Mobile apps are not a get-rich-quick business. nobody tells you how hard this business is in reality
I’ve been seeing this a lot recently. people launch an app, hit the reality of the market, and then get completely discouraged because it’s nothing like what they expected.
And honestly, i think a lot of this comes from bullshit influencers selling the idea that apps are some easy passive income machine. build an app, publish it, do tiktok and get rich broo. that’s just not how it works, and that is exactly the oposite of this business
mobile app business is just business. there’s no magic in it. you need to figure out distribution, pricing, retention, positioning, branding etc. nobody is coming to hold your hand and no one has a "secret playbook" that you can just follow and buy a lambo by the fall
apps are not a shortcut. they are a slow, hard, and competitive business. i have a portfolio of apps, and it took me years before i started making real money. not one launch. not a few weeks. fck years of failures and iterations.
and honestly, it’s not about “believing in yourself”, thinking like that is very childish. you need to be skeptical and realistic. "believing in yourself" doesn’t fix a bad product, weak distribution, poor monetization, or a market that doesn’t care.
you need to be super honest with yourself. find the holes in your business, biggest problems, fix what you can, adjust fast, accept the risks, and try to have other options too, like a normal day job. and sometimes jsut accept the failure, learn the lesson and switch to the next product.
a lot of people just don’t want to see the issues with their business and lie to themselves, which is sad . the one thing you can never do is blame customers for not finding or using your app. that’s your job. if you think the issue is always somewhere else, it will be very hard for you.