
App Revenue Growth Podcast with Michael Stysin
Ep. 12. Indie app development: Spotify engineer's experience
Feb 28, 2023
25:27
Bruno Rocha is an iOS developer at Spotify. Bruno also develops the Burnout Buddy app as an indie developer. The app aims to prevent smartphone addiction.
- Check the app here https://burnoutbuddy.io/
- Follow Bruno Twitter https://twitter.com/rockbruno_
- and check out his blog https://swiftrocks.com/
01:20 coming up with the idea for Burnout Buddy app
3:50 iOS 16 API enabling control over the iPhone from an app
6:00 indie app monetization thoughts
08:11 why subscriptions are more fair monetization strategy for both sides - developers and users
11:27 advice to indie developers
16:00 how app size and startup time is linked to user retention
20:00 tracking app crashes and thoughts on using 3rd party SDKs
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