Thank you. Truly, each of you.
NETbudget is built by one person, in the evenings and at weekends. What keeps it going is not a marketing budget. It's you.
To God, first.
He is the one who helps me every day, in this project as in everything else. Nothing here would exist without Him. This thank-you comes before all the others, and it is sincere.
And to those who carry me, teach me and pray for me:
- Pastor Samuel Eboumbou, shepherd of the Jeunes Prodiges church
- Apostle Yvan Castanou
- Apostle Yves
- Dr Mode
- Pastor Habi
For your teaching, your prayers and your presence. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Stéphane Pizeuil
Indie maker · Software engineer
When I published the first version, I assumed nobody would install it. One more budgeting app, by an unknown, with no account, no bank connection, no ads. Nothing to catch the eye.
Then people installed it. Some left a rating. Others wrote, sometimes to say thanks, more often to point out what was wrong, and that second kind is the most valuable. One honest report about a hidden button or a wrong calculation is worth more than ten compliments.
I answer every message myself. I read every review. I don't always have time to fix everything quickly, but nothing is ignored: every piece of feedback ends up on a list, and that list decides what I build next.
You owe me nothing. You have already given the rarest thing: time, and trust. Thank you for placing it in a small app that promised to keep your numbers to yourself.
Stéphane
Who this thank-you is for
- 01
Those who installed the app
Installing an unknown app and typing your income into it is an act of trust. You did it with no account to create, no guarantee, no brand behind it.
- 02
The 14 people who rated the app on the App Store
A rating takes thirty seconds and weighs more than any advert. Each one helps someone else decide.
- 03
Those who wrote
To report a bug, suggest an idea, ask for a feature, or simply say it helped. Every message gets a reply from a person, not a bot.
- 04
The testers of the closed session
You try unfinished versions, on your own phones, with your real budgets. You find what I can no longer see. It is the most thankless work, and the most useful.
- 05
The people close to me who put up with an evening project
Hours spent on the app are hours taken from somewhere else. This project owes them its patience.
Count read from the App Store when the site was last updated. No figure is typed by hand.
What your feedback changed
Three recent examples, among others. Each started with a message or a test, and each ended up in the code.
The feedback
“On Android, the Save button is hidden under the navigation bar.”
What came of it
Every input sheet now accounts for the system bar and the keyboard, on every Android version. Fixed in the next release.
The feedback
“The discount percentage shown doesn't match the real maths.”
What came of it
The percentage is now computed from the actual prices, rounded down, never inflated. Fixed in the next release.
The feedback
“The tutorial gets stuck, the Next button stops responding.”
What came of it
The tutorial was rewritten to behave identically on iPhone and Android. Fixed in the next release.
If you want to help further
No obligation. But if you have thirty seconds, these are the three gestures that matter most to an independent app.
And if the app isn't right for you, tell me that too. That's how it gets better.