In 2024, I was one of 350 Apple Swift Student Challenge winners worldwide.

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Stillz

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The video builds credibility by sharing a personal success story before introducing the product as a solution to a relatable, everyday problem.

Summary

A developer shares his journey of winning an Apple challenge and moving to Italy to study at the Apple Developer Academy. He explains how he built his new app, Stillz, to solve his personal frustration of taking high-quality screenshots from videos.

Structure

1Introduction of the creator's background and achievements
2Explanation of the problem he faced while traveling
3Introduction of the app Stillz as the solution
4Demonstration of the app's core features

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Just launched a new app as a solo developer. Search for “Stillz” on the App Store and try it out!!! #solofounder #appdevelopment #apple #wwdc

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The creator demonstrates the app Stillz on his phone, showing its interface and functionality.

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Download the app before May 20th to become a founding user for free.

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Swift Student Challenge Congratulations! ADHD app wins Apple accolade Federico II Developer Academy Naples Video 5,713 Items Stillz: Video to Photo Save the perfect frame Easily navigate frame-by-frame JPEG. PNG. HEIF. DOWNLOAD BEFORE MAY 20!! Download in Bio

Transcript

In 2024, I was one of 350 Apple Swift Student Challenge winners worldwide. And now, I'm living in Italy, studying at the Apple Developer Academy in Naples. Every month, we get a new challenge, new team, new app. You're supposed to design, build it, and then pitch it in front of 200 people in four weeks time. And in between all of that, I had this one personal frustration. I was traveling a lot, right? And I would end up with a lot of videos on my phone. Every time I want to get an image out there, maybe a funny moment, a cute post, what do I do? I take a screenshot. And then I have to like crop around it and then do it over and over and over again for every single image that I want to get. So I made an app to fix just that. I'm calling it Stillz, and it's actually live on the App Store now. And what it does is it allows you to go into any video and browse frame-by-frame with a simple swipe. You can get it super precise to the exact frame that you want, and then you can extract it at full quality from the original video. From now until May 20th, May 20th, anyone who downloads the app before this date automatically becomes a founding user. And what that means is that you get all the base features of Stillz for free, unlimited use, forever. Link in bio.