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day 363 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more :) we’re working on some new candle swag! these will all be embroidered illustrations on hats. which design is your favorite? 1–9. we'd also love any feedback :) pair with someone td!

day 362 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more :) we have a lot of new fun features coming out soon. one interesting experiment we ran a while ago was updating our game results cards with a new ui, it increased avg shares per user per month by

clash of clans how to counter 3.0 “I’m not ready for a relationship" cycle method just sauce dropped tested a new 1 min story format, creator breaks down exactly how to reply when your crush says “i’m not ready for a relationship” and how to navigate. long 1 min story telling

day 360 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more :) we started averaging ~30–40 support emails a day, takes us roughly 1-2 hrs per day for @parthematics and me to respond to all of them, so we built an internal tool to handle customer support

day 359 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more :) back to top 50 in lifestyle! we put a few of our top performing organic formats into ads and just started experimenting more with tt ads. early signs are interesting, will report back on roas

business partners to friends > pure friends to business partners if the goal is building a company w highest probability of success then starting with skill alignment beats starting with emotional alignment, and once/if you survive the hardship, the friendship forged is

day 358 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more :) u could really be having a bad 3/10 day and lil uzi makes it a 10/10 one thing we’re working on is improving brand image, think there’s a clear hesitancy to try the app with a partner when you

day 357 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more :) one format i highly recommend trying is the “pov having a generational lock in X session and forgetting about your gf/bf/friend/mom” format. it’s been doing pretty well for us super simple

day 356 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more :) got two new viral formats that’s been working for us that I’ll break down this week

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day 355 of building @trycandleapp, a game for connecting more with the people you care about my favorite piece of feedback from the last 2 weeks pair with someone today : )

day 354 of building @trycandleapp a game for connecting more with the people you care about after ~38 failed videos, a couple finally ripped. top comment hit. creator team is already executing on it. I’m increasingly convinced that seeding early comments like “what app is that?”

day 353 of building @trycandleapp, a game for connecting more with the people you care about today mainly working on creator comms, editing, and outbound. some of our new creators are already cooking! pair with someone today

day 352 of building @trycandleapp, a game for connecting with the people you care about this is now the 6th ~1:1 copy of candle on the app store. with tools making it easier than ever to build apps/leading to an increase in slop, I’m genuinely curious how the app review process

day 351 of building @trycandleapp, a game for connecting with the people you care about we’re working on some awesome new updates and enhancements to the drawing and gallery experience, stay tuned. @EnergizedAndrew and @parthematics have been killing it! :D pair with someone

Candle’s mission is to end loneliness. In under 10 months, with just a full-time team of 3: • 800,000+ users • $2M+ in annualized revenue • <8% monthly churn We are now at a point where we cannot handle the amount of work that needs to be done. So we are hiring for 2 roles.

day 348 of building, @trycandleapp, a game for connecting with the people you care about valentine’s day was a hit! over 114k+ submissions in the last 48 hours! this was the most popular question yesterday:

we can no longer keep up with the amount of building the three of us need to ship. so we’re opening an engineering intern role for summer 2026! :) apply here if you are interested: https://t.co/o7Mi0JapTQ this is day 347 of building @trycandleapp, a game for connecting with

ビッグな展開が待っている 👀 day 346 of building @trycandleapp, a game for connecting with the people you care about pair with someone today :)

day 345 of building @trycandleapp, a game for connecting with the people you care about nah y’all are crazy pair with someone todayy