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Sascha Gordner
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Passionate about crafting mobile experiences 😻
Balancing contract work with indie aspirations 🏋🏻
Posting about my learnings and development in general 🧑🏻‍💻

Working on @patchesapp.com 💚
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I wouldn't trust Expo for this claim alone.
How would they know? 🙃
A screenshot of the Expo SDK website saying "Build your app with the best tools in the universe"
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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I have set up zoom transitions for items in a ScrollView, which leads to a view glitch when you dismiss the detail screen and quickly scroll while the dismiss transition is not yet finished.

Probably happens due to changing frames, but no idea how to fix it. :(
Anyone else?

#iosdev
August 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Still struggling with users not rating the app, so I came up with this feedback prompt. I feel like this might help, since it doesn't interrupt the users flow. 🤞🏻

Also it creates an additional opportunity for the people to give feedback (when they tap "no").

#indiedev
A screenshot of Patches' main screen showing a feedback prompt in the bottom, asking whether the user enjoys the app.
June 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Good morning 👋 ☕️
A screenshot of Xcode "Copying shared cached symbols from iPhone" at 13% progress
June 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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This is what the Googles Play Store publishing requirements do to people.

#indiedev
An email from someone offering me money to publish their app via my Play Store dev account.
June 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Ok, this makes me nervous.

This never gets old, right? :D

#indiedev
A screenshot showing that we I have applied for production access today by 12:47.
May 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Time is ticking... ⏰

The app is more or less ready for 1.0. Now I'm trying to get everything ready for release.
Really looking forward to the release, this has been quite a ride.

#indiedev
Shows the current state of the Google Play Store production readiness: Having 12/12 testers for 9 of 14 days.
April 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Play Store feels a bit like a competitive video game where you have to reach level 10 in order to play ranked matches.
A screenshot of a part of the Play Store dashboard, showing that applying for production requires having 12 testers for 14 days straight, currently sitting at 9 testers.
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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I might have a new favorite IDE
A screenshot of the Android Studio Meerkat launcher, featuring Meerkats.
April 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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And I thought the 30MB memory limit for iOS widgets was tight. 😃
An excerpt of Logcat showing an exception for exceeding a memory limit sitting at around 5MB.
March 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Woohooo!!! 🎉 🥳

New milestone unlocked for @patchesapp.com!
So happy to see that people resonate with the idea of sharing positivity on home screens! 💚

#indiedev #buildinpublic
A screenshot of my latest apps 28-days revenue: $106
March 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Sunday walk 🥰
A picture of my dog sitting in the forest.
March 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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I've been getting a lot of traffic from Brazil lately, however I don't really know why yet. 😃

Patches is not even localized for pt-BR, but I'll definitely change this soon.

#iosdev #indiedev
A screenshot from App Store Connect showing that Brazil gets around 30x more impressions than other territories.
March 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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I‘m doing my duty, btw! 😂
A screenshot of a custom app icon of art of fauna with a panda on it.
February 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Yay, a bit over 3 months in and I've finally reached two-digit MRR. 🥳

I guess I have to cut down on the 1k sub goal for 2025 a bit. 😜

Marketing is hard... isn't it? What are your go to strats?

#indiedev #buildinpublic
A screenshot showing 2 active trials, 9 active subscriptions and $10 MRR.
February 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Alright I'm spending too much time with other languages... 🥴

#swift
A code snippet showing "selectedFriend.profileImage != null".
January 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Today @patchesapp.com got 5 new users, but none of them invited a friend.

Since it's mostly about friend connections, I'm currently adding a friend invite step to the new onboarding.

Thought a tip on first time would be enough, but doesn't look like it.

#buildinpublic #indiedev
A screenshot showing the home screen of the Patches app. In the top left, there's a friend list button with a tooltip saying that you can invite friends when tapping on that.
January 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The UX is a bit weird indeed. :D
A screenshot showing that the recommendations sit next to the notifications button.
January 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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I've had to conclude the A/B test for the new App Store screenshots early (after 3d), as I introduced new locales and had to decide which screenshots to go with.

But there were signs, that the new screenshots probably work better!

#buildinpublic #indiedev
A screenshot showing an A/B test from App Store Connect with one treatment. The treatment has an improvement in over 70% but with 0% confidence.
January 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Some new locales are on their way 🥰

#indiedev #buildinpublic
A screenshot showing that an app with version 1.2.2 is waiting for App Store review.
January 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Scaling up my Sketch template for App Store screenshots to introduce some new locales. 😻

#buildinpublic #indiedev
A screenshot of a Sketch file that shows App Store screenshots for multiple locales.
January 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Next objective: add more localizations for @patchesapp.com.

I've re-enabled Search Ads when the new onboarding was released to see how it would perform.
Fortunately, it makes it very easy to see which locales to prioritize.

#buildinpublic #indiedev
A screenshot of Apple Search Ads showing where impressions for the Patches app are coming from: mostly from Spain, Italy, Portugal, France and Poland.
January 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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App Store screenshots are coming together! ✨
Just need to polish the widget customization screen with different messages and higher quality widget shots.

Would love some early feedback! What do you think? 🙌🏻

I've added the current ones (right) for better comparison.

#buildinpublic #indiedev
A screenshot of the new App Store screenshots for Patches. Featuring: - a hero screen - a screen showing "discover notes from friends throughout the day" with a sample screenshot of a widget - a screen showing "make your widget uniquely yours" with some widget theme variations underneath - a screen showing "send your friends a lovely surprise" with a sample screenshot of a widget - a screen showing a Patches lock screen widget A screenshot of the current App Store screenshots for Patches. Featuring: - two hero screens, showing some widget theme variations - a screen showing "share meaningful messages" with the main compose screen of Patches - a screen showing "personalize your widgets" with the theme editor of Patches - a screen showing a Patches lock screen widget
January 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Here we go! 🎉
A screenshot of the apps App Store status: Version 1.2.0 is waiting for review.
January 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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After sharing smaller bits, here's the complete new onboarding flow for Patches! 🤩

I've been putting a lot of work into this. Can't wait to ship it. Just need to wrap up the logic part.

What are your thoughts?

#buildinpublic #indiedev #swiftui
December 31, 2024 at 12:01 PM