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Re: My first app: Habit Streaks

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2 months ago I had only some basic HTML/CSS experience and was tired of only dreaming of shipping some product. I put myself through many long hours of courses with Treehouse and a lot of help from the community over at Stackoverflow and released my first app. I'm very proud of just that, shipping something.

Any feedback would be very appreciated!

Re: My first app: Habit Streaks

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post #2

2 months ago I had only some basic HTML/CSS experience and was tired of only dreaming of shipping some product. I put myself through many long hours of courses with Treehouse and a lot of help from the community over at Stackoverflow and released my first app. I'm very proud of just that, shipping something. Any feedback would be very appreciated!

How do I get this from the UK? I've been looking for an app just like it and this looks really nice. Is it only on the US app store at the moment? (is that a thing?)

Edit: found it but doesn't seem to be on the iPad app store even though it says its compatible. Any plans for an iPad release?

Re: My first app: Habit Streaks

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post #2

2 months ago I had only some basic HTML/CSS experience and was tired of only dreaming of shipping some product. I put myself through many long hours of courses with Treehouse and a lot of help from the community over at Stackoverflow and released my first app. I'm very proud of just that, shipping something. Any feedback would be very appreciated!

How do I get this from the UK? I've been looking for an app just like it and this looks really nice. Is it only on the US app store at the moment? (is that a thing?) Edit: found it but doesn't seem to be on the iPad app store even though it says its compatible. Any plans for an iPad release?

Glad you found it. As of now, I'm just trying to perfect it on the iPhone. No plans on iPad sorry.

Re: My first app: Habit Streaks

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post #2

2 months ago I had only some basic HTML/CSS experience and was tired of only dreaming of shipping some product. I put myself through many long hours of courses with Treehouse and a lot of help from the community over at Stackoverflow and released my first app. I'm very proud of just that, shipping something. Any feedback would be very appreciated!

How do I get this from the UK? I've been looking for an app just like it and this looks really nice. Is it only on the US app store at the moment? (is that a thing?) Edit: found it but doesn't seem to be on the iPad app store even though it says its compatible. Any plans for an iPad release?

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Re: My first app: Habit Streaks

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post #2

2 months ago I had only some basic HTML/CSS experience and was tired of only dreaming of shipping some product. I put myself through many long hours of courses with Treehouse and a lot of help from the community over at Stackoverflow and released my first app. I'm very proud of just that, shipping something. Any feedback would be very appreciated!

Congrats on the ship!

But...why is it paid? If you're trying to develop a reputation for yourself, as well as get that early user feedback, I think you're making your job harder.

Yes it's only 99 cents, but there's a tremendous amount of hesitancy to buy an app when there's such a strong expectation of getting for free.

Being a first time app developer, developing an app in a crowded market place, only compounds that.

Re: My first app: Habit Streaks

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2 months ago I had only some basic HTML/CSS experience and was tired of only dreaming of shipping some product. I put myself through many long hours of courses with Treehouse and a lot of help from the community over at Stackoverflow and released my first app. I'm very proud of just that, shipping something. Any feedback would be very appreciated!

Congrats on the ship! But...why is it paid? If you're trying to develop a reputation for yourself, as well as get that early user feedback, I think you're making your job harder. Yes it's only 99 cents, but there's a tremendous amount of hesitancy to buy an app when there's such a strong expectation of getting for free. Being a first time app developer, developing an app in a crowded market place, only compounds that…

You're completely right. I made 99 cents though to validate first if people would actually buy based on icon/keywords/screenshots. I submitted an update yesterday to make it free though, seeing how little reviews I am getting.

Re: My first app: Habit Streaks

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2 months ago I had only some basic HTML/CSS experience and was tired of only dreaming of shipping some product. I put myself through many long hours of courses with Treehouse and a lot of help from the community over at Stackoverflow and released my first app. I'm very proud of just that, shipping something. Any feedback would be very appreciated!

Congrats on the ship! But...why is it paid? If you're trying to develop a reputation for yourself, as well as get that early user feedback, I think you're making your job harder. Yes it's only 99 cents, but there's a tremendous amount of hesitancy to buy an app when there's such a strong expectation of getting for free. Being a first time app developer, developing an app in a crowded market place, only compounds that…

>>But...why is it paid?

Because he wants to be rewarded in a small way for his efforts? Geez it's 99 cents - 30% Apple cut.

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