8 Hidden Mobile Apps Making $50K+/Month + Idea Generation Frameworks

In this episode, I go through eight companies that you've never heard of that are making at least $50,000 a month

on mobile apps. Now is the greatest time to be building mobile apps. And there are people printing doing it. I go

through exactly how how are these apps able to make so much money and how can you copy what they're doing it and apply

it to another niche. I give you tons of startup ideas in this episode, but my favorite part is actually going through

six frameworks that I have for coming up with mobile app ideas. If this video gets a few thousand likes, I will share

the excaladraw that I shared in this episode. So, stop what you're doing, like and comment and I'll share it with

you. [music] I saw this tweet. It said, "Here are the 10 apps released in the last 180 days

making $50,000 per month." So, today we're going to go actually break down each of these apps and we're going to

try to basically reverse engineer how are these mobile apps that are basically coming out of nowhere that people are

vibe coding. How are they able to crush it? I'm going to give you a bunch of frameworks uh towards the end of this

episode. Actually, first what we're going to do is we're going to go through each and every one of these apps. We're

going to really try to understand it. Then what we're going to do is uh I'm going to give you a framework and

actually a bunch of frameworks for how you can come up with your own mobile app ideas and how you can spot these things.

I'm and then at the end I'm going to give you even more startup ideas and just hand this to you in a silver

platter because I want you to go and vibe code a mobile app in 2026 that's going to make you money. And I think

that if you can look at some of these, it's going to it's going to get you inspired. It's going to get those

creative juices flowing. So, let's get right into it. The first app is an app called Flash Loop. It's an AI video

generator. You can see here, uh, I'm sure you've seen those, uh, those like Tik Toks and reals where it's like

babies doing podcasts and stuff like that. It's basically one of those things where it's an AI video generator. If you

look at the description, uh, it says generate epic AI videos from text or images in seconds. It's powered by VO3

in Sora 2. So, um, you know, just breaking down why is this thing working? Why is this thing able to get, you know,

$50,000 a month in revenue? It's gotten 50,000 downloads worldwide in the last 30 days as well. Um, it's just because

the the vanity of it all, right? People want to see themselves in uh in characters. This is, you know, a tale as

old as time. You can see here female Shrek, ballerina, cappuccina, like Barbie doll stuff. um you know these

things get shared a lot and es especially on Tik Tok right so h how can you take this idea and build it for

yourself like why don't you go build this for pets why don't you go build this for cosplay why don't you go build

this for you know weight loss aging outfits you can take the same framework for an AI video generator and just apply

it to these other niches so that's number one number two is the Bible notation maker and recording app that

has gotten $60,000 and revenue in the last uh 30 days. 60,000 downloads as well. So, what is

it? Basically, it captures every sermon and prayer. So, you can do press one tap and it records the moment. It gives you

transcriptions, smart summaries. Um, you know, it's basically a sermon note-taking tool. Uh, there's also like

a daily Bible devotions and prayer section. um super like cleanly designed I will say too and uh this is a trend

that's been picking up over the last you know six to nine months is uh lock screen they've got a lock screen widget

which uh I think they did a really good job at add daily versus to your lock screen so um you know and you can see

they have a year subscription and a week subscription so why is this working well you know you have churchgoers and you

know billion plus uh you know Christians all over the world uh who are going to church and you've got this built-in

cadence right they're going you know either daily or they're going on Sundays and they've got this strong desire to

capture remember and reflect uh notes verses prayers and sermons are high intent content people don't want to lose

these are very special uh you know pieces of content um and why it works is you know people identify obviously uh

you know with the religion and there's the ritual piece and repetition. So, how can you apply this to a different niche?

