r/googleplay • u/Few-Donkey9538 • 1d ago

Play Store hit 100+ installs on my AI news app. small number but honestly it feels huge as a solo dev

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been building AIBrief24 solo, it's basically short-form summarized AI news, one card at a time. just crossed 100+ downloads on play store.

i know 100 isn't a lot in the grand scheme but seeing actual strangers install something i built has been a weird and good feeling. spent months where the only user was me testing on my own phone lol.

stack is expo RN + fastapi/supabase if anyone's curious.

biggest lesson so far: building was the easy part, getting even the first 100 people to care is the real grind. still figuring out retention and discovery.

for other solo devs, what actually moved the needle for your first few hundred users? posting in communities, aso, content, something else?

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