The Superwall Podcast · 2026-09-03
Asya Paloni - How to Build an $18M/Year Apple Watch App (FREE MASTERCLASS)
Welltory CPO Asya Paloni ($18M ARR, ~18M downloads Apple Watch stress/energy app) explains Meta ad hooks that reveal scary hidden body processes, then walks through the onboarding built on her six-part pitch formula (human problem, promise, key, mechanism, proof, FOMO): health-data sync as the first CTA (90%+ accept), early notification ask, an emotional re-anchoring question, showing the user's own stress data as proof, and a loss-framed paywall that beat a benefits ending. Annual-only hard-ish paywall; 60%+ of conversions come after day one.
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Numbers mentioned
| Subject | Metric | Value | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welltory | arr | USD 18M/year approximate | “Our ARR is around 18 million, and we have about 17 million downloads.” |
| Welltory | downloads | 17M–18M downloads approximate | “we have about 17 million downloads. I guess it's closer to 18 million now.” |
| Welltory | conversion rate Onboarding: share of users who connect their Apple Health data on the first CTA screen (over 90%) | 90% approximate | “Over 90% of users hook up their health data, which I think is uh remarkable in this day and age.” |
| Welltory | share Share of women who answer 'low on energy' or 'tired and drained' to the onboarding 'how do you usually feel' question; men mostly pick 'sometimes stressed' or 'pretty good' | 50–70% approximate | “Over half of women, and I think even like closer to 70% of women say they are low on energy or tired and drained.” |
| Welltory | price Annual plan on the paywall, displayed as $8.83/month; usually the only plan offered | USD 99.99/year | “Cuz like it says $99.99 per year or $8.83 a month” |
| Welltory | share Share of conversions that happen after day one, over the following couple of months (over 60%) | 60% estimate | “we actually have a long tail where I think over 60% of our conversions or something like this happen over the course of the next like couple months.” |