Software engineer working on a few ideas

[joco]

I'm working on a dating app with my brother (getever.app), a todo list mostly to keep me focused and productive (taskerr.com until I think of a name and build a landing page), and a coding career coaching service (nextlevelcoder.com - working on getting the site up) to help others learn to code or level up their coding career (coding is the most fun job I've had and a great source of revenue).
Would love your thoughts and insights.
It seems I'm great at getting things started but have a tough time getting them adopted which is why I'm skewing toward easier and easier to start projects (to focus on the launch.)

 

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[thehighlander]

Sounds like you're trying things that have already been successful, which at least shows there is a market. Is there something unique or way better about your apps?

 

[olli_23]

I find the idea of the 3 minute call with someone quite good. I never saw this in other apps. Haven't been in the dating scene in the last 8 years though, so I might be out of date

When I read through some of the reviews on the iOS app it seems the app didn't quite work as expected for quite a few of them. Maybe that is something you can try to get fixed?

How did you get your new users up until now?

 

[joco]

Sounds like you're trying things that have already been successful, which at least shows there is a market. Is there something unique or way better about your apps?

Unfortunately nothing is successful yet.
The dating app: Has you meet people instead of messaging.
The todo app: Has you plan your day, then focus on one task at a time to minimize context switching and keep you productive.
The coaching: I have a good coding career but no clients for coaching yet (still working on trying to get the site up.) I tried launching a coding bootcamp online but unfortunately it didn't take off.

 

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[avafab]

Unfortunately nothing is successful yet.
The dating app: Has you meet people instead of messaging.
The todo app: Has you plan your day, then focus on one task at a time to minimize context switching and keep you productive.
The coaching: I have a good coding career but no clients for coaching yet (still working on trying to get the site up.) I tried launching a coding bootcamp online but unfortunately it didn't take off.

Why are these apps not getting traction?

 

[joco]

Why are these apps not getting traction?

Dating app: network effect.
Todo list: Haven't marketed or made a launch page for it.
The coaching: Still building.
The bootcamp: Everything I made in tuition I spent in ads. So I was running it for free.

 

[suvv]

I really like the idea of a 3 minute call dating app.
I just reached the "idea" portion of TMF so I won't fully comment, but that definitely brings something new to the table.

 

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[joco]

I really like the idea of a 3 minute call dating app.
I just reached the "idea" portion of TMF so I won't fully comment, but that definitely brings something new to the table.

Thanks. I'm building it with my brother. We're going to do a big (for us) marketing push in one city in a few weeks. Hopefully it'll get momentum.