Well, therapy sessions, you know, AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, um you know, doing recovery notes, um

you know, different religions, the Muslim Muslim uh faith, mosque sermons, uh the Jewish religion, Torah study

groups, meditation journals, marriage counseling notes. These are just a few to get your creative juices flowing that

I think uh you know this format would work really well in. Sam Alman, the co-founder of OpenAI just said that it

is the era of the idea guy and he is not wrong. I think that right now is an incredible time to be building a startup

and if you listen to this podcast, chances are you think so too. Now, I think that you can look at trends uh to

basically figure out uh what are the startup ideas you should be building. So, that's exactly why I built

ideabser.com. Every single day, you're going to get a free startup idea in your inbox and it's all backed by highquality

data trends. How we do it, people always ask. We use AI agents to go and search what are people looking for and what are

they screaming for in terms of products that you should be building and then we hand it on a you know silver platter for

you to go check out. Um, we do have a few paid plans that, you know, take it to the next level. Uh, give you more

ideas, give you more AI agents and more almost like a chat GBT for ideas with it, but you can start for free

ideabrowser.com. And if you're listening to this, I highly recommend it. The third app we're going to go through is

the AI home decor interior design app. Uh, it's gotten 100,000 downloads in the last month. It's done 100,000 in revenue

last month. So, it's an AI interior designer. You can see it here. Um, and you can change this the room style

easily. You can redesign your house, your apartment, uh change the floors. Basically, using AI to change the

aesthetic uh interior of your house or apartment. If you go to the uh description, what you can see is AI at

home decor helps you redesign interiors and exteriors in seconds. You upload a photo, you choose a style, and you get

stunning makeovers for rooms, gardens, and more powered by by AI. Of course, there's that premium for full access.

And they've got weekly, monthly, and yearly plans. So, why does this work? Well, you know,

this is going to sound obvious, but people hate guessing what a room, a garden, exterior could look like, and AI

finally allows you to unlock that. So the visualization removes the uncertainty and makes design decisions

feel safe, fast, and fun. So it solves this whole idea of I can't picture it. We've all had that, right? Um I'm I'm

trying to like redo some of my office in here and I literally can't figure out which chairs to buy cuz I need to like

picture it. Um so you know, someone like me would actually download this. Um it's a problem which exists in every home for

every project forever. Um okay well where can we use this format for? We know it already exists. Uh is we know

it's already working here. So what about for landscaping? What about this idea for RV and camper interiors? What about

for office layout specifically for commercial? What about for retail store place uh displays? What about for Airbnb

staging? Uh what about for backyard and patio design? What about for gym and garage transformations? It's pretty much

endless. Uh this is like a pretty horizontal app, meaning it could work for so many different use cases and

residential, but there's just so many niches that you can go after. Uh so, no surprise why this is crushing it. The

next app is an app called Moji Lab. It's done 100,000 downloads in the last 30 days and it's done $100,000 of revenue

in the last month. Uh so when you look at the app store screenshots which are so busy and look like Christmas

ornaments uh just like insane but uh like so bright um you know but obviously it's working for them. You can see 3,000

plus stickers more fun create unlimited stickers and sticker packs. Basically, it's a sticker um a sticker pack

company. Um and you get, you know, different stickers and it says here, "Emoji Lab is an all-around emoji tools

that adds fun to your chats, popular memes, cute peter, uh stickers, you know, we have them ready for you.

Support DIY production, personalized group management, etc., etc." So, um, these, you know, memes and sticker and

gift, uh, companies have been around for a while, but, um, you know, now that it's so much easier to create them with

AI, uh, you know, you it's just there's a lot of opportunity to, I guess, have a little more fun with it. So, you know,

why is this working? Well, people want endless ways to express mood, humor, and personality across chats. um and high

frequency message mean messaging is high frequency usage right this is a product that a lot of people would use the

freshness matters so the constant new sticker meme pack packs keep retention high and if you're using AI to create

some of those things uh keeps the cost down so why does you know something like this work you know the identity the

expression of volume but where else could you take this you know take this idea and how can you apply it to it

sports fans packs right this just for sports um is interesting. Citybased packs, you know,

I'm from uh originally I'm from Montreal, Canada. It's like, oh, give me give me all the stickers for all the

different neighborhoods, you know? Um why not just I know them in my head, right? like,

you know, Notreamam Deg Grass, the the West Island, like having these, you know, sticker packs that are just, you

know, maybe I'd install that and with my high school buddies, I'd be posting on it, right? Cultural and holiday holiday

expression packs. Uh, we saw, you know, you know, the the Bible app, the Christian app, you know, is crushing it.

