For solo app makers, getting users is now the hard part
Tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, and Lovable have made it much easier to build apps than it was a few years ago. As a result, many apps are now launched every day, but many of them attract no real users.
was always difficult, but the problem stands out more now because building the product is less of a barrier. experience from building about 10 apps showed that a few worked, while most had to be shut down.
Sales experience made somewhat easier. The offer is to work with s who already have a running app and help bring it to market, with no payment requested before the first 100 users are acquired.
Key points
- have lowered the effort needed to build apps.
- Many newly shipped apps still fail to get real users.
- and are becoming the main challenge for s.
- The experience covers about 10 apps, with only a few working out.
- The proposed collaboration asks for no payment until 100 users are acquired.