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What our team has learned building, publishing and growing our own digital products, written so you can use it for yours.

We are Rekto Digital, the team behind LEVEL, PlankCAD, Cartoon It, Meow Jar, Plonk, Kind PDF and Gatekeep. Every article here comes from something we did ourselves: publishing games on Google Play, setting up ads that don't get in the way, building software people pay for, and making our website easy for search engines and AI assistants to read. No theory we haven't tested on our own products.

• How to publish an Android game on Google Play: what we learned shipping two gamesHow we published two Android games on Google Play: developer account, store listing, translations, Data safety, ads declarations and app-ads.txt.
• AEO and GEO: how we made our website readable for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AIThe AEO and GEO checklist we ran on every page of our site so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI can read and quote it: crawlers, llms.txt, FAQs, dates.
• From idea to launch: how we build a software product and keep it runningHow our team takes a software product from idea to launch and keeps it running: the problem, a focused first version, payments, hosting and support.
• How much does a website cost in 2026?A small business website usually costs $800 to $10,000 to build, plus $240 to $1,200 a year to run. What changes the price, and what we charge ourselves.

Guides for UGC creators and clippers

We pay creators to make TikToks, Reels and Shorts about our apps and games. These guides are what we tell every new creator, written from the reviewer's side of the application.

• How to become a UGC creator with no followers (a step-by-step plan)A step-by-step plan to start UGC with zero followers: pick a product, film a real use, build a 3-video portfolio and apply to programs that pay on results.
• 20 UGC video ideas for apps and games (with hooks that work)20 short-video ideas for app and game UGC on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, with hooks, plus what the most-viewed tutorial Shorts have in common.
• What is clipping, and how do clippers get paid?What clipping is, how clippers get paid, the rules that get clip accounts banned, and how editors can clip original content for our apps and tools.
• How to make a UGC portfolio when you have never had a brand dealHow to build a UGC portfolio before your first brand deal: three spec videos, where to host them, what to write, and what reviewers check in 10 seconds.

Forms, PDFs and photos that won't upload

What we learned building free tools for the files online forms keep rejecting, with our own measurements.

• Aadhaar PDF password: what it is, and how to remove it so forms accept itThe e-Aadhaar PDF password is the first 4 letters of your name in capitals plus your birth year. How to open it, and how to remove it so forms accept the file.
• Why the online form keeps rejecting your file: 7 reasons and the fix for eachThe 7 reasons upload forms reject a PDF or photo: size over the limit, KB counted as 1000, wrong format, iPhone HEIC, a password, wrong pixel size, or too small.
• How many PDF pages fit in 100 KB? We tested 8 sizesWe compressed a CV, a 4-page scan and a photo brochure to 50 KB, 100 KB, 200 KB and up to 1 MB, and measured how readable each one stayed.
• Passport size photo at home: 6 mistakes that get it rejectedTaking a passport size photo at home for a form? The 6 mistakes that get it rejected, from shadows and busy backgrounds to the wrong KB size and fit-to-page prints.

What free tools and guides do we offer?

• Markup vs margin calculatorA free calculator for woodworking and custom-job quotes, from the team behind PlankCAD.
• Personalized comic gift ideasGift ideas by occasion, and how to make a comic from your own photos with Cartoon It.
• Game guidesTips and strategy for Meow Jar and Plonk, written from the games' own rules.

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