A habit tracker app · B2C · guest's own app
Rebuild an app you saw broken down on X, with better design and missing features
Ordinary habit tracker reached ~$10K/month; guest credits the premium design
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What they did
Saw a breakdown of an app's onboarding (a common post format on X), realized he could make his own angle on it, add a few obvious missing features and make the design premium. Picked health and fitness, a category he expected to make money. The app is 'not really anything special'; premium design and nice UI are the main value proposition.
What happened
The habit tracker peaked around $13K/month and hovers around $10K/month.
- Stage
- Pre-launch (idea)
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