Nobody asked why I spent my nights playing video games. The day I started building a Pomodoro app, everyone had an opinion. CoffeePomodoro is now #3 in the US Play Store for "pomodoro app" and "pomodoro time". Two years of showing up. Keep building.
Remzi Akgöz
@remziakgoz.bsky.social
🛠 Building CoffeePomodoro in public ☕ Making the best Pomodoro timer with coffee vibes out there 💡 Sharing my learnings about development, marketing and sales ⬇️ CoffeePomodoro https://coffeepomodoro.com
Weekly Indie Log #55: 900 Reviews, 4.8 Stars & A Massive Update Coming 🚀⭐ remziakgoz.substack.com/p/weekly-ind... #productivity #angelinvestor #buildinpublic
Weekly Indie Log #55
900 Reviews, 4.8 Stars & A Massive Update Coming 🚀⭐
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CoffeePomodoro.app is going to the moon! 🚀🌑 I just hit 900 reviews and a 4.8 rating. Everything is moving so fast right now, and I’m already working on a massive new update to gear up for what's next. Buckle up! ☕️🌕 #buildinpublic #productivity #startup
Weekly Indie Log #54: 800 Reviews, 200-Day Streak & The Power of Showing Up 🔥⭐ remziakgoz.substack.com/p/weekly-ind... #buildinpublic #productiviy #writing
Weekly Indie Log #54
800 Reviews, 200-Day Streak & The Power of Showing Up 🔥⭐
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200 days on Product Hunt 🔥 Today I hit a 200-day streak on Product Hunt. 200 days of discovering products, meeting makers, sharing ideas, and showing up. Started as a habit. Now it’s part of my daily routine. Here’s to the next 200. 🚀 Thanks a lot! @rrhoover.bsky.social 🔥 #BuildInPublic
800 reviews. 4.8⭐. Built by me. 🥹 As a solo indie developer, seeing 800 people take the time to review my app honestly means a lot. 50K+ downloads, 800 reviews, and still building. 🚀 Thank you for the support. ❤️ #IndieDev #BuildInPublic
Just hit 700 reviews and a 4.8 average rating for CoffeePomodoro! 🤯 Building a cross-platform app solo is a wild ride, but seeing people actually use and love it makes every line of code worth it. ☕️🚀 #indiedev #buildinpublic #KMP
Weekly Indie Log #53: 600 Reviews, Streak Fire & Achievement Celebrations 🔥⭐ remziakgoz.substack.com/p/weekly-ind... #buildinpublic
Weekly Indie Log #53
600 Reviews, Streak Fire & Achievement Celebrations 🔥⭐
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Now, achievements are being celebrated on coffeepomodoro.app, and the streak is burning like a flame.
600 reviews. 4.8 average. Still one guy. My growth strategy remains: read the reviews, build the thing, ship it, repeat. Slow. Extremely effective. Zero budget. ☕ CoffeePomodoro #buildinpublic #productivity #canada
Weekly Indie Log #52: 50K Downloads, 500 Reviews & Plants Are Live 🎉🌱 remziakgoz.substack.com/p/weekly-ind... #buildinpublic
Weekly Indie Log #52
50K Downloads, 500 Reviews & Plants Are Live 🎉🌱
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50,000 people. A full stadium using an app I built from my desk. 🤯 CoffeePomodoro just hit 50K+ downloads on Google Play. 4.8 ⭐ | 558 reviews. Still no team. Still no funding. Just coffee and code. Next stop: 100K 🚀 coffeepomodoro.app ☕ #buildinpublic #indiedev
Six months ago an agency quoted me four figures for CoffeePomodoro's store screenshots. This week I made them myself. Four days, Figma, Blender and GPT. Are they as good? Probably not. But I love how they turned out. #buildinpublic #grow #productivity
Updates for my app, CoffeePomodoro.app, have been released on both the Play Store and the App Store. Let’s all start growing our plants! #update #buildinpublic #plants
1.5 years ago, only a friend and I believed in CoffeePomodoro. Today, we reached 500 reviews and a 4.8 rating! This means touching 500 hearts. Helping so many people is an indescribable feeling. Thank you for being part of this. A journey from a single coffee bean to thousands of cups... ☕ #build
I'm trying out a few things for the Store screenshot on my app coffeepomodoro.app 🎨 #design #ui #screenshot #buildinpublic
Your focus screen just got greener 🌿 Choose from 12+ plants and watch yours grow while you focus. The longer the session runs, the taller it gets, fully grown right when the timer ends. New screen plants are live in coffeepomodoro.app ☕ #buildinpublic #news #update #ux #ui
Weekly Indie Log #51: 400 Reviews, 14 Countries & Plants Are Coming 🌱⭐ remziakgoz.substack.com/p/weekly-ind... #milestone #buildinpublic #review
Weekly Indie Log #51
400 Reviews, 14 Countries & Plants Are Coming 🌱⭐
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A user left this review last week: "I've tried 10 Pomodoro apps. This is the one." Today I noticed she wasn't alone. 400 reviews. 4.9 stars. I don't know what to say except: thank you. ✅ #buildinpublic #indiedev
I'm adding new plants 🌿 to my app, coffeepomodoro.app. They'll grow and bloom throughout your focus sessions. I can't wait to finish this feature. 🤩 #buildinpublic #design #ui #ux #indiedev #productivity #plants
19 subscriptions. 14 countries. One screenshot. 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇰🇷 Korea · 🇻🇳 Vietnam · 🇧🇷 Brazil · 🇮🇳 India · 🇺🇸USA... Solo indie app. Still can't believe this screen exists. coffeepomodoro.app is going places I haven't. 🌏💵 #indiedev #buildinpublic #pomodoro
Weekly Indie Log #50: 2 New Cups, Rising MRR & Store Screenshot Polish ☕📈 open.substack.com/pub/remziakg... #buildinpublic #blog
Weekly Indie Log #50
2 New Cups, Rising MRR & Store Screenshot Polish ☕📈
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It looks like the lull during the holiday season has come to an end. The subscription chart has started to rise again. 🥳 #MRR #buildinpublic #subscribers #indiedev
I made a small change to the store images for my app, coffeepomodoro.app. Let's see where this takes me. #appstore #playstore #screenshots #buildinpublic
I added two new cups to my app, coffeepomodoro.app: “Bowl” and “Juice.” I can't wait for my users to try them out. 🥤☕️ #buildinpublic #indiedev #newfeature
Weekly Indie Log #49: 888 Downloads, Mobile Builders Hub & The Reviews That Matter 📈 open.substack.com/pub/remziakg... #productivity #buildinpublic #discipline #viral
Weekly Indie Log #49
888 Downloads, Mobile Builders Hub & The Reviews That Matter 📈
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Yesterday, my app 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗼.𝗮𝗽𝗽 got 𝟴𝟴𝟴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀. I think a video went viral, too. #buildinpublic #viral
A comment that woke me up. The fact that people are leaving such heartfelt comments about the app you created actually shows that what you’re doing is touching people’s hearts. That feeling is priceless and, to me, more valuable than making millions, because every heart is priceless. #indiedev
Weekly Indie Log #48: A $1.21 Morning & A New Idea I Can't Stop Thinking About 🐱🐶 open.substack.com/pub/remziakg... #buildinpublic #bakugan
Weekly Indie Log #48
A $1.21 Morning & A New Idea I Can't Stop Thinking About 🐱🐶
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