Other case studies
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4 case studies tagged “Other”. Median MRR is $30k, topped by Snag at $30k.
- OtherSnag
45 Apps in a Year, Then Snag — How a 20-Year-Old NYU Student Turned a “Free Stuff Near You” App into $30K/Month in Under 4 Months
A breakout from Benjamin Chen (Benji), an NYU student who shipped 45+ apps in a year. Snag aggregates free local items — furniture, electronics, everyday goods — into one app. Built in hours with Claude Code and pushed through a standardized creator-UGC-to-Meta-ads pipeline, it hit $30K/month, 9,000 paying conversions and 100K users in under four months.
4 monthsMonthly (est.)$30k/moInfluencer marketingTikTokInstagramShort-form video - OtherMomego
Born at a Rainy Bus Stop — How a Self-Taught Scottish Designer Grew Momego to 5.2M Installs and $30K/Month on Localized ASO Alone
A public-transit tracker built solo by ex-graphic-designer John McEvoy: real-time bus/train locations and arrival times. Without paid virality, he used per-city ‘localized ASO’ (keyword localization) to spread across 160 cities — reaching 5.2M installs, 400K DAU and $30K MRR, all as a one-person shop.
Monthly (est.)$30k/moSEOOnboarding optimizationPaywall optimization - OtherLive Tourney
Built Nights & Weekends by a Meta AI Engineer — How Live Tourney Turned the Boring Niche of Golf-Tournament Software Into $30K+/Month, and Made Him Quit Big Tech
A golf-tournament management SaaS built nights and weekends by Matt Robinson, then a Meta engineer, out of his own love of golf. By undercutting the pricey, clunky incumbent Golf Genius on price and simplicity, he bootstrapped it to 150 courses, $30K–$40K/month and ~$350K ARR — then quit Meta once it outgrew his salary.
42 monthsMonthly (est.)$30k/moSEOWord of mouth - OtherToneAdapt
A 21-Year-Old Student Turned His Own Guitar-Tone Frustration Into an App — ToneAdapt Hit $25K/Month in 5 Months on Zero Ad Spend and 100K Users
A guitar/bass ‘tone-matching’ app built by SDSU computer-science student Kyan Santiago-Calling: pick any song’s tone and it translates the settings to your own gear. Shipped as a web app in December 2025, it reached 100K users in 100 days and ~$25K/month in about five months — with zero paid ads, purely organic TikTok/Instagram content.
5 monthsMonthly (est.)$25k/moTikTokInstagramShort-form videoX (Twitter)
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