Starter Story · 2025-12-04
I make $120K/year from 3 mobile apps (The Wellness.Company Breakdown)
Presh, a college dropout who spent seven years at the angel investor Launch, runs The Wellness Company, a studio of niche health apps: Go Polar (cold plunge and sauna tracking), SunSeek (morning light and vitamin D) and Posture AI, with Tempo (health data aggregator) about to launch. The apps target one overlapping audience so new apps can be marketed to existing users. In 10 months: ~$10.4K/month (~$120K ARR), 20,000+ downloads mostly from organic App Store search, 1,500+ paying subscribers, ~8% free-to-paid conversion, 80-85% margins.
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Numbers mentioned
| Who | Metric | Value | Context | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wellness Company | arr | USD 120K/year approximate | ARR across all three apps | 1:05 |
| The Wellness Company | revenue | USD 10.4K/month | Total monthly revenue, all subscriptions | 1:39 |
| The Wellness Company | revenue | USD 10K/month approximate | Host intro: three apps 'making over $10,000 a month' | 0:00 |
| The Wellness Company | downloads | 20K downloads approximate | Over 20,000 total downloads, mostly organic from the App Store and organic search | 1:39 |
| The Wellness Company | paying users | 1,500 subscribers approximate | Over 1,500 paying subscribers across the apps | 1:39 |
| The Wellness Company | conversion rate | 8% approximate | Free to paid; guest says high because the apps are niche | 1:39 |
| The Wellness Company | retention | 61% | 'Day 30 free to paid retention' (likely D30 retention of paying subscribers) | 1:39 |
| The Wellness Company | cost | USD 300/month approximate | Total tool costs | 12:16 |
| The Wellness Company | margin | 80–85% approximate | After ~$300/month tools and Apple's 15% small-business commission | 12:16 |
| benchmarkApple App Store commission for developers earning under $1M a year | commission rate | 15% | Apple's cut under $1M revenue | 12:16 |