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Empty StoreKit paywalls, Guideline 2.1, and the ADHD planner I shipped in October.
ADHD Awareness Month
BrainHD: talk a messy list, get one next move, grow a city. Not a diagnosis. First App Store submission, live within two days.
Shipped 1 October 2026. Dump a messy list, one next move, a city. Not a diagnosis.
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October is ADHD Awareness Month. BrainHD went live 1 October 2026 on the first try, within two days. I am promoting the planner I shipped — not a medical explainer.
1 min readGrowth
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How BrainHD works: talk a messy list, get one next move, focus that counts up, Rescue mode, widgets, named levels, Reduce Motion, and a city of finished tasks.
5 min readBuild
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BrainHD is built for ADHD brains. It includes an optional attention self-check. That check is not a diagnosis. I put that on the App Store listing on purpose.
1 min readShip
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BrainHD 1.0 passed App Review on the first try and was live within two days in October. What it shipped with, and the Connect list I finished before submit.
3 min readShip
The posts Google is already showing — empty StoreKit, first-submission Hangar, and a paywall you couldn't close.
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Missing Metadata in App Store Connect is why StoreKit returns no products. The five causes I check before I open Xcode.
9 min readShip
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Hangar passed App Review on the first submission. The pre-review checks I run now: paywall, Guideline 2.1, and a hosted privacy URL.
4 min readShip
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Apple rejected my paywall because you couldn't close it. Guideline 3.1.2: dismissal, price, duration, and working privacy/terms links.
5 min readShip
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Apple added a product page header, 3:2 search card, custom pages, PPO, and in-app events. I opened them in Connect. The first screenshot is no longer the whole ad.
3 min readGrowth
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I published BrainHD on the US storefront URL. Hangar, Sera, and Monetra I still link as apps.apple.com/pk. The product is the same binary. The link is which store I open when I check the page.
1 min readGrowth
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BrainHD Plus unlocks the full app with a 7-day free trial, then monthly or yearly. Prices show in the app. I put the trial on the listing before the first submission.
1 min readGrowth
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After Hangar and Monetra shipped I still have to write What's New. Users do not want commit messages. I write the one thing that changed in the listing.
1 min readGrowth
Actual products and experiments, with outcomes.
Build Log
App Store Connect on September 27: Sera had 1.38k impressions, 121 product page views, 16 first-time downloads, 1.83% conversion, $3 proceeds, and one in-app purchase. I finally have numbers I will write down.
1 min readGrowth
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App Store Connect on October 1: Monetra had 9.59k impressions, 357 product page views, 54 first-time downloads, $14 proceeds, two in-app purchases, and $2 monthly recurring revenue. The funnel barely moved. The new row was one paid plan.
2 min readGrowth
Build Log
On Loud Enough, talking over a reply stops playback. A pause while you find the words does not end your turn. Silence is held open on purpose so it stays a conversation, not a recording.
1 min readAI
The threads that have writing on them right now.
Implementation, architecture, APIs, mobile, backend, and cloud.
Explore →Stores, deployment, testing, release processes, and production issues.
Explore →Real LLM integrations, architecture decisions, limits, and lessons.
Explore →ASO, monetization, subscriptions, pricing, analytics, and experiments.
Explore →Products I built and released. The notes from shipping them are in the build logs.
Productivity
Brain dump tasks, build a city
Talk out what is on your mind. BrainHD turns it into small tasks. Finish one and a building goes up.
Developer Tools
Your deploys. One tap.
Fire Vercel, GitHub, and webhook commands from an iPhone — no laptop, no browser.
Lifestyle
Personal routine & tracker
Scan your skin, get a Glow Score, and a routine that adapts with you.
Business
Invoice maker & profit manager
Track spending, sales, inventory, and real profit without a spreadsheet.
Hiba Abbas is a software engineer. The notes here come from shipping mobile, web, AI, payments, and healthcare products. About