Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025) Profile
Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)

@bestappsdev

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Indie iOS builder 2025: 12/12 app shipped 2026: 1/12 0β†’10k MRR | $5.5k now Me + my wife | no marketing

California, USA
Joined September 2013
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
17 days
Been chatting with our Carousai users a lot lately - many are loyal and share how they create content. This weekend we shipped two features based on their feedback: β†’ Stroke outline for removed-background photos β†’ Undo/redo history in the editor Faster creation, better
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
19 days
Carousai just got even better ✨ Here’s a sneak peek πŸ”₯ Released 4.1 version, available on the App Store Liquid Glass here πŸ˜…
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
28 days
One of my core rules: use your own product. My wife and I constantly make content with Carousai. And every time we do, we spot something: a tiny UX friction, a weird UI detail, a β€œwhy is this here?οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½ moment. We either fix it immediately or drop it into our shared backlog chat.
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
28 days
Video carousels are now live in Carousai!πŸŽ‰ Move beyond static slides and give your content premium energy with subtle moving backgrounds that capture attention instantly. Whether you use your own b-roll or stock library clips, Carousai helps you stand out on fast-paced
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
1 month
Indie dev milestone: $5K MRR 🎯 The numbers: β€’ Jan-Sep 2025: $100-150/mo β€’ 12 apps shipped in 2025 and one new in 26 β€’ Sep 25 -Jan 2026: scaled to $5K β€’ 300 active subscribers Marketing spend: $0 Ads: $0 Growth hacks: we ship with my wife @timoncheva and she motivates πŸ˜…
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
1 month
πŸŽ‰ https://t.co/saJKV1GJ7v update is live! Added Google Fonts, new templates, and tons of polish. Create viral carousels for Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn & TikTok in minutes. Just hit 10,000+ exported carousels yesterday πŸ”₯
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
2 months
β€’ Lots of small fixes: Cleaned up bugs, refreshed parts of the interface, improved export and image handling. You are welcome to create carousel content 🀝
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
2 months
β€’ Background removal for photos: Keep only the main subject, remove the background right inside the app in a couple of seconds. Perfect for avatars, product shots and accent images. β€’ Smarter graphics tools: Collages, grid, guides, dividers, safe zone, scaling and rotation
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
2 months
β€’ Bulk style editing: Change font, size and styling for all titles or descriptions in one go. Your project keeps a consistent look without clicking through every single card. β€’ Layers for clean compositions: Elements no longer get in each other’s way, it is easier to control
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
2 months
Best ever update that we pushed πŸš€ Carousai - app for carousel post creating, 2.9 version available in the App Store πŸ”₯🀝
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
2 months
Huge update for Carousai soonest πŸ™ƒ working with my wife on this and hope finish until NY
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
3 months
Hey, got today first invoice from @RevenueCat Additional expenses πŸ™ƒ but you know, I'm glad about them πŸ˜€
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@timoncheva
Ella Timoncheva | Designer & Developer
3 months
POV: When a subscriber writes, "I love your carousels," and you live by that phrase for a week.
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
3 months
Just posted a short story about SleepTower on Reddit πŸ™‚ Any feedback, comments, and upvotes are welcome 🀝 https://t.co/zsviZQmxqZ
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Alex Nguyen
3 months
People keep asking me: β€œShould I market my B2C app on TikTok?” Here’s the real answer πŸ‘‡ - Targeting Gen Z (16–28)? β†’ TikTok will absolutely crush. - Targeting older users (30–60)? β†’ Facebook still converts better. It’s never about the platform itself. It’s about where your
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
3 months
App #11 of our β€œ12 apps in 2025” challenge is officially live - SleepTower πŸ’€ Last night we hit submit and went to bed. Very on brand for a sleep app, I know πŸ˜… While we were sleeping: - review got approved on the first try βœ… - first purchase landed before we even saw the
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
3 months
Reddit story 30k views and 40 upvotes πŸš€ for only 8 hours And 4th place in the top posts /sideProjects
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
3 months
Just posted our history of β€œ12 apps in 2025” challenge and my wife app story in Reddit https://t.co/1abELtegbv Hope for your support ☺️
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Alex πŸš€ Indie iOS Dev (12-apps-in-2025)
3 months
$3k/month reached πŸŽ‰ Just 12 days after hitting $2k πŸ™ƒ Faster than I expected. What moved the needle: – more localizations – iPad + Mac support for the apps – pricing experiments – better store screenshots & icons – tighter onboarding Next stop: $5k MRR πŸš€ And congrats to my
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