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45% of my app's first downloads came from ChatGPT, not from my website

A solo developer of the iPhone teleprompter app Teleprompter Offline & Private reports that App Store Connect's App Referrer analytics attribute 45% of the app's first downloads to ChatGPT rather than Google or the app's own landing page. The developer says ChatGPT appears to quote App Store listings, Reddit threads and comparison pages instead of the website, and has since shifted effort toward optimizing the listing text over the landing page. The app, which earns roughly $100+ per month, works offline with no account or tracking.

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I build Teleprompter Offline & Private, an iPhone teleprompter with voice-follow scrolling that works offline, with no account and no tracking. I'm a solo developer and it earns about $100+ a month right now. Not life-changing, but real, and it is growing slowly.

What surprised me in App Store Connect: the App Referrer report shows ChatGPT as the source of 45% of the app's first downloads. Not Google. Not my landing page. ChatGPT seems to quote App Store listings, Reddit threads and comparison pages, rather than my own site.

What I changed because of it

How to check your own app

App Store Connect, Analytics, Sources, App Referrer. Look at the share of web referrals that are AI assistants. The numbers are small, so do not over-read them, but the direction was clear for me.

What I take from it

The listing is the page that gets quoted, so it deserves more work than the landing page. A question like "which teleprompter works offline without an account" gets answered from whatever text states that plainly.

Question for you: where do your first users actually come from? Have you checked the referrer data lately?

App: https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/teleprompter-offline-private/id6808964093

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