Like, what is this just for Christians? What is this just for Muslims, etc.? So, um, this was an interesting one. Um, I

don't think it's my favorite on the list, but, um, just because it doesn't feel as like a huge pain

point like the interior, uh, design one to me, for example, like feels like more of a pain point, but, you know, still

think that there's opportunity here. The next one, uh, I was actually shocked to see like how much revenue this was

created, but then it like it made sense to me. This is called Vinyl Snap. Um, it's for vinyl records. It's done 70,000

downloads in the last month, $70,000 of revenue in the last month as well. So, it's an app that basically uh helps you

figure out what your vinyls are worth. So, it gives you an accurate price. You scan your vinyl and you learn, you know,

learn about what the value is. uh you know based on also you say it if it's you know mint condition or what's you

know is the sleeve condition good. So uh if you go to their description it just you know the big value ad is reliable

market valuation. You know get a trusted reference before you buy, sell or store. Know if you found a $10 album or $1,000

treasure. So why does this work? Well, it's it's a mix of nostalgia. Like I never grew up uh collecting vinyls, but

like in my parents' generation they did. And to that, you know, to them it's like, you know, it's nostalgia, right?

Um and the financial stakes, right? Like maybe they've kept uh a vinyl and all of a sudden, you know, who knows? Maybe

it's worth $10,000. So, um uh collections and collectors like this is becoming more and more big. uh you know,

you're seeing it with like I saw the article that Pokemon has outperformed the S&P over the last like 15 years.

Like people want to collect things. Um so collectors are constantly buying and selling and trading records. They're

pricing them manually. It's slow and confusing. If only you had a single scan that gives conditions, value, and

rarity. High intent, high frequency behavior is another reason why this works, right? Some people have literally

hundreds or thousands of records. So where else can you apply this format? Well, use books, comic books, sports

cards, toys, vintage clothing, signed merchandise. There's so much in this whole collectibles industry where you

can just scan, identify, and manage your collections. Um, let's go on to the next one. So, this one's actually a little

different than u the ones that we've seen. So, it's called Janora AI. It's gotten 300,000 downloads in the last

month. I've ne I'd never heard about this company until doing this research. Um, it's gotten $300,000 of revenue in

the last 30 days. Well, what is it? Um, it basically is a app that brings together uh, you know, GPT, Deepcode,

all the different LLM models in one place. Um, so that you don't have to download multiple apps. That's basically

what it is. Um, when you go to the description, you know, it says, you know, it's a next generation AI

assistant that seamlessly combines conversational intelligence with real-time search. Um, you can choose for

some of the world's smartest models, GPT, 40, Mini, 40, 03, Gemini 2.5, Flash. The craziest thing is all the,

you know, these models are not the state-of-the-art models. So, they're actually using like old models, putting

it together. Um, but you know, they're selling it to people who probably don't know, you know, and uh I kind of hate

that about this, right? Like this is not the best product, right? Like the best product is the one that has the most

up-to-date model. So, um, you know, I think that I hate this. I hate that it it does that. So if you know, let's just

talk about why it works and let's just talk about how we can learn from this and apply it for a business idea that

maybe someone listening can actually go and build and hopefully make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. So why

does this work? Well, it becomes that if they, you know, the default assistant on someone's phone, if they're positioning

themselves as like, hey, you know, you don't want a million different LLM, so go to come to this simple place and

you'll get it done. Most users don't want five different AI apps. actually they want one place to ask questions,

generate media, summarize PDFs, analyze images, and search the web. Bundling creates daily usage and stickiness. So,

think when you're, you know, when you're coming up with ideas for some of these apps, where can you bundle some some

services and put it in one place? So, where else? Well, student research co-pilots, sales and CRM co-pilots,

investing and trading co-pilots, teacher lesson planning assistance, legal and medical document, you know, tools.

