@adriamatz In what things are people spending their money bro 😭😭😭
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Sergio Barriga
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Sergio Barriga
@Sergio__bm
18 founder & bootstrapping Viralo App Building in public
Katılım Ocak 2026
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Can an app really make $10K in its first month?
This one did
Here's how 👇
→ Let them upload their chat (crush or ex)
→ Fake a "detecting red flags" loader
→ Blur the juicy bits ("they blocked you") so they pay
→ Hard paywall it at 9,99€/week
Build it with Anything
Adrià Martinez@adriamatz
"Card scanners? Saturated. Don't bother" 💀 Meanwhile this one's under a year old and already does $50K/mo The playbook 👇 → Scan a card (yours or a sample) → Fake an "AI analysis" loader → Flash a price + "demand rising" → Paywall it at 6,99€/week Build it with Anything
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My side project app I launched 5 days ago just for fun starting to cook…
Haven’t spent a single dollar on marketing yet BTW. Only from me posting 2 faceless slideshows a day on TikTok 😭.
Once I start running Meta and UGC it’s gonna explode.
Gonna run this up to $500 A Day in the next couple weeks.
Stay Tuned
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5 short tips to actually increase your app revenue in 2026:
1. optimize aso first — it’s free and compounds forever
2. test subscription pricing weekly (most apps leave 30-50% on the table)
3. add smart retention offers (50% off second month works stupidly well)
4. implement hybrid monetization (subs + iap + rewarded ads)
5. push notifications on day 3 + paywall discounts = massive conversion lift
execution > ideas
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@adriamatz Did it and still in 200 views i think TikTok is reducing the reach of this type of content that's been repeated a lot lately.
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Stop overthinking your marketing
Try this instead 👇
Record a few reaction clips yourself, or use your AI influencer
Then a couple quick demos of your product
That's the EASY format pulling millions of views
And you can scale it stupidly easy
Full playbook in the article
Adrià Martinez@adriamatz
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just started uploading videos with a vpn targeted to usa users
same content, same phone, just changing the location
let’s see how it goes these days
will keep you updated if it makes a difference
anyone else testing this?
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if you wanna make $$ with ios apps i swear to god just pick one of these:
- looksmaxxing
- ai calorie tracker
- anti-doomscrolling
make your own version, copy competitor ads from meta and run them on tiktok
your competitors are all in on meta, there is so much arbitrage with tiktok ads
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study content is absolutely printing right now
45 million+ views from study videos
3.75 million average per video
this format is working stupidly well
real girls studying, no ai, just real setup
people are eating this up
if you’re a creator this is one of the
strongest niches at the moment
study content is peaking
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apple is cleaning the app store heavy
new guidelines after wwdc
they’re about to start removing low effort apps without mercy
last year they removed 82.5k apps
and now it’s getting serious
simple flashlight apps, sound effects, basic timers, wallpapers and fortune telling stuff
are at real risk if they don’t bring something unique
this one is gonna hurt a lot of people
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nah bro this is actually scary
one side is a real ugc creator
the other is 100% ai
same hook, same script, same energy
just changed the girl and the background
took 20 minutes and basically cost nothing
this is why most brands are cooked.
they’re still paying $300-500 + waiting a week for one video
while some guy is cloning winning creatives in minutes and making 50 variations.
the game is not even close anymore.
Sam@sammgrowth
one of these is a real ugc creator the other is fully ai found a viral tiktok yesterday and rebuilt it with seedance 2.0 in like 20 minutes same hook. same script. same bones. swapped the character. swapped the setting. thats it this is the unlock most brands still dont see you dont need to find the next viral concept you take whats already proven and clone it with ai then spin 50 variations until one fucking booms infinite shots on goal for the price of one shoot real creators cost $200-500 a video and take a week this took 20 minutes and cost cents drop "clone" and ill dm you the full stack (must follow so i can dm) if you're a brand and want this for your products launch a campaign on Affiliate Network below link.affiliatenetwork.com/sam
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@simonecanciello I feel that the way to be successful these days is to spend more hours than anyone else on social media 😭
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there is a reason why this guy got 10M views on his first video.
without even launching the app yet.
i found this trend where people are searching for meals under $5.
“$10 meal” has 277k weekly searches.
i think he’s onto something.
Simone Canc@simonecanciello
i’m pretty sure this guy is cooking a $100k/month app. 10M views on the first video. and the app isn’t even launched yet. this is how you can validate your app without spending $1.
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@eglitisX I post 3 times a day in 5 devices but still in 200-300 views im cooked
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@alfiearnaud_ depends on your stage bro
if you need the money right now or want to slow down sell
but if you're enjoying it and the $38k net is enough to live well cashflow is better
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this is actually insane
just saw that post about the guy sharing a meal planning app idea before even building it…
and someone copied it instantly in 2 DAYS
in good niches you have to be extremely careful
he already has 2 copies out there
one in spanish just dropped
and their first video already has 460k views
make sure you have the app built before sharing publicly in hot niches
Sergio Barriga@Sergio__bm
just found a viral app idea with $1M+/month potential 230k shares on TikTok you enter your budget + your local supermarket… and it instantly gives you cheap, actually good recipes. one video already has 7.5 million views in ONE DAY!!! this is stupidly simple and stupidly profitable. whoever is building this is a genius.
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one thing i’ve learned building in public:
in saturated markets i share everything
but in unique or high potential niches i stay quiet
why?
every screenshot and revenue number
you post
becomes free market research for competitors
if the niche has strong organic virality, silence is often the best moat
build quietly. scale quietly.
Eliana@eliana_jordan
i saw one of the craziest building in public stories on tt. a founder posted a video about an app idea for meal planning on a budget. the app didn’t even exist yet. the video got 10m+ views. great validation, right? not exactly. while he was building it, someone copied the idea, rushed an app into the app store and started taking users. same concept. same branding. the copy got terrible reviews because it was full of bugs. and now the original founder is dealing with people thinking that broken app is his. building in public is great until your validation becomes someone else’s roadmap. with how fast people can ship apps now, i’m not sure i’d share an idea publicly before having at least a landing page or a product live. the game has changed.
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@eliana_jordan it’s scary to show your app publicly these days
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i saw one of the craziest building in public stories on tt.
a founder posted a video about an app idea for meal planning on a budget.
the app didn’t even exist yet.
the video got 10m+ views.
great validation, right?
not exactly.
while he was building it, someone copied the idea, rushed an app into the app store and started taking users.
same concept.
same branding.
the copy got terrible reviews because it was full of bugs.
and now the original founder is dealing with people thinking that broken app is his.
building in public is great until your validation becomes someone else’s roadmap.
with how fast people can ship apps now, i’m not sure i’d share an idea publicly before having at least a landing page or a product live.
the game has changed.
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this niche is actually wild
an app that takes a photo of a random
person and finds them online
this app is making $80k/month
and there’s a no competitor
i had no idea this was this big
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