5 Ios App Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Develop An Ios App

Here are some real life success stories of starting a ios app:

1. Medium ($34.8M/year)

How much they make: $34.8M/year
Current team size: 5288

How Was Medium Developed?

About

They started Medium over 11 years ago

Revenue

They grew the business to $2.9M/month

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Learn more about starting an ios app:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start an ios app?
-> Pros and cons of an ios app

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-> Examples of established ios app
-> Marketing ideas for an ios app

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2. DisplayBuddy ($18K/year)

Siddharth, an iOS engineer based in Singapore, came up with the idea for his indie app DisplayBuddy when he noticed his colleague struggling with switching between his work laptop and gaming PC on his monitor. Remembering a software he used in the past to control monitor settings, Siddharth developed a Mac app that allows users to control external displays directly from their menu bar. After launching the app in February 2021, Siddharth has gained 900 happy customers and crossed $5,000 in revenue.

How much they make: $18K/year
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 2

I Launched A Mac App With Zero Advertising [800+ Customers In First 8 Months]

An iOS engineer based in Singapore created DisplayBuddy, a Mac app that allows users to control external displays from their menu bar, which has now reached an average MRR of $600 and garnered 900 happy customers and 6,000+ users on SetApp.

About

Siddharth started DisplayBuddy about 3 years ago

Revenue

Siddharth grew the business to $1.5K/month

Costs

It cost Siddharth $100 to start the business

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3. Songstats ($828K/year)

Oskar Eichler, co-founder of Songstats, came up with the idea for his business while working as a label manager and DJ in Shanghai. Being involved in the music industry, he recognized the value of data analytics for artists and record labels and wanted to provide a platform that aggregated insights across various music services. After teaming up with his co-founders, they built Songstats and now have over 6,000 customers generating almost $1 million in annual recurring revenue.

How much they make: $828K/year
How much did it cost to start: $400K
Current team size: 8

How These Friends Bootstrapped A $1M/Year Business Out of Their Love for Music

Songstats is a music data analytics SaaS platform that aggregates insights across 14 different music services, approaching $1 million in annual recurring revenue and growing its team of music lovers, ultimate frisbee players, and close friends that came together in Bali, Indonesia with a shared vision of launching their startup.

About

Oskar started Songstats about 4 years ago

Revenue

Oskar grew the business to $69K/month

Costs

It cost Oskar $400000 to start the business

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