23 Blockchain App Business Ideas You Can Start Today [2024]

Updated: July 23rd, 2023

Interested in starting a blockchain app business in 2024?

We put together 23 of the best blockchain app businesses you can start in today.

For each business idea, we’ll show you real-world examples of other blockchain app businesses to help you see what it really takes.

Here's the full list:

1. Start a cross-border payments app business

How much you can make: $1,500,000/month

How We Launched A $1.5MM/Month Digital Wallet and Financial Services Company

iCard is a leading e-money institution that offers a unique and 100% digital bank account alternative, with their app and services supporting the daily payments of people in over 30 European countries, and since launch in late 2017, the iCard app has seen around 500,000 downloads.

About
Yavor started iCard almost 16 years ago
Revenue
Yavor grew the business to $1.5M/month
Read by 10,175 founders

2. Start a real-time IOT OS app business

3. Create an anti-money laundering tracking app

4. Start a cybersecurity app business

How much you can make: $91,000/month

How I Started A $69K/Month Software Agency After A Failed Product Launch

A software agency started by a non-technical founder helps diverse clients with their minimum lovable product, boasting a revenue of over $700,000 this year with a 20% profit margin and a team of 8.

About
Andrew started Krit about 10 years ago
Revenue
Andrew grew the business to $91K/month
Read by 24,308 founders

5. Start a stock market app business

Mobile applications have become synonymous with comfort and convenience.

In stock trading, apps help traders the ability to buy and sell shares of stocks and ETFs without paying commissions. Stock market apps also allow users to research investments, track their portfolios, and buy or sell stocks quickly.

The increased adoption of share market apps has created a business opportunity for programmers and platform developers.

Consider creating trading apps if you want an opportunity to generate money from the stock trading industry. Your customers will be stock brokers and traders looking to create a convenient and easy-to-use platform for their customers.

To create stock trading applications, you will need mobile development skills, backend development, and frontend development skills.

6. Start a voting mechanism app business

7. Start a real estate processing app business

8. Start an ecommerce crypto payment app business

Ecommerce crypto payment gateways allow businesses to accept transactions or cryptocurrencies from customers in exchange for goods or services. Ideally, crypto payment gateways accept payments from any country and emphasize security due to the nature of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies.

When a customer makes a purchase using cryptocurrency as payment, the transaction goes through the payment gateway at a fixed exchange rate.

9. Start a NFT marketplace app business

How much you can make: $30,000/month

How We Accidentally Built The Most Advanced NFT System In The World

RMRK developed the most advanced NFT system in the world, generating $1 million per month in volume and $30k per month in revenue, due to founder Bruno's hack to put NFTs onto a chain without smart contracts.

About
Bruno started RMRK about 3 years ago
Revenue
Bruno grew the business to $30K/month
Costs
It cost Bruno $350000 to start the business
Read by 9,739 founders

10. Start a decentralized app

Decentralized apps are digital applications that exist and run on the blockchain or peer-to-peer networks of computers instead of on single computers.

Before you build a decentralized app business, it helps to know your competition and trends ushering in the new wave of decentralized Apps. Remember that dApps aren’t an entirely new concept. The new shared trust mechanisms that are cryptographically secured make the modern decentralized apps stand out. The decentralized apps will be more involved in day-to-day living, reducing costs and eliminating third parties from many of our personal and business transactions. In addition, app developers can expect to create dApps with a heavy focus on the metaverse.

How long does it take to build: 350 days (?)

11. Start a music royalties tracking app business

How much you can make: $50,000/month

I Bootstrapped A $600K/Year Video Production Company [10M Downloads]

ProductionCrate, a virtual studio offering royalty-free music, video effects, graphics and sound assets, bootstrapped to $600k/year with over 10 million downloads, and one million users, thanks to loyal customer retention rates of around 80% YoY growth at 120%.

About
CHRIS started ProductionCrate, LLC almost 15 years ago
Revenue
CHRIS grew the business to $50K/month
Costs
It cost CHRIS $15 to start the business
Read by 2,961 founders

12. Start a loyalty program app business

13. Start a multicurrency wallet app business

How much you can make: $35,000 — $220,000/month

We Built An Open Source Crypto Platform & Make $420K/Year

HollaEx, an open-source crypto software startup, evolved into a general-purpose crypto service and created a white-label exchange software with a one-day launch, resulting in a revenue of $420k per year as of 2021, with a focus on exchange technology and tackling key crypto infrastructure solutions like wallet tech, exchange hosting, and white-label services.

