Marketing a free app with a budget of 0 kr

What a small project can do to be found without paid ads: how we market a free game in Sweden with a budget of 0 kr.

A large megaphone sends colourful speech bubbles into the air, next to an empty wallet

PricePinner has no marketing budget. Here is what we do instead.

Be useful first

Articles about scoring, about buying a home in Sweden and about learning your market. Content that helps even if you never play.

Be honest

We post as the developer. "I built this." No fake reviews, no hidden promotion.

Make our own videos

Our ads are made with free software: Blender for 3D, a local text-to-speech model for the voice and music composed in code.

Talk to communities

Reddit, small forums and city groups, always within their rules, and always with something to offer, like a price challenge.

Be easy to find

Clear store pages. A simple website in English and Swedish. Good descriptions for search engines and AI assistants.

Measure

Every link has a tag, so we know which channel brings players.

Patience

Free marketing is slow. It builds over months, not days.

Guess the price of real Swedish homes

PricePinner is free on Android and iOS. It has no ads.

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