There's, you know, a bunch of workflows that you can stitch together a bunch of models, bundle them all up, and create,

you know, a niche app uh what are they calling it? Genora. Jora. and it's just like, hey, we're the

best app for XYZ niche, students, uh, legal, etc. Um, and there's probably a lot of opportunity there. Okay, we got a

few more that we want to go to. Uh, the next app is called Logo Maker. Um, not exactly the most, uh, you know, best

name, but it works, right? um 100,000 downloads and $200,000 of revenue just in the last month. What

is it? Well, it just helps you create logos uh from Prompt. You just prompt and in a few seconds you get a logo in a

few formats. Super super simple app. Uh they charge $6.99 per week. So quite expensive. Um or $40

a year. So why does this work? Well, you know, if you're starting a new business uh or a new project uh or a new feature

even for some, you know, for something, uh you might just, you know, you need something like this and you might not

want to hire someone for thousands of dollars. So, there's the constant new business demand. Um but where else could

this work? Well, thumbnails, YouTube thumbnails, packaging, poster and flyer generators, podcast cover arts, brand

kits, YouTube intro graphics. There's so much demand for creative assets. This is just, you know, what's interesting about

this is these these people are making $200,000 a month. Uh just focused on logos. But, you know, go search on on

the app store and see like what what you know what can you own, right? What is there an opportunity to do? And and you

do have to do the hard work around finding what that thing is. Um, but I do think that there's a bunch of

opportunity in creative assets, uh, and and just focusing on one like I think actually one of the reasons why this

works is it's such a simple name, right? Logo maker. So, it's it's it's sort of relying on ASO, app store optimization,

where, you know, people are going into their app store and they're they're writing logo maker or I need a logo or

AI logo and they're coming up. We've got a uh I think three yeah three more apps and then we're going to go uh

shift to the frameworks which I think are some of the most uh you know interesting part uh to discuss. Um so

the menu this one's called menu fit. Uh it's done 30,000 downloads but it's done $60,000 of revenue. So it it sort of

brands itself as the number one app for eating out healthy. Uh, it says your favorite restaurants, your goals and

meals. Uh, and there's like an AI assistant which you can ask about any menu item in real time. Um, and it's got

every single restaurant in the world. When you go to the description, it says, "We're the number one app for eating out

healthy. Know exactly what to order at any restaurant based on your likings and goals." So, it really takes, you know,

the the menu to the next level, right? It says, "Discover the best meal for your goals. scan any restaurant to get

any uh to get instant recommendations and you can instantly find what to order and what to avoid. So um sort of

interesting um I think why it works is people eat out constantly huge business but they want to stay healthy and they

hate decoding confusing restaurant menus. Not every restaurant menu has you know the fat content and how many

calories it has. So, it turns a stressful decision, what can I order here that won't blow my goals into a

quick, confident choice. So, it's used every time they sit down to eat. Where else can you apply this to? Bar menus,

airport food courts, hotel room service, school cafeterias, sports stadiums, cruise ships, meal delivery, and meal

kit apps. I think uh they're on to something here. Um, I think that the idea that you can just, you know, have

an AI chat there, you can scan any restaurant, you get instant recommendations. Um, and it's sort of

speaking to the people who are who wanted to eat more clean. Um, I think, uh, I'm no surprise that, um, that

they're doing well here. The next app we're going to talk about is called Lang Lang Learn. It's an AI

English tutor and it is absolutely slaying. It's done 200,000 downloads in the last 30 days. Son $300,000

of revenue in the last 30 days. So, how does it work? Look, let's just look at the uh app store screenshots. Just speak

AI quick. Uh personal AI language tutor, instant AI feedback, practice real life conversations. That's pretty cool,

right? like you're basically having a conversation with this like virtual person and uh they're not judging you.

They're not judging you. They're just trying to help you, right? Trying to help you learn. So, um you know, we know

how big of a business Duolingo is. Multiple billion dollar business. Uh but I think if Dolingo were to start today,

it might look something more like this. So, why does this work? Well, huge global demand to speak better English,

but most learners are shy, busy, or can't afford a live tutor. Practicing with an AI gives instant corrections in

real life scenarios that removes embarrassment and fits into short daily sessions which drives habit and

subscription. Okay, so it's crushing it. Where else can we apply this idea to? Spanish, Chinese, um, you know, business

English is like might be different than just English, right? If you just focus on business English and maybe you own

that term in in in ASO interview prep, customer support scripts, pronunciation and accent coaching, medical and legal

English for for professionals. There is just so much opportunity here and you never know like maybe you do get

acquired by a Duallingingo. So not only you're creating cash flow but you know you're you know creating enterprise

value that you might be able to sell. So I like this one a lot. Uh the last one we're going to talk about uh is called

Zozopit 3D body scanner. It's done 40,000 downloads in the last 30 days. It's on 40,000 uh in revenue in the last

month. Uh so you know they've gotten over 2 million body scans. So you basically like scan your body 360°.

