Indie App Mastery: From Side Project to Full-Time Freedom

Today's guest shares his journey from side hustle to full-time freedom and how he's been able to generate over 5M downloads for his app. You will discover: - Why indie devs should NOT be afraid to ask for money! - His journey to profitability (from up-front paid app to fully subscription-based) - The monetization strategies that helped him 2X his conversions - Getting past the fear of asking for what you deserve John McEvoy started his career in the design world until 2012 when he needed to scratch his own itch: building an app to tell him when the next bus was due in his home city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Since then he's built Momego to cover 160 cities and three pivots: from up-front paid, to ad-supported and now fully subscription-based. Learn more: https://travelwhiz.app/ https://apps.apple.com/app/momego-bus-train-times/id1281251210 App Audits: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blood-pressure-tracker-pro/id1660777218 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bike-exchange-sprocket/id899907986 You can also watch the video: https://youtube.com/live/McaiQNkcB-U Work with us to grow your apps faster & cheaper: ⁠http://www.appmasters.com/⁠ SPONSORS The world's best subscription apps use RevenueCat to power in-app purchases, manage customer data, and grow revenue on iOS, Android, and the web. With ⁠RevenueCat⁠, I can easily see the most important metrics - install to trial, trial to paid, and LTV. And now they have a new paywall feature that’s going to make it easy for you to build high-converting paywalls and A/B test without needing a new build. Learn more at ⁠Revenue Cat dot com⁠ ⁠NOTIX⁠ is an audience re-engagement service based on web and in-app push notifications that work for both desktop and mobile devices. With Notix, website/app owners and marketers can share their content and interact with their audiences in a highly engaging channel, while having the opportunity to monetize both mobile and web subscribers. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ⁠ASO Masters⁠. *************** Follow us: YouTube: ⁠AppMasters.com/YouTube⁠ Instagram: ⁠@stevepyoung⁠ Twitter: ⁠@stevepyoung⁠ TikTok: ⁠@stevepyoung⁠ Facebook: ⁠App Masters⁠ *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/app-marketing-podcast/message