I launched my app almost 2 months ago and yesterday I finally got my first in app purchase. It's not a lot but it gives me hope for the future.

I'm a solo founder/dev and have taken an EV product to launch stage. I'm now preparing to raise, but I need a real team first. I plan to bring in two long-time friends:
A PhD-level engineer
A compliance and risk specialist
No funding yet, so no salaries. Equity is the only currency. I'm in the UK.
My thinking so far: shares with vesting (4 years, 1-year cliff), a shareholders' agreement, IP assigned to the company, and clear roles.

Questions:
What equity ranges have you seen for late co-founders joining a launched product?

How do you value the work I've already done versus what they'll do from here?

How do you keep it fair between friends without it getting awkward later?

What would you put in the contract that you wish you'd included?
Any red flags I'm missing?

Happy to hear from founders who've done this, and from anyone who got burned.

This is just so incredible... another huge milestone reached. I honestly never thought this was possible for me. But I did the thing...

I JUST STARTED!

I put together a working MVP. Just the bare minimum functionality. Bought a domain and put it out there. I posted about it here on Reddit and got in contact with the people who commented and started using it.

Payments have become a bit more frequent but still no viral, exponential growth, which is totally fine. Slow and steady growth is the key.

I followed a simple concept that just came to me naturally:

• put out what you have
• post about it
• listen to feedback in the comments
• implement the feedback and adapt quickly
• start the loop over again

And after some time your product becomes so good that it no longer sounds absurd to charge money for some features.

Anyways... I'm super grateful that this is working out so well and I really think I've built a community that is actually useful to many people.

About the product:

I've built IndieAppCircle, a platform where small app developers can upload their apps and other people can give them feedback in exchange for credits. I grew it by posting about it here on Reddit. It didn't explode or something but I managed to get some slow but steady growth.

For those of you who never heard about IndieAppCircle, it works like this:

• You can earn credits by testing indie apps (fun + you help other makers)
• You can use credits to get your own app tested by real people
• No fake accounts -> all testers are real users
• Test more apps -> earn more credits -> your app will rank higher -> you get more visibility and more testers/users

Since many people suggested it to me in the comments, I have also created a community for IndieAppCircle: r/IndieAppCircle (you can ask questions or just post relevant stuff there).

Currently, there are 4284 users, 4551 tests done and 1209 apps uploaded!

You can check it out here (it's totally free): https://www.indieappcircle.com/

I'm glad for any feedback/suggestions/roasts in the comments.

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Hey everyone, I'm Musaib, a solo founder from Kashmir.

I've been building MyExpert, a platform designed to connect people with local service providers and help skilled professionals reach more customers.

The idea came from a simple problem: finding someone reliable for home services can be difficult, while many skilled local workers struggle to reach new customers.

With MyExpert, people can find services like plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, painting, home and carpet cleaning, gardening, mehendi artists, photography, and more.

We're currently serving customers in Srinagar and Budgam, Kashmir, and there's still a lot to improve.

I'm building this with the hope of making local services easier to find and creating more opportunities for people in our community.

I'd genuinely like to hear from people, especially those living in Kashmir:

What problems do you face when looking for local service providers? What would make you trust a service platform? What features would make an app like this genuinely useful?

I'm not claiming we've solved everything. We're still learning and building.

If you could improve one thing about finding home services in Kashmir, what would it be?

I'd appreciate honest feedback, suggestions, and criticism.

Disclosure: I'm the founder of MyExpert, so this post is about a project I'm building. Some AI-generated clips in the accompanying video are illustrative and don't depict actual service operations.

Greetings everyone,
 
I want to share my business with you.
I have built an app related to health and fitness.
You can have already made workout plans, or create your own plan.
You can log food via -> taking image of the meal, manual, scan a barcode, and manual logging.
You can track how much water you have drank.
You can have a reminder for medicine, water, and more.
Community where you can add your friends and have challenges with them and more.
 
I have currently +650 users with over 200 in the past 10 days.
 
I am looking for people who want to be part of this journey.
The app is based here in the middle east and I am looking for people abroad from wherever that want to be part of this and we can discuss the details 1 to 1.
The app is up and running and just needs marketing and I have a big plans and clear path on what to do next.

I’ve been thinking what’s the fastest way to get clients/first clients for the startup. Of course it’s not easy but it’s not impossible. As with everything you need to learn how to do it properly.

I hit clients in b2b and b2c models and can say that it’s possible with the right approach.
Let me know how you are finding users.

I’m Feiou, the developer of Projectholic, a project planner for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Tracking focused minutes has helped my productivity in three ways: better estimates, noticing distractions, and starting sooner.

The useful comparison is the time I expected a task to take versus the focus I actually recorded. That gives me something concrete to adjust next time. Recording sessions also makes me pay more attention to interruptions. And starting a short session makes the next step feel more manageable.

Here’s a fictional example from the simulator: “Write the case study” has a 30-minute plan and two saved sessions of 25 and 22 minutes. That’s 47 minutes of focus, or 17 minutes over the estimate. It’s still marked unfinished. Time spent and a finished deliverable answer different questions.

My suggestion if you want to try this: pick one recurring kind of work, write down an estimate, record your focused sessions, and review both the total and the result before planning similar work again. You can do it with a notebook and a stopwatch too.

I don’t take the timer total as a productivity score. It’s useful when it changes a decision about the next task.

Projectholic is free to download with paid upgrades. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/projectholic-project-planner/id6745497754

Screenshots use fictional data in a local development build, 1.2.6 (44). The App Store currently lists 1.2.5; the interface may differ. These are demonstration numbers, not my personal results or customer outcomes.

