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desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)
Hevy | Lead/Senior React Native Engineer & Lead/Senior Backend Engineer | Barcelona, Spain | Hybrid | Relocation

Hevy is a multiplatform weight lifting tracker that lets athletes log their workouts, track progress and be part of a community of gym athletes. We are a bootstrapped fitness and technology company operating out of Barcelona, Spain.

Relocation to Spain: full relocation package, work permit + residence permit for spouse, hybrid (2-3 days in office/week), competitive salary + performance bonus. https://www.hevyapp.com/careers/

desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)
Hevy | Lead React Native Engineer | Barcelona, Spain | Hybrid | Relocation

Hevy is a multiplatform weight lifting tracker that lets athletes log their workouts, track progress and be part of a community of gym athletes. We are a bootstrapped fitness and technology company operating out of Barcelona, Spain.

Relocation to Spain: full relocation package, work permit + residence permit for spouse, hybrid (2-3 days in office/week), competitive salary + performance bonus. https://www.hevyapp.com/careers/

desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)
Hevy | Senior Mobile Engineer | Remote | Full-time | https://hevyapp.com

We’re looking for a lead mobile/full-stack engineer to join our team. You’ll take full technical ownership of a mobile+web app used by +2 million users. You’ll architect and implement features, and lead a small team of developers.

Our tech stack includes: React, React-Native, iOS, Android, Next.js, Node.js, express.js, Postgres.

Learn more about the position here: https://www.hevyapp.com/careers-lead-full-stack-engineer/

desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
Zero ads. Subscriptions $3/month or $24/year
desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
Yes it is!
desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
Yep it supports RPE. Just have to enable it in Settings.
desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
95% of our traffic is organic so it's not anything to do with marketing. I think it's just that we're ranked much higher in the Play Store than we are in the App Store atm. The iOS App Store is much more competitive (in our niche) and we haven't yet cracked the ranking algorithm :D.
desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
Cool! Glad you're enjoying the app. I'll get that timer looked at ;)
desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
Good question! Per user we make about 1/2 as much on Android compared to iOS, but we're currently getting 2x traffic on Android so it's pretty much a 50/50 split ~$20k each.
desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Has anyone made any serious money selling Android apps?
I have a gym logging app that’s currently making about $20k/month on Android. I think fitness is a bit of a unique market because, in my experience, people are more willing to spend money on it compared to other types of software. Last I checked we’re in the top 5 apps on the play store for our niche.

https://www.hevyapp.com

desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)
Hevy | Junior Software Engineer | Barcelona, Spain | Full time | Remote | https://www.hevyapp.com/careers-job003/

Hevy is a Android/iOS weight lifting tracker that lets athletes log their workouts, track progress and be part of a growing community of gym athletes. We are a small bootstrapped fitness and technology company operating remotely, with a base in Barcelona.

If you or someone you know is interested we’d love to hear from you.

desmondmcnamee··on Ask HN: How many tech companies are using JavaScript for their whole stack?
Cool yea we'll need a web app soon and i think going with Next.js and React will be a no brainer. I'm really interested in companies that do this at scale though. What's the downside? Why doesn't everyone do it?