That's a cool app. But just having a cool app and posting to social media doesn't work 99% of the time in my experience.<p>For instance, I made a free open-source iPad calculator app with no permissions, no ads, no in app purchases, nothing. If you search "calculator" on app store, you get garbage calculators w/ popups or big ad banners, and limited functionality. So surely this one would do well. So I did the social media thing.<p>Not only did I get very few downloads, but I usually can't even find my app on the app store if I search "calculator". I get apps that aren't even related before I see mine! Although I did get ~1k downloads a few weeks ago, because I think someone influential blasted it.<p>Anyway, app store is a shit show for discovery, but I guess sometimes you get lucky.<p>Here are my PAGE VIEWS for the first week or so:<p>Date Product Page Views<p>6/27/18 1<p>6/28/18 7<p>6/29/18 4<p>6/30/18 4<p>7/1/18 9<p>7/2/18 7<p>7/3/18 3<p>7/4/18 6<p>7/5/18 2<p>7/6/18 6<p>7/7/18 2<p>7/8/18 3<p>7/9/18 0<p>[0] <a href="https://github.com/breeko/opencalc" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/breeko/opencalc</a><p>[1] <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/opencalc/id1403173317" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/opencalc/id1403173317</a>
Is 22,000 downloads, a million actions on the site and 15 dollars in donations a success?<p>It feels like it is missing the part where he sold 2,000 memberships or made 2,000 in ad revenue.<p>I guess if three angel investors are calling there might be a path.<p>Building traffic is hard but only half of it.
had a similar experience here on HN :D my one and only post about a poor list of apps to copy did blew up and i gained 23k visits in one day
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27007767" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27007767</a>
not sure it was so popular, maybe because it was very raw and hackisch but still interesting.