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by bquest2 1395 days ago
Do you really wanna pay for the privilege of going through all of this? Do yourself a favor and just leave it at a web app. That way you can still keep your creative freedom.
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I've built the whole thing with web-first technology (Elm + Capacitor) and it's cross-platform already - but distributing it as a native mobile app is part of a larger branding strategy to cement my position in an underserved niche as a purveyor of fine software products.

Future apps that I have plans for will need to take advantage of hardware-specific features; I see this as a foot in the door.

But if I can't get it in, I'll just market the webapp and pivot my strategy for future products.