Under the Radar
From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's rarely longer than 30 minutes. Hosted by Marco Arment and David Smith.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 326
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
266: The Middle Path
We talk ourselves into, and then back out of, hiring more people.
00:29:04 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
265: Old App, New Subscription
Updating a decade-old app to a new subscription business model, and how the change has performed so far and been received by the existing users.
00:29:55 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
264: Scaling Support
Strategies for self-help channels in your app to minimize support email.
00:29:44 |
Wed 15 Mar 2023
263: Pedometer++ 5.0
A huge update to Pedometer++ including a complete UI rewrite and significant new features.
00:29:50 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
261: A Vacation to the Basement
The benefits of a work-"vacation" and the discipline of shipping.
00:29:44 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
260: Subscription School
Understanding subscription metrics and the inherent limits they impose.
00:29:59 |
Wed 18 Jan 2023
259: Plans for the Season
Our plans for the first half of this year, which may include the launch of a new platform from Apple.
00:29:47 |
Mon 09 Jan 2023
258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook
Abandoning the CloudKit plan for Overcast in light of new information.
00:29:28 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
257: Working in Public
How publishing our processes and open-sourcing our code help us build our skills, clarify our thoughts, and produce better outcomes.
00:29:47 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
256: Optimizing Paywalls
Refining and improving the most boring and rudimentary experiences in our apps, and testing variations on Widgetsmith's paywall.
00:29:53 |
Mon 21 Nov 2022
255: The Discontinuity Principle
Considerations for feature removals in the context of the Overcast website player.
00:29:47 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
254: New and Different
Reflections on launching a new app that's extremely different from our usual work.
00:29:37 |
Thu 27 Oct 2022
253: Motivation Slumps
Feeling unmotivated, inspiration vs. motivation, and techniques to get moving again.
Be kind to yourself.
00:29:47 |
Tue 11 Oct 2022
252: Apple Watch Ultra
David's experience taking the Apple Watch Ultra into its natural habitat.
00:29:37 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
251: Be Where Your Customers Are
How our iOS 16 launches went, and what we're focusing on next.
00:29:31 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
250: From Left Field to the Home Stretch
Last-minute preparations for the imminent launch of iOS 16 and the iPhone 14 series.
00:29:26 |
Wed 31 Aug 2022
249: The Nature of Advertising
Balancing the needs of your customers with your needs as a business.
00:29:57 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
248: Limits of Indie Life
We don't have the capabilities of larger staffs, and we can't do everything, so we must keep our scope and expectations within the capacity of what one person can do.
00:29:46 |
Wed 03 Aug 2022
247: Different, But Not Worse
Are SwiftUI apps destined to be mediocre, or can we still make great apps? Introducing the famous App Development Pentagon.
00:29:44 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
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