A quick update on month two of Shareshot… with the launch on 12th August we’re just over two months in now. A big milestone was passed a couple of days ago, namely 10,000 framed screenshot exports, a pretty astounding number to see so early in the app’s life!
A big number
The iOS 18 release which included frames for all the new devices and a Control Centre and Lock Screen Control Widget got us a really significant boost in downloads and purchases which lasted about three weeks:
A sales rollercoaster
We have no doubt that the nice bump from September 16th to October 7th was driven largely by reviews we received for the 1.1 release. We were lucky to get featured by MacStories talking about journalling home screens, a MacStories post about control widgets and also in AppStories podcast. We were also featured in a Stephen Robles YouTube video about iOS 18 app updates and possibly some others we’re not aware of. We’re very grateful to everybody who has helped spread the word! (And yes, this chart has a Y-axis! 🙀 #buildinpublic).
Even after the bump calmed down we’ve seen a nice increase in exports per day, circa 200/day vs. 100/day the first month after launch.
In month 2 we’re around 150 DAUs currently compared to roughly 100 DAUs in the first month since release and the whole month of September saw just under 3000 MAUs.
It’s still a gentle start but we’re growing!
On the development front, we’ve got a 1.1.3 bug fix release due in the next few days and work on 1.2 is underway. That release will introduce some more background options and internal plumbing for bigger changes to come in 1.3!
We’ll report back again soon…
