Wow, I totally missed that over 400 apps are now using Kickstart Exchange! 🤯 It's a completely free advertising network for indie app developers, making it an incredibly effective way to find new users. exchange.kickstart.tools

Kickstart Exchange: free advertising for indie app developers

Your app shows ads for other indie apps, and every two shown earn one view of yours. Free, with no user tracking.

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Oct 17, 2026 · 12:46 PM UTC

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Bonus: Signing up for Kickstart Exchange also gives you Kickstart Signal (and vice versa!) – Signal lets you collect user requests right inside your app. Both are completely free, both are privacy-focused, and both use the same open-source SDK ✅ signal.kickstart.tools

Kickstart Signal: feature requests and voting for indie apps

Add feature requests, voting, and comments to your app with one SwiftUI view. Free, with every submission reviewed by you.

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Signed up for my satellite dish alignment app (109 downloads in 30 days — it needs all the help it can get). Honest question: does the Exchange actually move the needle for niche utility apps, or does it skew toward games and productivity apps? Will report back with real numbers either way.
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It's not an honest question, it's AI-written slop. Stop it.
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How did you manage to get around the trademarks for @Kickstarter
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what did we do to deserve you & your hard work? another thing on my list to pick up, thanks boss
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Ad blocks, blocks the ad element you are trying to show on the website.
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400 apps already is bigger than i expected, indie devs need more stuff like this
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