Jarl / IAMJARL

Part indie developer, part concept creator, part musician, full-time scratcher of my own itches. I make (mostly) small, focused apps and web-concepts.

https://iamjarl.com/

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My first customer email was a crash report

Following up: my little nicotine app was quiet, so I looked at the funnel instead of blaming the app

How I skipped the loopback driver for DAW visuals

My app hit #1 in its category, and it changed almost nothing

Everyone told me to do subscriptions. I shipped a free app with a one-time unlock and zero data collection instead. Talk me out of it?

My two fitness apps share a buyer, not a workout. So I paired them.

The highest-intent user is someone already paying a competitor

I shipped a tiny $0.99 Mac app that fixes my sampler's most annoying error

I spent 10 minutes squinting at robots.txt so you never have to

I spent 10 minutes squinting at robots.txt so you never have to

I shipped For Time, the one feature I said I wouldn't add

1.6.0: a user asked, so I shipped it

I rated 500 songs in beers. These 10 are unsalvageable.

Most early-stage SaaS companies miss churn signals — here’s how to catch them early

I Expected Traffic to Hit Zero. It Didn’t.

I built a tool that analyzes up to 500 App Store reviews to see where to improve.

The payment path works — activation doesn't. Redesigning our onboarding around one event.

Reworked my app after your liability feedback. Now deciding: keep going or move on — what would you do?

Reworked my app after your liability feedback. Now deciding: keep going or move on — what would you do?

I built a tool directory that doesn't pretend every founder has the same needs