Néstor del Río

Android Developer · Product · Buenos Aires, Argentina

I build digital products end to end.

Android developer with a product mindset and solid experience on tech teams. I design, build and publish my own apps on Google Play, used by thousands of people, including Idea 3D, a web and mobile platform for the maker community.

My apps on Google Play See Idea 3D Work experience
14
apps published on Google Play
~13k
downloads of Couples Quiz, my most-used app
2k+
downloads of Idea 3D, rated 5.0

Apps on Google Play

Apps used by thousands of people

Games and utilities I design, build, publish and monetize myself. Each one goes through the full cycle, from idea to store listing.

Couples Quiz icon
My most downloaded app
Couples Quiz: Long Distance

A question game for couples, designed for long-distance relationships too.

~13k downloads
View on Google Play →
Idea 3D icon
My main product
Idea 3D: 3D Printing Helper

Diagnoses 3D printing failures from a photo. Beyond the app, it's a full web platform with its own community.

2k+ downloads · 5.0
Play Again: GBA Retro Emulator
Retro emulator
Generala: Yatzy Dice Game
Dice game
Argentine Truco: Sin Pausas
Card game
Puesto Idle: Food Stand Tycoon
Idle tycoon
Astro Siege: Arcade Shooter
Arcade
2048 Daily Merge: Number Game
Number puzzle
Bingo Selled: Bingo Games
Bingo
Honest Aim: Bubble Shooter
Bubble shooter
Cazapalabras: Word Search
Word search
Water Sort Puzzle: Fair Sort
Puzzle
SmartDiary: Smart Life Journal
Personal journal

How I take each app to the store

01
Idea and design

I look for niches with real demand in the store and design the experience before writing any code.

02
Android development

Native Kotlin, with AI agents built into my workflow to iterate fast.

03
Store listing and ASO

Screenshots, copy and keywords, localized into several languages.

04
Publishing and monetization

Play Console management, policy compliance and ads with AdMob.

Idea 3D icon

Case study · Founder & Product Engineer

Idea 3D

A platform for fixing 3D printing failures. Take a photo and it tells you what went wrong and which settings to change in your slicer. It works on the web and on Android, in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

Makers lose hours searching forums for why a print failed. Idea 3D turns a photo into an actionable diagnosis, backed by a guide of solutions voted on by the community.

I designed it, built it and run it on my own: product, UX, Android, web, backend, content and growth.

01 · WEB APP
idea3d.xyz

Diagnosis without sign-up, cost calculator, error guide and model catalog. Responsive, with pages built for SEO.

02 · ANDROID APP
Google Play

Camera and cropping, printer profile, first-layer check, job management with calendar and earnings.

03 · PLATFORM
Shared backend

One API for web and app. Google sign-in, image analysis with Gemini and synced community content.

04 · COMMUNITY
Guide and content

Solutions voted on by makers, shared prints and a social media series, “Error of the Week”, that drives traffic to the diagnosis.

Web platform

Every tool available from the browser, with nothing to install.

Open idea3d.xyz →
idea3d.xyz/diagnostico
Idea 3D diagnosis page on desktop: upload a photo of the failed print
Photo diagnosis, free and without sign-up: the entry point to the product.
The same diagnosis page on a phone, with bottom navigation
Mobile web with app-style navigation.
3D printing cost calculator with material, power usage and margin
Cost calculator: material, energy and margin.
3D printing error guide with community solutions and votes
Error guide with solutions voted on by makers.
Idea 3D home with community prints and models to download
Community prints and model catalog.

Android app

The same experience, designed to use right next to the printer.

View on Google Play →
Diagnosis result with the failures marked on the photo
Marks the failures on your photo
Fix steps and exact Cura settings ready to copy
Slicer settings, ready to copy
First-layer check using a photographed test print
First-layer check in 10 minutes
Printer, material and slicer selection before the diagnosis
Printer and material context
Visual troubleshooting guide with voted solutions
Community guide

Product decisions

01

Value before sign-up. The web diagnosis works without an account. Sign-in only appears when you want to share with the community.

02

Actionable answers. Naming the failure isn't enough: the result shows where it is, explains why it happens and gives exact values for Cura, OrcaSlicer, Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer or Creality Print.

03

Explicit privacy. The photo isn't stored: it stays on the device and is only published if the user chooses to share it.

04

Free, supported by contributions. Optional in-app contributions (“a coffee”, “a nozzle”, “a spool of filament”) that don't unlock anything.

05

Content-led growth. Web pages for each problem, a Play listing localized into three languages and a social series tracked with UTM that leads to the diagnosis.

2k+
downloads on Google Play
+86%
user acquisition, last 30 days
5.0
rating on Google Play
3
languages: ES, EN and PT
Stack
Kotlin Hilt Retrofit Room Firebase Auth Remote Config Gemini Play Billing Responsive web

Experience

From selling products to building them

2024 — present

Mercado Libre · Software Engineer

Re-architecture of the sign-up module in the marketplace app. New sign-up, login and onboarding flows focused on core conversion metrics, across Android, iOS, web and Spring Boot.

2022 — 2024

International Health Services · Android Developer

Apps for home healthcare, integrated with the FHIR standard for interoperability between health systems.

2020 — present

Idea 3D · Founder & Product Engineer

My own web and Android product: strategy, design, development, backend, publishing, content and monetization.

2011 — 2020

Sales and accounts · Claro, Global Connect, Chaer

Almost ten years on the customer side. It's what makes me think about conversion, onboarding and what the people using a product actually need.

Tools

Kotlin Jetpack Compose Java Swift Spring Boot React Astro Firebase Google Cloud Figma AdMob Claude Code GitHub Copilot

Education

  • Programming-focused high school diploma · FASTA
  • Android with Kotlin · Alkemy
  • UX · Codea Rock
  • Advanced graphic design · IAC

Let's build something together.

I'm looking to join a startup where I can work on mobile and product.

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Néstor del Río · Buenos Aires, Argentina Spanish · Portuguese B1 · English B1