Gym fitness app built by a first-time coder

An iOS fitness app built to solve the founder's own problem at the gym. The founder had never shipped code before and grew it with content and a personal brand.

At a glance
Tags are estimates from Clef, a classifier that read the source. Each one shows how sure it was.

Category

Software and apps
97% sure

Earns from

Subscriptions
89% sure

Startup cost (estimate)

$100 to $1k
61% sure

Time it takes (estimate)

Part-timeLow confidence
52% sure

Where

Online
98% sure

Coding

Needs coding
99% sure
Source
Max on Starter Story with Pat Walls, “I Make $13K/Month From This Simple App”, October 7, 2026.

Self-reported by Max: $14K a month (the video title says $13K a month) Not verified by us.

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