Happy Spooky Season, folks! 🎃 it’s the third Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for a new dispatch from Dropped Bits.
More On Cheqin
The temperatures have started to plummet here in Montreal, Canada, and with that I’ve been doing a lot of planning work for next year, mostly related to Cheqin, the new app I mentioned last month.
There’s a lot more than just writing code that goes into launching something like this. I’m working on setting up a support forum as well as a product marketing website; I’m thinking a lot about the general business model, too. That include pricing, which is especially tricky for a personal finance app since your customer might have more sensitivity to what an app costs. I want to deliver as much value as possible, but I also want to be sure I can deliver that value sustainably — unlike some other apps that keep raising their subscription prices.
Work on the app itself has been a bit slower than I’d hoped for a variety of reasons, but I also want to release the best app I can make. As an indie developer, I’m not constrained by a lot of the things that a larger company might push me to ship faster. I can take the time to get all the details right, and that’s what I feel you deserve.
Other Updates
I shipped a small update to Per, my price-comparison app. Nothing major, mostly a couple of little under-the-hood improvements and update app icons for iOS 18. Still need to do that for Thought Detox, too!
Thanks again for your support, and I'll see you next month!