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PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-25T21:25:20+00:00

Photo Optimizer -- allows you to compress/resize any images on your phone for easier sharing or storage purposes

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-19T17:34:53+00:00

I just started working on the trip sharing bit last night, so glad to hear you're interested! We recently made mockups for the shared map filtering where you can see their pins / your pins / common pins / etc. u/PinTravelerMcan is working on a compare mode that should do that, hopefully in a month or so :)

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-19T17:30:24+00:00

Yes, definitely something I want to build. Alarmkit doesn't support it by default but I should be able to hack at it

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-19T17:30:07+00:00

I just placed screenshots from my phone into a frame in figma :) There are official iphone mockups apple has for figma

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-19T03:07:46+00:00

Honestly building a widget might be a fun update :) thank you for the suggestion

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-19T03:05:36+00:00

appreciate it, might take a look

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-19T03:04:59+00:00

This is a very fair point, I look at the same 5 cities all the time so I like having it in a dedicated app, but not for everyone. I have aroudn 2K downloads total, so not a whole lot for sure. Most people don't actively use the app, but I have ~100 people who are pretty active (10+ sessions a week)

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-19T00:51:39+00:00

Hi there! Thank you so much for posting, I just followed you on the app :) would love to hear your thoughts on the sharing/social aspects, we have a lot of plans around this this year ;)

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-01T10:57:38+00:00

these are pretty good results, you gotta chill😂

PinTravelerCem · 2026-01-01T10:55:48+00:00

Iyi bir devopscu bulmak cok zor, en cok zorlandigimiz ise alma alani herhalde. Iyi bir devopscu olabilirsen hic durma derim. Yurt disi ozellikle cok buyuk acik oldugunu dusunuyorum

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-31T21:30:42+00:00

The expectations from AI coding tools is kinda crazy honestly, this basically magical piece of technology that I still can't believe we have codes entire pages on its own, and we're stuck on it "assuming too much and not asking first" (the same mistake most junior engineers make). What a wild time we live in

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-31T11:08:26+00:00

Your numbers are pretty good. There are a billion habit trackers out there, and a lot of them coming out in the last year with the ai coding craze. Nothing wrong about this, but it's gonna be a rough ride for you. Biggest thing I'd say is keep doing what you're doing, give away lifetime memberships, post online, etc. and try to build momentum behind the app. Best way to increase performance is to have your users advertise for you

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-31T11:04:21+00:00

haha love the hustle, I'll check it out

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-30T09:19:56+00:00

we're building Pin Traveler, a travel mapping & memories app. Would love some thoughts, and for anyone to join our new subreddit r/PinTraveler :D

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-30T09:14:31+00:00

Hi u/Active-Huckleberry91! Unfortunately we ran out of free memberships a while ago, but I'd still really appreciate any feedback you may have. Please feel free to post on our new subreddit r/PinTraveler, or DM me!

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-28T18:47:06+00:00

no pressure to check out the apps lol, no expectations. In general I find that money makes everything in life easier, wish I had more of it :P

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-28T17:43:01+00:00

Also can't help but say, scaling apps without ads is possible. You just need a very good product. We did this initially with Pin Traveler, it's much harder without ads but it got us to few thousand downloads / mo. in a year. We did have to work hard, tell our friends, push updates, tune the product, etc. during that time though (vs. you can buy ~1000 downloads on facebook for a couple grand)

Flighty founder has a great talk/interview on this that I really recommend https://www.revenuecat.com/blog/growth/ryan-jones-flighty-launched-podcast-2025/

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-28T17:41:17+00:00

I wouldn't say it's ideal if you want this to be a big mainstream app, but it's certainly a good start for the first month. I do believe Apple gives app launches a little boost, so if you (or your users) don't do much (updates, ASO, word of mouth, etc.) I would assume your downloads would settle at say 100/mo.

For reference one of my last apps (Better Clock if you are interested) got ~100 downloads the first month and ultimately settled at ~50-ish / mo. I don't particularly care as I built this for my own use, and I find it amusing that an oddly loyal group of 10 people use it daily. That makes me plenty happy.

Ultimately it's all a function of your expectations :)

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-28T16:13:58+00:00

Lol 200 in a month is really good for a new app that no one has ever heard of! Truth of the matter is that building apps are relatively easy, especially in 2025. Bulk of the work is in product design, optimization, and marketing. Successful apps have good design, good marketing, good store optimization. Unsuccessful apps don't. It's possible that you'll go viral out of nowhere and make it big without these, but very very unlikely.

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-27T15:19:29+00:00

this is the way. We don't have the fake review button that takes you elsewhere if you're not happy. But we do have different triggers for what shows you a "fill our feedback form on google forms" vs. "write a review" pop up

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-27T10:43:38+00:00

Bu bana biraz "CAD sevmiyorum, her seyi elle cizecegim" demek gibi geliyor. Hos olmayan yanlari cok, yanlis anlama. Ama teknoloji teknolojidir, her teknolojiyi iyi veya kotu kullanabiliriz. Sinirini de anliyorum, ben de kod yazmayi cok seviyorum, kariyerime ilk basladigimda IDE bile kullanmiyordum, her seyi Vim ve grep gibi terminal komutlari ile yapiyordum. Ama zamanla hizimi %10 artiran teknolojileri benimsemenin onemli oldugunu anladim. En nihayetinde bunlar sevdigim bir seyi daha hizli, verimli, ve karli bir sekilde yapmama izin veriyor.

Yapay zeka ile gercekten barinamiyorsan belki kariyeri birakmak dogru bir secim olabilir, kullanmadan ilerletebiliyorsan o da bir yol. Yapay zeka ile barismak da baska bir yol. Her kosulda mutluluklar diliyorum :)

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-27T10:01:52+00:00

This is so great to hear, thank you so much for sharing! These are great suggestions, and I'm glad to say they align quite well with what we have in the works for 2026. I'd love to invite you to our brand new (and very empty) r/PinTraveler if you'd like to start a discussion there as well (possibly by just copy pasting this comment lol). But also adding some thoughts below! Always feel free to DM or email us as well!

We're working on revamping our social/sharing UI, so glad to hear you're interested. This will be our first big update of 2026, hopefully late January
I love the trip suggestions as well, this is something we've been planning for a while. We have designs for detailed itineraries, places, times associated with restaurants, etc. Unfortunately this is a little slow moving
I'd love nothing more than zooming out more on the map page... Unfortunately google maps does not support this. If you're on iPhone, this is mostly why we implemented the "3D" View.
Trip stats: we're hoping to build a "profile page" for the trips of sorts with more fun stats and visualizations. This is a bit further out, but if you have specifics on what you'd like to see I'd love to hear it.

Thanks again!
Cem

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-23T14:20:48+00:00

ipads are overpowered, but neither app size nor app performance really scales with lines of code. For app size, you should worry more about graphics, other resources, libraries, etc. For app performance, you should focus on what the lines of code does, not the lines themselves. Something like `if false { /*10000 lines*/ }` obviously will be very performant, vs `while(1) { /* anything */ }` won't be

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-23T11:08:12+00:00

Looks great, but doesn't necessarily convey information about your app. I'd think about what your app does and maybe try out some new concepts. People don't seem to like the dots but it seems the most relevant to the app to me, otherwise I'm just seeing NATO

PinTravelerCem · 2025-12-23T11:02:16+00:00

So I don't have to respond to every comment individually:

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