#1767 - Solitaire Game App Earns $10,000/Month

Synopsis

After a previous startup attempt failed, a developer revisited a solitaire card game he had built years earlier as a side project and rebuilt it as a polished app. The game now generates roughly $10,000 per month in largely passive income, mostly through ads and in-app purchases. The story illustrates how old side projects can become meaningful revenue streams with the right polish.

Ideas in this episode

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  A developer revived an old side-project solitaire card game as a polished app that now earns roughly $10,000 per month, mostly via ads and in-app purchases, after a prior startup failed.