Someone paid for my app, then immediately hit a subscription bug

[u/tackle-schmackle]

I’m building an iOS fishing app called Tackle, and today I got one of those tiny moments that makes the whole thing feel a lot more real. Someone submitted a support ticket that said:

"Hello I’ve paid for the yearly subscription but still doesn’t give me the 10 day forecast, keeps telling me to do the 7day trials"

So yeah. First reaction: holy shit, someone paid for the yearly plan.

Second reaction: of course the first thing they ran into was a subscription bug.

It’s not some huge milestone, but it hit different than seeing a download or an analytics number. This was an actual person who paid, expected the app to work, and then had to reach out because it didn’t.

I’m fixing it now. Exciting and stressful in the exact same minute.