Tim Schmitz

@Timschmitz
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Nerd. Hoya. Cheese-hater.
Developer of @tinseltownapp.

I’m here live, I’m not a cat.

Tinseltownhttps://tinseltown-app.com
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I wish people would stop conflating “social media” with algorithmic content feeds.

Claiming that social media is harmful to kids (or anyone else) is as nonsensical as saying “hanging out with your friends is harmful for you” and I think it deserves way more pushback.

I hope everyone at @DeepDishSwift has a fantastic conference! Sorry to miss out this time but I hope to see you all next year (right @joshdholtz ? 👀)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Craigosborne/116370261539529179

Fellow indie devs: How do you get your apps in front of your target audience? Share your wisdom!

I’ve also found AI to be a great helper for optimizing App Store Search Ads. I don’t love them but they seem to be a necessary evil. I only have a tiny budget to work with and Claude did a great job figuring out where I can use that budget effectively.
I spent some time last night going through Tinseltown analytics with Claude. I’m certainly not an analytics expert, but thankfully @telemetrydeck provides an AI-friendly data export. It yielded some interesting insights that should help make Tinseltown better for everyone!
New lock screen

Spending some time today working on a new feature for Tinseltown: Notifications for when titles on your watchlist become available on your streaming services. Hopefully coming soon!

If you haven’t tried Tinseltown yet, I hope you’ll give it a spin: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6480349413

Tinseltown - Streaming Tracker App - App Store

Download Tinseltown - Streaming Tracker by Bright Pixel LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Tinseltown -…

App Store
Inspired by watching Artemis II head for the moon? Check out this list of movies about space exploration. You can pick Tinseltown from the share sheet to add them quickly to your watchlist 🚀 https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-space-movies/
The Best Space Movies For An Escape Into The Unknown

These space movies are guaranteed to give you the high-stakes visual spectacle you need when you're looking for an out-of-this-world escape.

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New blog post: Small ways the App Store could be improved for developers

Setting aside major policy controversies, the App Store has a large number of minor issues almost 18 years after opening that Apple could fix to make life easier for developers but has neglected to fix.

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/3/13.html

Small ways the App Store could be improved for developers