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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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