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Ask HN: How to retain users for a one-time use app?

7 pointsby faceshapeappover 5 years ago
Hello everyone,<p>I recently launched a side project I&#x27;ve been working on, while it gets between 500-1000 users per week who actually do use it, it struggles with retention which makes sense since there&#x27;s only one feature which gives a result back and you have no more use for the app. I get anywhere between 2-7% of users come back the next day and it quickly drops on days 2+.<p>I&#x27;m trying to figure out how to proceed building it. I&#x27;ve asked users for feedback on what they would like to see, but I didn&#x27;t get any strong response. So I was wondering if anyone has examples of these kinds of apps which were able to grow and retain users and what they did to achieve the growth ?<p>Thanks.

3 comments

Blakestrover 5 years ago
What does the app do? Your name would imply that it measures some aspect of their face, I&#x27;m assuming for something either cosmetic or just diagnostic, telling them what &quot;face archetype&quot; they have...
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interactivecodeover 5 years ago
build services&#x2F;features around your core feature like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.speedtest.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.speedtest.net&#x2F;</a><p>you could also use the same technology skills here and move the same features to another domain
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Nextgridover 5 years ago
Charge more for it so you can be profitable despite users only needing your app once?
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