Software and apps side hustle ideas

A web app, SaaS, mobile app, browser extension, bot or API that people pay for or that earns from ads.

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Phone GPS tracker with ad revenue
A web tool that tracks phones periodically and shows locations on a map, earning from site and YouTube ads.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Puzzle game for iOS
Built a puzzle game for iPhone that earns a tiny amount from sales.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Small Android apps portfolio
Publishes several small Android apps that earn modestly without ongoing work.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Android app to fix a router modem
Built an Android app that roots and fixes problems on an ISP-supplied modem, selling it through the Play Store.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Android app with ads and in-app purchases
Made a free Android app with a paid version, earning from ads, in-app purchases and paid downloads.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Android apps funded by ads
Makes Android apps earning from ads, with a soundboard app as the main earner.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Android notepad app earning ad revenue
A simple Android app built to learn the platform that now earns from in-app ads.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Audio analysis apps for iPhone
Built iPhone apps like an oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer, used by sound engineers and teachers.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Buy and redesign an existing iOS app
Bought an iOS sleep calculator app from its owner and redesigned the interface.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Cribbage game for iOS
Built and released a cribbage card game for iPhone and iPad.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Educational 3D and 4D geometry iPhone app
Built an iOS app that teaches what a tesseract is and lets users manipulate it. People keep buying it in a small niche.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Free web solitaire game with ads
A browser solitaire game that earns from ad revenue, built as a weekend project.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Mac web development app
A web development tool for Mac sold through the Mac App Store.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Marketing attribution software with affiliates
A subscription analytics product largely automated in onboarding and billing, with an affiliate program and agency customers that expand usage.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Music notation training web app
Built a site for practicing reading music notation while learning piano. It earns on its own without promotion.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Old Android app earning small ad income
Wrote an Android app to learn the platform, updates it lightly, and earns a little from ads.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Online PC building tool with ads
Runs a tool for assembling a PC online and earns from ads and affiliate programs.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Paid iOS utility and study apps
Sells a clipboard manager app and a study summaries app for students with in-app purchases.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Paid physics puzzles Android app
A paid Android app with a list of physics puzzles, built as a learning project and earning small steady income.
Under $100Hands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
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Shopify store admin app for Android
An Android app for managing a Shopify store, sold on Google Play without marketing.
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Hacker News, 2014
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UK bank account validation web app and API
Offers a tool and API to validate UK bank account details, and sells a data file of sort codes.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Unicode text effects tool
A free site for playing with Unicode text and ASCII art, earning small ad income.
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Hacker News, 2014
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Call filtering app for phones
An app that filters unimportant calls and lets urgent ones from chosen contacts through. Sold as a paid app.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Captcha recognition service paid per solve
Built a machine learning system that solves captchas, paid per captcha, so income continues after the build.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Cheap bulk SMS sending service
Runs a text messaging service with low per-message pricing. Earns from message volume.
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Hacker News, 2011
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License trading models and financial tools
Builds trading models and financial tools and licenses them to others.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Licensing system for Android app developers
Built an anti-piracy licensing system for their own Android apps and then sold it to other developers as a subscription service.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Logic puzzle game on the iOS App Store
Built a puzzle game for iPhone sold on the App Store.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Machinima tool sold inside Second Life
An application sold within Second Life that helps users make machinima, earning small sales long after launch.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Paid card game for iOS
Wrote a card game for iPhone that sells steadily with almost no maintenance.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Self-hosted social network software
Sold software that lets people build their own social network, later releasing the code for free.
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Hacker News, 2011
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Windows Phone to-do app sold in the app store
Built a to-do app for Windows Phone in evenings and sold it through the app store.
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Hacker News, 2011

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