Category: Behind the Scenes at RunPee
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RunPee Roadmap
Here’s what’s to come for the RunPee app in the next year or so. Cleaning House I have a super busy summer and fall ahead of me with work on my day job (CTO at Mapt.co). I generally reserve Thursday’s as RunPee Day. That’s the day we go see movies and I try to make it…
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RunPee at Google I/O
Google invited and more importantly paid for me to attend their developer conference in San Jose this year. This is the place to be if you’re interested in technology and specifically AI. At the end of the keynote they used AI to count how many times they said AI in all of the sessions: 120…
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How to help support RunPee without spending a penny
[image created with ideogram.ai] Tell your friends and family The secret to RunPee’s success isn’t that we provide a unique service for a niche problem, but that RunPee is also a fun story for people to share with others. It’s the reason the RunPee user base has grown as wide as it has without resorting…
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We Have WORM SIGN!
It’s probably not a shocker that February is generally a slow month for movies. Every few years we get a Black Panther, Thor Ragnarok, or Deadpool movie in February, but those are the exceptions. This year (2024), February had some lackluster movies, to say the least. Movies like Drive-Away Dolls, Bob Marley, Lisa Frankenstein, Argylle,…
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Meet the RunPee Family
I get a few user support emails each week and it’s always amusing to me to discover that many people think that RunPee is a company. And that’s not really the case at all. We’re a family and a pretty small one at that. Maybe a few people out there would find it interesting to see…
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Full Transparency-RunPee app income and expenses
Note: Apple doesn’t pay consistently every month. There are some months that they don’t issue a payment, and other months that they make two payments. That’s why the income from Apple varies so widely. Above is a chart going back to January 2023 of the RunPee income and expenses, broken down by Google, Apple, and…
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My New Day Job
RunPee has been great to me over the years, but since the Covid pandemic, it’s not made a livable wage. RunPee has essentially become a time-consuming hobby. I go to one or two, occasionally three, movies a week, and manage the customer feedback and such. Fortunately, the app is pretty stable and doesn’t require much…
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What are the hardest movies to find Peetimes for?
One of the most common questions I’m asked is, “What was the hardest movie to find Peetimes for?” When I get to the #1 answer—below—I’m sure you’ll say to yourself, “Yeah, that makes sense.” (Are you trying to guess the answer now? Remember, RunPee launched in 2008, so it’s a movie that has come out…
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RunFREE: no more Peecoins
From day one, trying to figure out how best to monetize the RunPee app has been the biggest challenge. For better or for worse, I think the challenge is pretty much over. Sink or swim; I have crossed the Rubicon. After this, I don’t think there’s much I can do to change the monetization options…
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Looking for a WordPress Master
In case you haven’t noticed, this blog needs some TLC. I was searching for help managing this WordPress blog on Fiverr but I thought it would be better to consult the RunPee community and see if there’s anyone out there who can help. If possible, I’d like to keep it in the family. I would…