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We kept seeing the same problem:
Good apps with forgettable icons.
So we built a free icon library with ready-to-use mascot concepts.
Pick one. Remix it. Ship faster.
Free app icon library 👇
Copy prompt + paste and use.
We just launched something COMPLETELY FEEE.
🤯 App Genie App Icon Library
🤖 A library of AI-generated app icons.
😈 Go steal them
Every icon comes with the exact prompt that made it. Download the icon, or steal the prompt, swap the subject, and generate your own.
We've designed icons for 200+ apps at App Genie. The ones that work are almost never the clever ones. They're the ones that stay readable at 60px on a busy home screen.
That taste is what went into these prompts.
38 icons at launch. More every week.
Free, no signup, no catch :)
is it just me, or is GPT image generation not working?
i haven’t been able to generate anything since last night.
AI doesn’t save a weak product.
It only amplifies what is already there.
If the onboarding is confusing, AI won’t fix it.
If users don’t understand the value, AI won’t fix it.
If retention is weak, AI won’t magically make people come back.
In mobile apps, the foundation still matters:
clear positioning
simple UX
fast value moment
strong onboarding
clean paywall
retention loop
AI can make a good product more powerful.
But it won’t turn a broken product into a business.
Fix the core first.
Then make it intelligent.
DO NOT ADD NEW FEATURES BEFORE FIXING WHAT'S BROKEN AND PROVING THE CONCEPT FIRST!
Everyone's racing to add AI to their app.
But 80% of them fail because of a very simple reason:
They put AI on top of a broken product. And then the product keeps failing, just with a higher cost.
Don't forget:
- AI doesn't fix bad UX.
- AI doesn't fix confusing navigation.
- AI doesn't fix a value prop nobody gets.
You don’t always need a new app idea.
You need a proven demand with a sharper angle.
Check what people already download.
Check what they already pay for.
Check what they complain about.
That’s where the opportunity usually is.
The best app ideas are not always invented.
Sometimes they are discovered inside existing markets.
Do you really need to invent the idea to make money?
Definitely no! You just need to Christopher Columbus it.
You want to earn money.
You know the potential in the mobile app world. You just don't know what to build.
Here is the easy way:
Go to Sensor Tower. Go category by category. Check what people are downloading. What they're paying for.
That's it. That's one of the best strategies I use.
I was doing this today and saw Sherlock - an AI face search app. I don't know the founder, but if you do, you can tag him. (It would be nice to meet :))
Maybe there's some paid marketing in the app, but still - it's a great success: $60K revenue in just 6 months 🤑
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that you can figure out what to build and where to start just by checking what's already working.
Most people are waiting for an original idea to strike - while the smart ones are already on Sensor Tower 🙃
Big categories don’t create big opportunities.
Clear user intent does.
"Fitness app" is too broad.
"10-minute abs at home" is clear.
"AI photo app" is too broad.
"Better LinkedIn profile photo" is clear.
The money doesn’t always go to the biggest category.
It goes to the clearest promise.
I wouldn’t decide only by the $5K MRR.
I’d look at the signal behind it.
Where is the growth coming from?
Is retention healthy?
Are users renewing?
Can acquisition scale?
Is the paywall converting consistently?
Is the category big enough?
A $100K offer can feel great.
But if the app has strong early signals, clear distribution, and room to compound, selling too early can be the expensive decision.
Sometimes the hardest part is not building the app.
It is knowing when not to sell.
Don’t panic-optimize your App Store page.
A sudden ranking drop does not always mean your product got worse.
It can be:
- algorithm shift
- category movement
- weekend traffic
- competitor spike
- keyword recalibration
- traffic quality change
Before changing screenshots, keywords, or pricing, wait for the signal to settle.
Bad timing can turn a temporary ranking change into a real conversion problem.
Last month:
$4K revenue.
This month so far:
$20K revenue.
You’d think growth makes you feel relaxed.
It doesn’t.
It makes you more obsessed with every metric:
retention
CAC
paywall CVR
refunds
renewals
LTV
The first revenue feels exciting.
Sustaining growth is where the real stress begins.
AI made building apps faster.
It did not make building app businesses easier.
The winning stack is still:
clear pain
simple UX
fast value moment
strong positioning
one distribution channel
clean paywall
retention loop
constant iteration
The app is not the business.
The system around the app is.
we made $50k in the last 30 days
with one single mobile app
here's how you can do the same in 3 simple steps:
1. Improve an existing app or combine two
different app concepts into a new app
2. make the app with AI in less than 2 weeks
(in reality it should be less than a week)
3. market your app with either founder led
content, influencers, UGC or paid ads
I recommend starting with founder led then
then doing UGC + paid ads at the same time
it might take time, it took me 3 years to
make my first dollar online
but if you keep going you are guaranteed to win
Just when it felt like every idea was already taken,
everything changed.
We found a niche on the App Store with almost no real competition.
One month later, it reached $20K MRR.
That reminded me of something important:
There is always something to build.
You just need to stop looking for "new ideas" and start looking for overlooked demand.
Most opportunities don’t look obvious at first.
That’s why they are still opportunities.
People laugh at apps like this.
But the product logic is solid.
Pet owners = emotional audience
Cat meows = curiosity trigger
Translation result = instant value
Funny output = shareable content
Paywall timing = obvious moment
It is not about building a complex product.
It is about packaging a strong emotion into a simple flow.
Silly apps can still be very serious businesses.
Getting more App Store reviews is not just about asking.
It is about asking at the right moment.
A lot of apps show the review prompt too early.
Before the user gets value.
Before the first win.
Before trust is built.
That usually feels annoying.
The best review moments usually come after:
- a completed task
- a good result
- a saved plan
- a successful scan
- a finished workout
- a helpful support reply
- a clear “aha” moment
Review flow = timing + emotion + context.
If the user just felt progress, help, or relief,
the review request feels natural.
If they didn’t feel anything yet,
it feels like interruption.
Small UX timing detail.
Big App Store impact.
I’m almost at 1,000 reviews on my first app 🔥
Tips to get more reviews:
- In your onboarding, have a review screen that asks users for a review
- Add features in the app users enjoy so they will leave a positive review
- Always be quick to any support emails and at the end of every email chain bring up how a review would be beneficial if their problem was helped/fixed
