Joe Fabisevich Mar 29, 2023

After 10 days of App Store rejections I'm so excited to say, Short Circuit is finally in the App Store! 28 days ago I started built a prototype of Siri powered by ChatGPT, and was immediately drawn to the idea of a premium-feeling iOS, iPad, and Mac app for ChatGPT. This amazing technology deserves a good user experience, and we gave it one.

Partnering with @Soroush to make that happen has been a dream, and I'm so excited to share Short Circuit with you.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/short-circuit-ai-chatbot/id1638522784?ct=social

‎Short Circuit: AI Chatbot

‎Ask AI anything with Short Circuit. As an AI-powered chatbot, Shorty is here to revolutionize the way we communicate with our devices. Shorty can provide intelligent, sophisticated, and even funny responses to your every question, powered by the latest OpenAI models ChatGPT, and soon GPT-4. But tha…

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Show threadJoe Fabisevich Mar 29, 2023

We're only getting started too. We already have a true native Mac app in private beta, we're adding GPT-4 support, syncing all your conversations across devices, and so much more.

That's not to undersell the app today, it can already do so much and has been doing so much in our lives. You should try the app to find out for yourself, everyone gets 10 free messages to try it out. If you like the app we'd truly appreciate App Store ratings and reviews, they're the lifeblood of any indie app.

Show threadJoe Fabisevich 

Next week I'll be publishing a post covering a large set of big questions about AI we have to answer as a society, but we've also been using AI as we've been building Short Circuit.

This week Short Circuit helped with meal prep, it made up stories for the little kids in my life, and it even helped build Short Circuit. It helped me write Short Circuit's app description, found good ASO keywords, and it even wrote the in app purchase code for me because I was too lazy to read RevenueCat's docs.

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Show threadJoe Fabisevich Mar 29, 2023

Before we go one last surprise. Our back and forth with app review was about providing users with a lifetime unlock option. Hopefully in the next day or two that will be approved and available in the app, but in the mean time you can purchase a lifetime unlock to use your own OpenAI token on Stripe. https://redpanda.club/short-circuit-lifetime-unlock

We truly hope you love Short Circuit, as much as you'll surely love our lil mascot Shorty. If you like 'em share 'em with your friends. (Hint, hint, the boost button. 🐘)

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Show threadJoe Fabisevich Apr 1, 2023
I'm very happy to say that Apple has finally approved our lifetime unlock in app purchase, so now you can upgrade from within the app. We've also fixed up the bugs that were stopping some users from sending messages, which is, you know, the entire point of the app. 😅
Show threadRoman LefebvreMar 29, 2023
@mergesort shorty is truly the cutest! 🥰
Show threadJoe Fabisevich Mar 29, 2023
@Rlfb 🥺🥺🥺
Show threadJared ManfrediMar 29, 2023
@mergesort does the secret key tie to a GPT-4 sub or is a sub through them completely unrelated?
Show threadJoe Fabisevich Mar 29, 2023
@jared The lifetime unlock is unrelated, we just want to provide people who have subscription fatigue an option that better works for them. We probably will be able to get GPT-4 support out to lifetime users quicker though, but no promises. 🤞🏻
Show threadNathan Wrigley Mar 31, 2023
@mergesort I did this too! Is there something that I need to do or will it just work out-of-the-box, in terms of binding my license to my account? Thank you.
Show threadJoe Fabisevich Mar 31, 2023
@nathan Hey Nathan, I’m really sorry, I know this isn’t a good first experience with the app. On Wednesday we submitted a bug fix to Apple (version 1.0.3 rather than 1.0.2 that you’re using) which solves the issue you’re running into, it’s specific to people who bought the lifetime unlock. We’re still waiting for Apple to approve the update, but since the app update is ready can we add you to a beta TestFlight build for the updated app we sent to Apple which should solve your problem?
Show threadJust another rakyat 🇲🇾Apr 18, 2023
@mergesort Is the lifetime unlock for all three platforms, or will it be separate purchases?
Show threadJoe Fabisevich Apr 18, 2023
@rakyat You get all three platforms with one purchase, no nickel and diming here. 🙂
Show threadJust another rakyat 🇲🇾Apr 18, 2023
@mergesort Nice! ❤️