DisplayBuddy

I Launched A Mac App With Zero Advertising [800+ Customers In First 8 Months]

December 13th, 2021
Siddharth Gupta
Founder, DisplayBuddy
$1.5K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
2
Employees
DisplayBuddy
from Singapore
started February 2021
$1,500
revenue/mo
1
Founders
2
Employees
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hello! I’m Siddharth, an iOS engineer based in Singapore, and I just crossed $5000 in revenue from my first indie app DisplayBuddy, which I’ve been working on alongside my full-time job.

DisplayBuddy is a Mac app that lets you control external displays connected to your Mac directly from your menu bar - no need to touch those clunky monitor buttons! The app first shipped in Feb 2021 - 15 updates & zero advertising later, I'm at 900 happy customers.

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What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

At the beginning of the pandemic when WFH was becoming a thing, everyone including my colleagues started investing in amazing desk setups, buying up fancy monitors and standing desks. One of these was a teammate of mine who bought a...

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