Hey, my name is Roman and I'm mainly a Full Stack TypeScript developer, Objective-C is just a hobby.
In 2015 I finished my University degree (Computer Hardware and Software Engineering course) and was pretty bored. Back then I liked to listen to Music 24/7, but I always had cheap headphones and the experice wasn't the best. I knew I can make my headphones better with a good Audio Equalizer. Made some research and found Boom2, like all of us did. But when I looked at the price I felt disgusted. Being that I'm a fresh Software Developer graduate I was very keen to apply myself somewhere. I decided that I will build my own Equalizer.
Back then Objective-C was always my language of choice. I've spent around a month building the first version of eqMac. Had to do loads of reading but mostly it was pretty simple. Due to stupidity I coded the entire UI rather than using the Interface Builder. Honestly, the hardest part was doing the Website where people could download the app. I released eqMac v1 for Free in August of 2015 and it started to slowly gather attention. In the first year I got around 50k downloads, just from the website. That year I took time off working on eqMac as I had to kick start my career.
In Septermber of 2016 I felt more stable with personal life and decided to do a Second release of eqMac2. This time I thought I would do a Freemium model with a 'free' basic app and some paid 'premium' functionality (like support for Bluetooth etc.) I followed this goal for about 9 months, spent around 1000 hours making eqMac2 more stable and prettier than its predecessor. I was 90% of the way there, before I realised that I don't want to turn eqMac into a business and a full-time job (just wasn't enjoying native development that much anymore). I decided to make eqMac an Open-Source project with hopes that we as a community can achieve much more than me, working on it alone. As of June 2017 eqMac has 125k Downloads.
Money is used to pay for Server Hosting, SSL certificates, CDN, Apple Developer Membership (To sign the app and Kext) and any other maintenance costs.