Ep. 12. Indie app development: Spotify engineer's experience

Bruno Rocha is an iOS developer at Spotify. Bruno also develops the Burnout Buddy app as an indie developer. The app aims to prevent smartphone addiction.  Check the app here https://burnoutbuddy.io/  Follow Bruno Twitter https://twitter.com/rockbruno_  and check out his blog https://swiftrocks.com/  01:20 coming up with the idea for Burnout Buddy app  3:50 iOS 16 API enabling control over the iPhone from an app  6:00 indie app monetization thoughts  08:11 why subscriptions are more fair monetization strategy for both sides - developers and users  11:27 advice to indie developers   16:00 how app size and startup time is linked to user retention   20:00 tracking app crashes and thoughts on using 3rd party SDKs