For you to make just $200K off one app,
you would need to capture just 0.00012% of that

The top 5% generate 400x more than the bottom 25%
but out of all apps only 3.5% of them make over $10k/month

Here's the good news:
all winning apps share a few core similarities

More good news:
it's all public

That's the best part of the app space, it's super different compared to SaaS, Ecom, trading, dropshipping, car rentals, and everything else

The AppStore is pretty much completely public:

→ Revenue
→ Downloads
→ Ranking
→ Onboarding Structure
→ App Loop
→ Winning creatives

if you go on a bit of a search, you will find the data

This means you can literally see the apps that are printing money
and break down exactly how

If you already built an app and already make over $10k+/MRR
then keep doing what you're doing and try the AI UGC at the bottom

But if you are stuck below that, or haven't even launched an app yet
then you need to start building the right app FAST now

So if that sounds like you, keep reading

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PART 1: THE RIGHT IDEA
( the most important decision you'll make )

"From this decision your success is predetermined"

Because this will determine a few aspects of building and marketing your app

→ How you will market
→ To who you will market
→ Their buying nature
→ What features are mandatory or bloat

So it's extremely important to be aware of who you are building for

What one user might find crowded,
another finds convenient

For example:

The weather app user wants all the data, every number and digit possible
While the alarm clock user, wants a simple accountability and UI

Knowing who you are building for is KEY to be able to build correctly

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PART 2: BUILDING FOR A LONG TERM VISION
( extremely important, most ignore this step )

There are many soooo many app makers,
it seems like a new one appears every single week

You have to think of the app builder as your co-founder
( because it really is )

And if you have some experience with co-founders
you know they can either really help you or slow you down

SO CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE:

I've been reached out by almost every single app builder to promote them
and after trying most of them out, i realized they all fell short from the promise

So i declined

All except one: @rork
specifically Rork Max as the first native SwiftUI app builder in the world

Ironically the one of the smallest in the gold rush
Also became the #1 AI mobile app builder in the world

Rork is #13 globally (raised $3M+)
Replit is #61 (raised $500M+)
Lovable is #78 (raised $550M+)

With just 10 people

This is significant if you know your app would be EVEN better by using native iPhone functions such as

→ Widgets
→ Apple watch
→ Apple tv
→ Dynamic island

And everything else in the picture below:

My app "Unlocked: Screen Time Blocker" would have been literally impossible to make without Rork Max

My only other alternative would have been burning $300+ on cursor
( which i've done before ) twice

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With Rork Max i was able to add into my app:

→ Screen Time Blocker
→ AR movement tracking
→ Widgets
→ Along with SwiftUI icons

It's important that you are aware of what is possible
because staying ahead could be a huge victory

The first couple apps to integrate new apple features
each made several hundred thousand
widget apps and screen time blocker apps

For example: Locket Widget

## PART 3: BUILDING AN APP THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AI BUILT IT
( this is where most people lose )

In all of the worlds most significant and beautiful creations theres a phase in which it looked terrible

Apps are no different
however AI has advanced so much

That there is zero reason your app should look vibecoded
you simply didn't send enough prompts

Here's how to stop making average looking apps:

Step 1: Brain dump your idea using the voice to text feature