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SEO
“habit kit finally started to rank in the top five for a big keyword on the App Store and Google Play that led to Crazy growth in downloads and revenue... I actually didn't change anything back then for 3 months”
Being above the App Store fold is day and night
HabitKit cracked the top 5 for a major habit-tracking keyword with no deliberate change after months of stagnation — and downloads and revenue exploded. Sebastian describes the App Store fold as a day-night divide: visibility above it means organic installs at scale; below it means near-invisibility. Getting above the fold on one big keyword, not gaming dozens of minor ones, is the highest-leverage ASO move for a solo indie app.
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Sebastian Röhl
HabitKit$110K revenue in the first 5 months of 2024 as a solo developer with no paid marketing — after earning $51K across all of 2023.
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