For other solo builders: has tracking time changed your estimates, or does the bookkeeping get in the way?

Hi, my name is Sheikh Meelad. I have build Swarm Runs, a platform for running and comparing AI model evaluations, and needed a developer to test our product.

If anyone interested, they can to assess and test the product end to end. The structure, complete code, features and workflows to give us a summary of the product’s current health and suggestions to improve the product.

Hey everyone!

I've been getting into B2B sales lately and wanted to connect with founders who might need an extra hand.

I've sold products to local businesses, done cold calling for a marketing agency, and completed a few sales certifications, including HubSpot.

I'm 15, so I'm still learning, but I genuinely enjoy sales and want to get more hands-on experience.

I know a lot of solo founders are busy building their products and don't always have time for prospecting, cold calling, and following up with potential customers.

That's where I'd love to help. I'm mainly interested in outreach, finding potential customers, and booking meetings.

Ideally, I'd like to work with a founder who already has a product or service launched and is looking to grow.

Not claiming to be an expert, just genuinely interested in learning and contributing.

If you're a founder who could use some help with sales, feel free to DM me! I'd love to hear what you're working on.

I have an idea that's going to gain traction if I get the right person to help me. I've already built a 1,000+ member community with a team working on it. I’m now looking for another person who can help me do research on multiple topics surrounding on providing free resources to content creators.

[ABOUT ME:] My website focuses on providing the best high-quality resources such as YouTube advice, assets, tutorials, and more to content creators all over the world for free.

[WHAT I NEED:] I am looking for a consistently active person who is familiar with what content creators need / want and someone to help me recruit people. These are some long-term tasks that need to be covered. These include:

Finding free YouTube advice

Finding tutorials (for content creators)

Finding assets (for content creators)

Recruiting people to help me

Finding sponerships / partners

[ABOUT MY TEAM:] My team consists of 2 website developers, 1 Discord bot developer, 1 architect, 1 social media manager, 1 partner, and me (the owner). My team, is very passionate about helping bring this idea to life no matter if they get paid or not, If you're interested in what I am building, have the time to do this, and are willing to spend multiple hours researching please message me.

Solo iOS developer here. My health/wellness app has been free, and I'm preparing its first paid version. It puts sleep, recovery and energy signals into everyday context, with Apple Watch support.

The German base prices I want to launch with are:

- €9.99 monthly

- €59.99 annually, with a 7-day introductory trial for eligible users

- €149.99 one-time Founder Lifetime for the core features

I get the argument that two options are simpler. But I still want a lifetime option because I need some upfront cash flow and hope a few early users will choose it. I want feedback on how to offer that responsibly and clearly.

Welltory is one broad comparison: its public website currently lists $99/year and $599 lifetime and reports 17M+ downloads (checked 19 October). They're much more established, the feature sets differ, and these are USD web list prices, not a direct euro/store-price comparison.

Would you launch with all three options visible, emphasize annual with lifetime secondary, or keep lifetime separate as a founder offer? Is €149.99 too low relative to €59.99/year?

If you moved a small free app to paid, what convinced your first buyers, and what would you change about the initial offer?

I've been building Pinball Race on my own in the evenings, and it's finally out: https://pinballrace.com.

It's simple. Pick 1 of 15 numbered balls and watch them race down a track. Points go 10 / 5 / 3 for the top three and 1 point for 4th–10th. Everyone gets 5 free plays a day, and you can earn bonus plays or send a friend a "Beat Me" challenge.

For launch I'm running a Founders' Championship until Mon 19 Oct, 12:59am UK, with a $100 gift voucher or PayPal for 1st and $50 for 2nd (free, 18+, open worldwide, rules on the site).

Being solo, I'm doing the marketing, the code and the support myself. If you've launched something on your own, what's the one thing you'd do differently in your first week?

Not sponsored by or associated with Reddit.

I'm currently building a French system in Excel for students who do not want to use Notion or other complex platforms that may change their values without warning. So the idea is quite simple, helping students managing their time, notes, schedules, grades, exams and even budget (if they want.
But to make things easier I intend to release the English versions little by little as to not overload them unecessarly.
What I want is to create an advisory board with people who are willing to test the product, give me feedbacks and even maybe become sellers through affiliation.
So, to summarize, I get:
-honest feedbacks on my product and improve it based on them
-to work with people who wants to help others,
-to provide something that can really help many people around the world, no matter the country or language.

And on your side, you get:
-a 50% lifetime deal, no matter the product I sell
-to test the product and give me feedbacks
-be a part of an advisory board who'll help create a product that'll help people around the world

Based on the results, I may add more languages, and even go into other niches or other related products.

Above are screenshots of the French version.

Hey everyone!

I’m looking to collaborate with creators, indie developers, or entrepreneurs. No money involved at all - just helping each other grow! For example, we could give each other a shoutout in a YouTube video, mention each other’s projects in a Reddit post, or share each other's work with our communities.

If you have a project, YouTube channel, or app in a similar space (fitness, motivation, self-improvement, productivity) and want to support each other's growth for free, send me a DM or leave a comment below!

[ feel free to ask anything ]

in the comments i dropped a super short description about my app like this you can see if your developing a similar app or project.

I'm building a consultancy around business systems, sales strategy, and real-estate projects. I'm interested in hearing from operators: what makes an outside consultant genuinely useful to you, and what makes you ignore one?

A simple business automation I would start with: capture every inquiry in one place, assign an owner, trigger a timely follow-up, and track the outcome. Fancy AI isn't always the first step; fixing the process often comes first.

I'm working on practical ways for small businesses to improve their operations without hiring for every repetitive task. What's the one process in your business that still wastes the most time—lead follow-ups, reporting, scheduling, or something else?