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by BoorishBears 523 days ago
> Distribution, marketing and running

Case in point: I regularly use a free iOS app that is clearly the result of someone's deep passion in taking what could have been a simple wrapper and turning it into an incredibly simple but powerful interface to complete a useful task efficiently and at any scale... and that task is exactly what OP was trying to do...

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/frame-grab/id1319670797

But as someone who's somewhat familiar with app store optimization, I guarantee the creator did none of that that.

Their app name would need to be something obnoxious like "Frame Grabber Extractor: Pic from Video" to capture all the different searches people do for this task.

And the people focused on distribution are even paying for ads with the money they make their IAP infested "1 week trial; $4 a week" alternatives make.