Um you can see here you identify areas of growth or reduction in color. So this is like color metric. Um, but basically

it's, you know, smarter tracking for impactful changes, precise body measurements, and AI powered nutrition

tracking all in one place. Zozo Fit provides you with your very own digital toolbox that allows you to revolutionize

your personal fitness journey by monitoring weight loss, tracking your body transformation, and logging your

diet. I just think that the idea of that it's in 3D um, and you can see it is really interesting. I had never seen

this before. And they do have some sort of Apple Watch integration which which I think is interesting as well. Um so why

does this work? Well, you know, people care more about how their body is changing than the number on the scale.

True. And tape measure tracking is annoying and inconsistent. And like not a lot of people want to do that. A

visual 3D scan that shows precise measurements and progress over time makes fitness efforts feel tangible and

addictive to track. So, where else can we apply this like 3D scan? Uh, right. That's that that's the big question.

Well, what about posture and rehab tracking? What about remote coaching check-ins? What about tailoring and

sizing for clothing and and ath athleisure? What about cosplay and costume fitting? What about pre and

postsurgery body tracking? Huge, huge opportunity. So, I think uh they're on to something with the 3D thing. Um, and

clearly, you know, they're they're they're not they're doing the least amount of revenue on here, but um, I

think that they've got room to grow. And, um, I I also feel like, you know, the name matters so much. The name

matters so much. And Zozopit just I I think that, you know, in this list, it's one of the wor one of the worst

names here. would have leaned into like the 3D like why not call themselves 3D scan 3D nutrition scan something like

that. Um so when you're coming up with an you know name for for whatever it is you're working on make sure that you

have you know could get good ASO there cuz that'll be important. All right. So, when you go through all these ideas,

I was trying to think like, okay, what are how can I give you guys a like frameworks to basically repeat all this

stuff, right? Um, well, the biggest framework I have here, I called it the Greg's 50K MR app app framework, is find

a group that one spends money, two has a repeating problem, three uses photos and videos as inputs. We've seen how

important that is. Four cares about accuracy, and five had has bad existing tools. If they check all five boxes, you

might be sitting on a 50k MR mobile app idea. So, like when you know, think about the vinyl, you know, the vinyl

record idea, right? Targeting older people who spend money. Uh, well, because they have more money, they had

more time to compound, right? Uh, the a the average 65-year-old just has more money than the average 19-year-old,

right? Has a repeating problem. Uh, they want to know how much their vinyls are worth. Uses photos and videos as input.

You take a photo of the vinyl and it tells you. cares about accuracy. Of course, I care about accuracy because

the difference between uh you know accuracy could be thousands of dollars. Has big bad existing tools. The existing

tools is literally I need to get into my car potentially drive to if I'm lucky have it in my city but sometimes not in

my city. Have to go to another city and basically say hey will you buy this record from me? So this is I want you to

like internalize these uh this this framework. I know it is simple and someone listening might be like, "Oh,

it's too simple. He's saying it's easy." I'm not saying it's easy. I'm making it simple so that you can and I'm

oversimplifying it because this is the core part of what makes a great app. It really is just this uh now finding you

know, of course, you need to find the right niche. You have to build the right app. The UI needs to be really good. The

experience needs to be easy. uh and we're going to talk about more frameworks to help you you know build

that app that has the highest probability of su probability of success. So I have 1 2 3 4 5 six more

frameworks that uh I came after going through all these app came up with after going through all these apps that I

think are going to help you when you're coming up with an idea for your app. So all these apps started with a nerve. Uh

what I mean by that uh is they didn't start with a market. Uh the niche that they uh that you know a niche works when

it has an identity. It had you know collectors or professionals uh churchgoers.

