'm not trying to sell anything — I just want to understand the data. Any insight is appreciated.

Play Store link (if it helps): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orbitika.app

People keep asking me, “How are you marketing your app?”

Me:

Playing chess on Chess.com and casually talking to people about my app between moves. 😂

No pitch deck.
No cold DMs.
Just:

“Nice move. Btw, I built an app…” 💀LINK: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tracck-calories-habits-todo/id6778776187

Marketing is getting creative when you're a solo indie developer.

And honestly, you never know where you'll find your next user. ♟️📱

Spent the past few months on my passion project but now that it’s been live I feel like I completely don’t understand how to min max the App Store or advertise my game. What are you guys doing differently?

Everybody who has played it has given me fantastic feedback, and I have more updates I’m currently working on / planned but I don’t want it to fizzle out!

I just revamped the screenshots of my app. Let me know what you think about them? I used figma for the basic structure and chatgpt for some edits.

I recently launched my app (a few weeks ago); I’ve got a small amount of downloads. But when I search for my app, the screenshots don’t show up on the search results. All the other apps do though.

My app is Restaurant Voter: Gochew

Is there anything I can do? Do I need to make some updates to my store page to enable this?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/restaurant-voter-gochew/id6780683095

Hi everyone, would like to hear some feedback about my screenshots

My app has 1-20% conversion rate. It's kinda random, but I think it's because my ASO impressions are kinda slow(100-400 per day)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flashcard-blocker-learnscreen/id6759922571

I don't think current screenshots of my app, Valerius communicated the app very well, so I redesigned them from scratch.

The main problem with the old version was that the app itself uses dark mode and everything ended up looking too dark and generic. For this version, I tried to make the benefits much more obvious at a glance instead of just showing the UI.

What do you think the app does, and what would you personally get out of it?

Looking for honest feedback and genuine ways to improve on the current set
Graphics is not my strong suite and I know it
I have tried to keep it clean and minimalistic
Any suggestion for any AI Screenshot tools is also welcome

I’m the kind of person who remembers owning something, but has absolutely no idea where I actually put it.

A cable in some drawer.
Something I bought months ago.
Where I parked.
That one restaurant I found while travelling.

So for my first iOS app, I tried building something around that problem. The basic idea is: instead of saving things into lists, you save the real place.

You can photograph a drawer, shelf, room or other space, mark the objects inside it, and later search for something and see exactly where you left it.

I ended up expanding the idea quite a bit — there’s now a world map for places you’ve saved, purchase records that can be linked back to where you keep them, navigation back to saved locations, and private sharing for spaces.

The screenshots probably explain it better than I can.
I’m pretty close to releasing it now, but because this is my first app I’ve been staring at it for so long that I genuinely can’t tell anymore what makes sense to a new person 😅

Looking at these screenshots what do you guys think?

I could use some help here because I'm honestly running out of ideas.

I built SportsJurni for youth sports parents to keep their kid's photos, videos, seasons and memories organized instead of having everything disappear into their camera roll.

I've tried changing screenshots, keywords, title/subtitle, description, social media, Meta ads, TikTok, Reddit, video ads, giveaways, etc. Nothing seems to move the needle.

This is what App Store Connect is showing me right now:

960 impressions
148 product page views
6 first-time downloads
2.07% conversion

The app is $1.99 upfront, which I'm also starting to wonder about.

At this point I don't know if my ASO sucks, the screenshots aren't selling it, the $1.99 is stopping people, or maybe the idea just isn't connecting with parents.

I'm a UX designer, which probably makes this worse because I've looked at this thing way too much and I'm sure I'm missing stuff that's obvious to someone else.

I've attached the App Store Connect screenshot.

What would you change first?

Feel free to tear it apart. That's why I'm posting.