About
Adrian started HollaEx almost 7 years ago
Revenue
Adrian grew the business to $35K/month
Costs
It cost Adrian $10000 to start the business
Read by 4,969 founders

14. Develop a supply chain & logistics monitoring app

How much you can make: $20,000/month

This Dropshipper Built A $20K/Month Shopify Order Tracking App

Rush co-founder Kiril Kirilov has developed an all-in-one post-purchase solution for Shopify businesses that has achieved $20k in monthly recurring revenue, boasting impressive last mile updates and notifications, customizable tracking pages, and upselling and cross-selling options.

About
Kiril started Rush - Ship, Track, Notify about 4 years ago
Revenue
Kiril grew the business to $20K/month
Costs
It cost Kiril $300000 to start the business
Read by 5,469 founders

15. Start a distributed cloud storage app business

16. Start a smart contracts app business

How much you can make: $230,000/month

Migrating lawyers to the cloud with legal technologist Richard Mabey, co-founder of Juro

Juro, founded by a lawyer and software engineer, has received $31.5m in tier 1 venture capital since 2016 and processed over 500k contracts with a goal to update the negotiation process for twenty-first-century lawyers.

About
Richard started Juro about 8 years ago
Revenue
Richard grew the business to $230K/month
Read by 500 founders

17. Start an original content creation app business

How much you can make: $5,000 — $40,000/month

I Built A Simple AI Writing Tool That Makes $60K/Year

Rytr, a new AI writing assistant developed by a startup platform and business incubator, has become a market leader, serving over 300,000 customers across the world and doing seven figures in ARR.

About
Abhi started Rytr about 3 years ago
Revenue
Abhi grew the business to $5K/month
Costs
It cost Abhi $25000 to start the business
Read by 5,856 founders

18. Start a medical data secure sharing app business

19. Start a cryptocurrency exchange app business

20. Start a digital identity-based app business

How much you can make: $10,000 — $833,333/month

How These Former Resellers Built A $120K/Year Tool To Combat Bots

Yofi co-founders Jordan Shamir and Alex helped some of the largest brands in the world fight against resale bots, leading to the development of their customer identity platform that has stopped 51 million bot checkouts and acquired hundreds of new customers per month.

About
Jordan started Yofi about 2 years ago
Revenue
Jordan grew the business to $10K/month
Read by 2,008 founders

21. Start a crowdfunding app business

How much you can make: $1,000 — $400,000/month

How long does it take to build: 272 days (?)

How We Built And Launched A $100M Equity Crowdfunding Platform

StartEngine has helped over 265 companies raise capital from a community of 190,000 users on their equity crowdfunding platform, and has raised almost $100M to date, offering equity, debt, convertible note, and other types of securities to investors.

About
Howard started Kosmos Innovation Centre over 11 years ago
Revenue
Howard grew the business to $400K/month
Read by 8,320 founders

22. Start a personal finance management app

How much you can make: $10,000 — $100,000/month

I Left My Job At Facebook To Go Full-Time On My Budgeting App [$600K/Year]

Bootstrapped budgeting app Buxfer, founded by Shashank Pandit, has grown organically to profitability with a 15-person team and $0 spent on marketing, targeting niche "finance power users" with strong connections to banks all over the world.

About
Shashank started Buxfer over 17 years ago
Revenue
Shashank grew the business to $50K/month
Costs
It cost Shashank $50000 to start the business
Read by 3,797 founders

23. Start an advertising insights app business

How much you can make: $10,000/month

How These Former Resellers Built A $120K/Year Tool To Combat Bots

Yofi co-founders Jordan Shamir and Alex helped some of the largest brands in the world fight against resale bots, leading to the development of their customer identity platform that has stopped 51 million bot checkouts and acquired hundreds of new customers per month.

About
Jordan started Yofi about 2 years ago
Revenue
Jordan grew the business to $10K/month
Read by 2,008 founders

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Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.