Urgency I need an answer now. Stakes money reputation time and repetition. Same job to be done weekly and daily. If

the niche has all four, AI can eat it and AI app can eat it. So the question that you should be asking yourself is

who has a repetitive pain that they'd pay to make disappear. So you want to start, that's why I say start with a

nerve. You want to start with the pain point. Um and you want to focus on the niche with identity, urgency, stakes,

and repetition. And if you have four, good chance that you have that nerve. The second framework um is the you know

solve one job that always must be done framework. Every app on this uh Excala draw does one job brutally well. So tell

me what this is worth. Tell me what to buy next. Summarize this listing for me. Restore this image instantly. Scan this

object and identify it now. So the next 50k MRR app in my opinion is one job times one obsessed group times one

recurring need. The third framework is build around a single high intent input. So a lot of

these apps have uh have succeeded because the input is extremely high signal. It's a photo, it's an address,

it's an item, it's a collectible, a logo idea, a prompt, a plant, a room. The point is the high intent inputs usually

lead to higher conversion. If the if the input is naturally harder to interpret, um the AI creates, you know, instant

value, right? Uh the next the next uh framework I want to talk about is using AI to unlock a premium insight. So uh AI

is the engine, right? The product is the insight you unlocked, right? So examples might be the price into worth, the photo

into diagnos, diagnosis, the listing into a summary in and forecast, the object goes into an you know an

identity, the room we saw goes into a design plan, artifact into an appraisal. So the question you know to ask

ourselves is what is the premium insight that AI can unlock instantly that used to take time and expertise.

The sixth framework is how do you wrap it in a simple desirable interface. A lot of these uh apps that I showed are

like brutally stupid simple. They're one screen, one button, one transformation. And that's a part of the reason why it's

working. So, uh you might want to screenshot this uh if you're on YouTube or if you're on audio Spotify and Apple,

you can, you know, go to YouTube and screenshot this. Um but it's basically uh sort of a summarizing uh you know

high intent a lot a lot of the frameworks here basically so you know that you need the high intent input this

is basically a framework for coming up with mobile app ideas that help you get to 50 that get to 50k a month you know

high intent input photo video address goes into the AI premium insight goes into the simple interface goes into

recurring behavior loop you you target your audience here and then hopefully you get the 50k MR. So these are just

frameworks to help you um help you make sure that the the idea that you're working on has what it takes

to to go viral to hit 50K or more. Before we um before we ended, I want to

give a few just like three or four startup ideas. I know I gave you a ton, but I'm going to give you a few more. Um

and then we can we can you know and and the podcast. So, uh I this is just a request for someone should build these

things because these are things I've been thinking about the AI golf swing coach app. So, uh, you know, I I

actually recently got some lessons at like a golf simulation, um,

you know, company, like they it helps you learn to to do golf swings and stuff like that. And the place is packed. But

with AI now, you can just do, you know, vid a video with biome mechanical corrections. like you can just use your

uh your phone and it it'll tell you what to do. Someone go build that. The AI auction strategist photo expected bid

range and strategy, right? Um number three, an AI closet stylist. Photo of clothes, tell me my outfits, resale

pricing, purge guidance, the pet health scanner, photo and video is the input, early issue detection and care guidance.

Uh, garden plant doctor photo of like, you know, a brown leaf, disease fix, and seasonal reminders. Use car analyzer,

VIN and photos, give me repair risk, price comps, and negotiation script. Let's do one more. RV and van life, uh,

layout designer, interior photo, optimize layout, and shopping list. So, there you have it. I know that was a lot

uh to digest, but um I believe that, you know, 2026 is an incredible time to be building mobile

apps. I'm certainly building mobile apps in 2026. This is how I'm thinking about it and I wanted to share it with you. Um

I hope this has been helpful. If it has, please, please do share this with a friend. Um, it's way more fun to be

building with a friend. And um, yeah, and let me know if I I should be doing more of these. Um, I enjoyed sharing

this with you and uh, you know, hope you have a really creative day and I can't wait to see what you build. I'm

absolutely rooting for you. Um, and I'll see you next time.