How I built a $30K/month mobile app

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About this video

John McEvoy was a graphic designer who taught himself to code. He built Momego and grew it to $30K MRR – all by himself. The biggest unlock? John uses hyper-local app store optimization and SEO.

This video breaks down exactly how he built Momego and grew it to 5M downloads, 400K monthly users, and $30K MRR.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:47 Who is John
• 1:07 Numbers behind Momego
• 1:34 Joh's background
• 2:01 Idea for Momego
• 2:52 How John built the app
• 4:07 What grew Momego to $30K/month
• 4:42 How to get millions of users for free
• 8:22 Growth timeline: from 0 to $30K/month
• 9:36 What the app does
• 11:44 Tech stack
• 12:34 Costs & margins
• 12:55 Solve your own problem
• 14:11 Episode summary