App Smash

👉 Join my community of app founders & get full access to ALL my courses (including the Trending Keywords Method): Skool.com/AppSuccessIn this special episode, we dive into the entire journaling app category — one of the most fascinating and competitive spaces on the App Store. We cover the OGs of journaling like Reflectly (where I worked for 3 years), Day One, Daylio, and Stoic, and explore w...

Ready to grow your app? Join our community for app founders & indie devs. 🚀In this episode, we dive deep into the Rizz App and its fast-rising copycat competitor Plug AI—the surprising app that actually made more money than the original idea last month. We break down:🔥 The origin stories of both apps and how Rizz blew up through TikTok virality📱 Their onboarding flows and what keeps users h...

Join the App Success inner circle → http://skool.com/appsuccess In this video we're using AppTweak, my favorite ASO tool. Use the promo code "Darius10" to get 10% off any plan. Cal AI is everywhere right now — not just for their explosive growth, but because the founders have started something called the App Mafia with other young indie app builders… and the internet is going crazy....

👉 Take your app to the next level, join my App Growth Skool: http://skool.com/appsuccess 👉 Get 10% OFF AppTweak (my #1 ASO tool) with code Darius10: ⸻This week we’re diving deep into Focus Friend by Hang Green, the productivity app that feels more like a game—and still managed to explode to over 1 MILLION downloads in its first month. What makes this launch so fascinating? • Zero paid ads or mar...

This week, Muoyo and I break down  Starla  — the astrology app that shocked the App Store with an insane  $124K in DAILY revenue  using a  secret TikTok strategy  that no one’s ever revealed before. In this video, you’ll learn: ✅ How Starla went viral with a simple TikTok content model ✅ Why this strategy works so well for apps in 2025 ✅ Step-by-step breakdown you can copy for your own app ✅ T...

Created by Darius Mora and Muoyo Okome, this week on App Smash , we dive deep into one of the most talked-about social apps of the year — Tea Dating Advice , the viral sensation that’s changing how people navigate the messy, thrilling world of modern dating. What started as a niche idea for women to swap notes on potential partners has exploded into a cultural phenomenon, with millions of download...