MONEY LIST · 6 receipts
AI phone apps making money
Phone apps have a direct distribution surface: a user can find, install, and pay in the same ecosystem. This list selects earned receipts whose product description mentions mobile, iOS, or the App Store. It is a small set, but the records cover several different jobs: habit support, app design, a portfolio of single-feature apps, beauty, health tracking, and mobile-app creation. The small size is useful because the differences are easy to see.
Glam Up is the largest receipt at a reported peak MRR of $150,000. Nicole Cheung's AI beauty app reached 1M users and top #3 in the US App Store Lifestyle category. Pep AI reports $60,000 MRR for tracking peptide and GLP-1 doses, side effects, meals, and injection sites. AppAlchemy reports $17,000 MRR and helps users build mobile app designs with AI. STOPPR reports $12,000 monthly revenue for a mobile app that helps Gen Z women stop sugar cravings.
The smaller records show two different routes to phone-app revenue. Sleek reports $10,000 MRR for designing mobile apps through chat with AI. Max Artemov's 28-app mobile portfolio reports $10,000 monthly revenue from shipping single-feature apps in volume and keeping the winners. Those are not the same strategy. Sleek sells an AI-assisted creation workflow, while the portfolio approach spreads risk across many small products. The receipts do not say how many apps in the portfolio earn or what the acquisition cost was.
The common thread is a focused mobile use case and a clear user action. STOPPR targets sugar cravings. Pep AI tracks a repeated health routine. Glam Up sells a visual transformation. AppAlchemy helps make mobile designs. The descriptions suggest that phone distribution works best when the app gives a user a quick, repeatable result. That is a product hypothesis, not a conclusion about the market. The receipts do not isolate App Store search, paid acquisition, subscriptions, refunds, or platform fees. They also do not show retention or the share of users who become paying customers.
Evidence is the main caveat. Every selected receipt is marked maker-claim. The amount labels also differ: peak MRR, MRR, monthly revenue, and a portfolio's monthly revenue. Glam Up's $150,000 is a peak rather than a promise of a current run rate. Read the source and date before using any number. The list shows reported mobile outcomes, not independently verified App Store earnings or a guaranteed route to a top chart position. Retention is not shown.
Key takeaways
- The selected apps focus on repeatable phone actions such as tracking, beauty, habits, or app design.
- Glam Up reports $150,000 peak MRR and 1M users, but peak MRR is not a guaranteed current run rate.
- A single focused app and a portfolio of small apps are different operating strategies.
- All six selected receipts carry maker-claim evidence, not processor verification or public records.
- The receipts do not show App Store fees, acquisition cost, refunds, or retention.
Receipts in this list
| Product | Maker | Amount | What it is | Built with | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glam Up | Nicole Cheung | $150,000reported peak MRR | Glam Up is an AI beauty app that reached 1M users and top #3 in the US App Store Lifestyle category. | AI beauty generation | Maker claim |
| Pep AI | Cedric Roberge | $60,000reported MRR | Pep AI is a mobile app for tracking peptide and GLP-1 doses, side effects, meals, and injection sites. | Replit, Claude, AI meal scanner | Maker claim |
| AppAlchemy | Diego Roshardt | $17,000reported MRR | AppAlchemy lets users build mobile app designs fast using AI. | Cursor | Maker claim |
| STOPPR | David Attias | $12,000reported monthly revenue | STOPPR is a mobile app that helps Gen Z women stop sugar cravings. | Cursor | Maker claim |
| Sleek | Mattia Pomelli | $10,000reported MRR | Sleek designs mobile apps through chat with AI. | AI design chat | Maker claim |
| 28-app mobile portfolio | Max Artemov | $10,000reported monthly revenue | Max ships single-feature mobile apps in volume and keeps the winners. | ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Claude, OpenAI | Maker claim |
FAQ
What qualifies as a phone app?
An earned receipt qualifies when its product, what, or amount label contains mobile, iOS, or App Store. The filter is based on the receipt text.
Are these App Store earnings independently verified?
No. All six selected receipts carry maker-claim evidence. Their linked sources and notes explain the stated limit.
Is Glam Up's $150,000 current monthly revenue?
The receipt calls it reported peak MRR. Peak MRR is a historical high label, not a promise that the same figure continues today.
Does a mobile app need to be a single product?
No. The list includes Max Artemov's 28-app mobile portfolio as well as individual products such as STOPPR, Pep AI, and Glam Up.