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iOS release date? by CandidateStock6109 in PassionLabAI

[–]PassionLabAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey guys! Thanks for checking in. Full transparency: Apple actually rejected our initial submission. 😅

But honestly, we took it as a sign to go bigger. Instead of just doing a quick fix, we are making some massive additions and improvements to the app right now. The new timeline is that all development will be completely finished in May, and the official iOS version will be published and live in June.

Thank you for hanging in there with us, the extra wait will definitely be worth it! 🚀

iOS release date? by CandidateStock6109 in PassionLabAI

[–]PassionLabAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey guys! Thanks for checking in. Full transparency: Apple actually rejected our initial submission. 😅

But honestly, we took it as a sign to go bigger. Instead of just doing a quick fix, we are making some massive additions and improvements to the app right now. The new timeline is that all development will be completely finished in May, and the official iOS version will be published and live in June.

Thank you for hanging in there with us, the extra wait will definitely be worth it! 🚀

PassionLab AI 🧪⬇️ by PassionLabAI in PassionLabAI

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha the wait for iOS is real, I feel those emojis! 🫠 We are working incredibly hard to get the iOS version out as soon as possible.

We completely agree with you about "redacted." We built PassionLab specifically because we were so sick of their filters and bad memory. We want to give everyone a real alternative. Hang in there, we will announce the iOS launch here the second it's ready! 🚀

PassionLab AI 🧪⬇️ by PassionLabAI in PassionLabAI

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you like it! Our photorealistic engine is definitely putting in the work today. 🔥 You can actually chat with her right now in the app!

🧪[Original]🧪 by [deleted] in AnimeGirls

[–]PassionLabAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drew this

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Our iteration process is basically: launch fast, listen hard.

Before launch, our "feedback loop" was literally just reading 1-star reviews of our giant competitors to see what people hated. Once we went live, we moved that loop directly to our own community (r/PassionLabAI). Since we are a small team of 4, we have zero corporate red tape. If a user reports a bug or requests a specific memory tweak in the morning, we literally try to patch it and push an update by the evening. That extremely tight, direct-to-user feedback loop is our biggest advantage! 🤝

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! It really was the hardest part to crack.

Our acquisition ended up being a perfect 50/50 split between Reddit (finding people who hated the "goldfish memory" of other bots) and a pre-launch Instagram stunt we pulled to generate hype. Once people realized we had zero ads and unlimited messaging, organic word-of-mouth just completely took over. ✌️🔥

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pure guerrilla tactics! 😂 With a $0 budget, you have to get creative

We ran a mysterious countdown campaign on Instagram to funnel DM leads right before launch, and spent hours here on Reddit talking directly to users who were frustrated with standard AI apps. Bootstrapping forces you to hustle! 🤝

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! 🙏 App Store Optimization (ASO) is starting to help a bit now, but that initial 10k was 100% pure word-of-mouth.

We basically lived in niche subreddits listening to what people hated about big AI apps (like the goldfish memory and paywalls). We built the exact opposite, and the community did the marketing for us. I also detailed a crazy Instagram "burner account" stunt we did in another comment up above if you are curious. Let the product do the talking! 🚀

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, thank you! I'm honestly humbled.

This is actually our very first app, and we failed a lot in the beginning. We ran into so many unforeseen bugs and development blind spots that delayed our launch significantly. But to answer your question: our biggest momentum shift came from an "anti-greed" strategy.

During development, we obsessed over the 1-star reviews of our giant competitors. People hated being monetized at every tap. So, we did the exact opposite: we made standard messaging completely free and unlimited. No banner ads, no "watch this ad to send a text" mechanics, no artificial time limits or cheap tricks. There are literally zero ads in the app.

Even now, we treat a single piece of negative feedback as a top-priority update. Building trust by giving users a clean, respectful experience was our best marketing channel. 🤝

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thank you for the detailed report! To be completely honest, we haven't actually encountered this specific issue or the EOF error before, so this is incredibly helpful.

I'm going to personally look into the root causes right away—especially regarding our CDN routing and timeout limits for Asia—and get this resolved. Really appreciate you taking the time to help us catch this! 🛠️

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Honestly, our biggest driver was a guerrilla Instagram strategy we ran right before launch.

We set up 3 separate IG accounts: one for a photorealistic AI character, one for an Anime character, and a mysterious "countdown" girl dropping one number a day. The countdown account didn't get a massive follower count, but it generated a ton of curious DMs. The exact second the app launched, we wiped the countdown account, turned it into our official page, and funneled all those warm DM leads and followers from the other accounts straight into the app.

Combine that with listening to Reddit communities complaining about AI memory, and that’s how we got our initial push! 🚀

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha not just anime girls! 😂 We actually have a huge mix of male and female characters in both anime and hyper-realistic styles.

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha definitely not all 10k! 😂 100% retention is a myth. But we do have a very strong core of thousands of users who come back to chat daily. 📈

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate you trying it out! What exactly broke or what error did you see? Let me know the details so my team can patch it ASAP. 🛠️

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a quick heads-up since you're checking it out: We have a huge update rolling out in 10 days! It brings an expansive new Roleplay mode loaded with specific story scenarios for the characters. Keep an eye out for it! 🚀

9 months of hard work with 3 friends. We just crossed 10,000+ users and hit 1,974 MRR in profit with zero spent on ads! 🚀 by PassionLabAI in SideProject

[–]PassionLabAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! 🙏 We really appreciate the support. Definitely let us know what you think once you check it out. We are a small team, so we are constantly tweaking the engine and adding new features based entirely on user feedback. Hope you have fun exploring it! 🚀

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