1. Episode #116
  2. Feb 25, 2022
  3. 54m
  4. 55m

Indie Dev #5 - Knowing Your Market with David Barnard

Indie Dev #5 - Knowing Your Market with David Barnard

In this last Indie Dev episode of 2022, Leo is joined by David Barnard, developer advocate at RevenueCat, podcast host of SubClubHQ, and founder of Contrast about his experience with different app markets and the future of the App Store.
  1. 54m podcast at transistor.fm
  2. 55m video at youtube.com

Guest

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/LaCj_Oaw1uo

Related Episodes

Related Links

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

  • For edge cases you don’t even know you have
  • Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
  • Saves you time on future maintenance 
  • As well as new features released by the app stores
  • Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Sentry
From error tracking to performance monitoring, developers can see what actually matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously about their applications - from the frontend to the backend.

  • Source code, error filters, stack locals — Sentry enhances application performance monitoring with stack traces.
  • Quickly identify performance issues before they become downtime. 
  • Breadcrumbs make application development a little easier by showing you the trails of events that lead to the error(s).
  • Real-time application monitoring means data, in real-time. 
  • Dashboards add a visual element to our application monitoring.

Over 1M developers and 80K organizations already ship better software faster with Sentry application monitoring.
Check out their great iOS dev docs at:
https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/guides/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast
Sign up today for free at:
http://sentry.io/for/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast


AppFigures
The tools you need to monitor, optimize, and get more downloads.

There's a lot of demand for apps right now, so it's a really great time to give it a try. It's easier than you think.
The guys who run it are indie devs who had a need and created a tool. 11 years later, it's an all-in-one platform for developers who want to get more downloads and make more money with their apps.

The folks at Appfigures have easy step-by-step guides and intuitive tools to do that, which many indie developers are using to get more downloads:
https://appfigures.com/resources/aso

Also check out our episode with CEO Ariel Michaeli:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/15b7ff63

Try Appfigures for free, and if you like it use the special link to get 30% off for the next 3 months:
https://appfigures.com/account/upgrade?p=empower3030

Show Notes

  • Does not being a developer help?
  • How to check if there's market for your idea?
  • What markets attract “scammy” apps?
  • The Future of App Store
  • Building a Better App Store
  • Biggest Mistake Indies Do

Social Media

Email
leo@brightdigit.com
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit

Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit

Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★